Internet Fraudsters
Kwara assembly moves to curb cyber crime
The Kwara State House of Assembly has condemned in strong terms, the increasing wave of internet fraud and other nefarious activities of fraudsters known as “Yahoo Yahoo boys” in Offa, Ilorin, Oro and Malete areas of the state.
EFCC arrests 30 suspected Yahoo Boys in Ado-Ekiti
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters.
Three Internet fraudsters bag one year imprisonment each
A High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday sentenced three internet fraudsters to a year each for fraud.
EFCC arrests five suspected Yahoo boys, recovers gun in Ibadan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office on Tuesday, arrested three suspected internet fraudsters.
EFCC arrests cyber fraudsters in multiple cross country raids
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters at the Sunshine Estate, Gwarinpa, Abuja.
Ibrahim Magu seeks artistes, comedians’ support against ‘Yahoo boys’
Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has charged Nigerian artistes and comedians to join the anti-graft agency in the fight against corruption, particularly internet fraud, and to lend their voices to the commission’s anti-corruption fight.
PDP: Facebook leak indicts President Buhari, exposes APC as Nigeria’s enemy
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says the Facebook revelation, detailing the devious manipulations and engineering of disinformation in the 2019 general election by President Mohammadu Buhari’s handlers and the All Progressives Congress, APC, had exposed them as schemers and real enemies of the nation’s democracy and national cohesion.
Naira Marley risks seven years in jail if found guilty
Barring any last minute change, the trial of Nigerian musician, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, for alleged credit card fraud will begin at a Lagos high court today.
10 suspected ‘Yahoo Boys’ arrested in Abuja
The Abuja Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arrested ten suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo Boys.’
EFCC: We’ll arraign Naira Marley, Zlatan, others very soon
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that it will arraign popular musician, Afeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, very soon.
Naira Marley, Zlatan remain in EFCC custody
Up-and-coming artistes, Afeez Fashola (aka Naira Marley) and Temidayo Omoniyi (aka Zlatan), who were arrested on Friday morning by the Economic and Financial Crimea Commission in connection with alleged cases of internet fraud and money laundering, were still in detention on Saturday night.
Two suspected internet fraudsters docked for allegedly stealing ring worth $9,000
Two suspected internet fraudsters, Ayoola Kamil, 36, and Rukayat Bakare, 22, were on Friday docked at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing of a ring worth $9,000 and iPhone which value has yet to be ascertained.
EFCC arrests music star Naira Marley
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Nigerian musician, Naira Marley, real name Afeez Fashola.
Two internet fraudsters jailed without option of fine
A Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Tuesday sentenced two convicted Internet fraudsters, Mustapha Sulaiman and Paul Chimezie, to one-year imprisonment without an option of fine.
EFCC nabs 32 suspected internet fraudsters in one operation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Thursday, April 25, 2019 arrested 32 suspected internet fraudsters, better known as “Yahoo-Yahoo Boys.”
EFCC nabs five internet fraud suspects in Uyo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has arrested five suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
Ten suspected internet fraudsters arrested by EFCC
The Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested ten suspected Internet fraudsters.
EFCC arrests suspected internet fraudsters in Enugu
The South-East Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested three suspected internet fraudsters in the state.
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