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EFCC planning to rehabilitate convicted ‘Yahoo Boys’

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency has plans to rehabilitate convicted internet fraudsters with lesser sentences. According to a statement by the commission on Friday, Olukoyede spoke on Thursday when a delegation of the National Association of University Students led by its President, Obadi Marshal, […]

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JUST IN: 12 Suspected ‘Yahoo Boys’ Arrested For Burying Newborn Alive In Port Harcourt

On Wednesday morning, the Port Harcourt Local Government Authority Area Security Watch and police officers detained about 12 suspected internet fraudsters (Yahoo Boys) who allegedly buried a newborn infant alive at the Andoni waterfront in Eagle Island, Port Harcourt Rivers State Capital. The suspected Yahoo boys were apprehended after the vigilante received credible information from […]

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JUST IN: EFCC Arrests Pastor, Twin Brothers, 25 Others for Alleged Yahoo Business in Ilorin

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 23, 2023 arrested 28 persons suspected to be “Yahoo-Yahoo Boys, including a pastor” in Ilorin, Kwara State. The arrest, which was effected at Mandate Area, Ilorin followed actionable intelligence on the activities of fraudsters operating in the area. […]

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Police Arrest Fake EFCC Operatives That Always Harass Allege Yahoo Boys In Delta State (Photos)

Following series of complaints received from members of the public, especially from the youths, alleging that EFCC operatives usually break into their houses at night, forcefully arrest them, take them away and extort huge sum of money from them, which partly gave rise to the “END EFCC” protest in Ughelli that led to the burning […]

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EFCC Arrests 74 Yahoo Boys in Port Harcourt

Over the weekend the operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC arrested Seventy Four (74) suspected internet fraudsters popular know as Yahoo Boys in Port Harcourt. They were picked up in the early hours of Thursday, July 21, 2022, at various locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. […]

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JUST IN: EFCC Arrests Man with 41 ATM Cards, POS Machine

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFhave arrested a 27 years old suspect and indigene of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nwamannah Chuks Ifeanyi, for alleged ATM card fraud. He was picked up on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Fruits Market, Wuse Zone II, Abuja, following an intelligence report. At the point […]

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Yahoo-Yahoo Scams: Interpol arrests Popular Nigerian Yahoo boy James Aliyu over alleged $12m fraud in South Africa

International Criminal Police Organization, popularly known as Interpol has arrested a popular Nigerian Yahoo boy James Aliyu over alleged $12 million internet fraud Africhome news gathered that he was nabbed in his luxury Sandton estate on Wednesday, June 29, in connection with almost R196m in alleged romance scamming and business email compromise fraud. The suspect […]

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Imo Youths on Rampage After Suspected Yahoo Boy Raped Girl To Death

Youths of Agbaharansu community in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State where on rampage over the weekend following the alleged rape of a young girl to death by a suspected internet fraudster, popularly called Yahoo boy. Africhome news team gathered that the girl, identified as one Amarach Iwunze, was invited over by […]

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EFCC Arrests 140 Suspected Yahoo Boys in Ikorodu

Operatives of the EFCC have arrested 140 suspected yahoo boys. They were nabbed in separate sting operations at popular hotels, Lakers Lounge hotel and Bar and De Butlers, in Ikorodu, Lagos State following credible intelligence on their involvement in internet-related fraud. However, four of the suspects were released as no incriminating item was found on […]

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Yahoo Boy’s Mother Sentence To Five Years imprisonment In Benin

Mother of Endurance Osarumwense, an internet fraudster has been sentenced to five years imprisonment on the 29 March 2022 by Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City. Debest was arraigned by the Benin Zonal Command of the Commission on a one count charge for aiding her son to receive […]

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