By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arrested 39 suspected Internet fraudsters at different locations within Benin City. A statement posted on the Commission’s X handle on Friday, said the suspects were arrested on Wednesday,...
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Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has disclosed that all property housing kidnappers and yahoo boys in the state, would be demolished. Governor Alia, who disclosed this on Friday, during a press conference in Makurdi, said also that that he would soon meet with all hotel owners in the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested 39 suspected internet fraudsters (Yahoo boys) at different locations in Benin City, the Edo State capital. EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale disclosed this in a statement issued on...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 74 suspected internet fraudsters (Yahoo boys) in Ogun State. EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Oyewale stated that the alleged fraudsters...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Operatives of the Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested thirteen (13) suspected internet fraudsters in the Badawa area of Kano metropolis, Kano State. The anti-graft agency in a tweet on Friday, said suspects were arrested following...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 46 suspected internet fraudsters in Bauchi and Ibadan. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, who said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, explained that 27 of the suspects were arrested in Bauchi, while 19 were arrested in Ibadan. According...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), and two others for offences bordering on internet fraud. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale disclosed this in a statement on...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested at least 10 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, in Keffi Local Government Area of the state. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the suspects were...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Command has arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as yahoo boys. EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Mr. Oyewale said the suspected yahoo boys were...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 14 undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State over alleged Internet fraud. The EFCC Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday. According to him, they were arrested...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should devise methods of re-orientating arrested educated online fraudsters (aka Yahoo Boys) to become information technology specialists, a cyber-security specialist, Mr Chidiebere Ihediwa, has advised. According to him, this strategy is better, rather than allow them languish in detention or undergo...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives have arrested six suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys in Bwari and Dutse axes of Abuja. The EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. ...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto Command on Friday arrested 23 alleged Internet fraudsters otherwise known as Yahoo Yahoo boys within the metropolis. The alleged fraudsters, who were apprehended following due intelligence and monitoring at the Bafarawa and...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arrested 52 suspected internet fraudsters (Yahoo boys) in Abraka, a university town in Delta State. EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, stated in Abuja that the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence...
Edo High Court on Tuesday sentenced 19 persons to prison for engaging in internet fraud popularly known as “Yahoo Yahoo”. The convicts in separate judgements by Justices Efe Ikponmwonba and Mary Itsueli in Benin, were found guilty of the charges levelled against them. A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Enugu. The EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested 21 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys in a sting operation in Enugu State. The EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. According to...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as “yahoo boys” at Rumuekini axis of Port Harcourt The suspects were arrested on Friday during a sting operation in Port-Harcourt, a statement by Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of anti-graft...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Ibadan Zonal Command has arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters (popularly know as Yahoo boys) in Oyo State. The EFCC in a statement via its Twitter handle, said the suspected fraudsters were arrested in Apete and Bodija...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested 23 internet fraudster suspects in Enugu State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the arrest in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said the suspects were apprehended around Monark, Emene and Golf Course axis...