Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaften und öffentliche Angelegenheiten
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Globalization and Emergence of Cyber Crimes in Nigeria; the Yahoo Boys Syndrome

Onota emmanuella

The rise of cybercrimes in Nigeria has eaten deep into the fabrics of this nation and globalization which is not a new phenomenon is seen as the foundational cause of cybercrimes in Nigeria and other countries who are suffering from the same social menace. Although the author faulted the activities of the yahoo boys which includes internet frauds, counterfeits, extortion, phony scams, unsolicited bulk electronic messages, porn, internet gambling, etc. on the greed of these perpetrators and on the advent of globalization, the author did not however fail to ignore the role the Nigerian government play in this social decadence through their non-commitment in fulfilling the needs of the citizens. Consequently, this paper explained the meaning of globalization, cybercrimes and also tried to clarify the what ‘’yahoo yahoo’’, an infamous term means in regards to this work. The thrust of this work was to find a relationship between globalization and cybercrimes and through its findings, a relationship was established and the gap the author sought to fill was accomplished. For proper investigation and research, this paper relied on secondary sources of data collection to draw objective conclusions and make recommendations for existing literature and practice.