I created Facebook, Instagram accounts originally to learn ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ — Portable

News Express |6th Mar 2025 | 404
I created Facebook, Instagram accounts originally to learn ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ — Portable

Singer Portable




Controversial singer Portable has revealed that he initially created Facebook and Instagram accounts to explore internet fraud, commonly known as “Yahoo Yahoo.”

In a roadside interview with Egungun of Lagos, Portable confessed that he eventually lost interest in the scheme and abandoned the accounts.

However, after rising to fame, he revisited them, edited their content, and removed foreign comments to make them appear legitimate.

Portable said: “Make I no lie for you, E get one Facebook and Instagram account wey be say that time I wan learn Yahoo (internet fraud).

“Yahoo no gree, Na hin I just open that account down, as I con hearsay them dey look for me say I don blow, na hin I come go edit am, delete oyinbo commot, Na working account.” (The Nation)




Comments

Post Comment

Sunday, October 12, 2025 2:14 AM
ADVERTISEMENT

Follow us on

GOCOP Accredited Member

GOCOP Accredited member
logo

NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. Published by Africa’s international award-winning journalist, Mr. Isaac Umunna, NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s first truly professional online daily newspaper. It is published from Lagos, Nigeria’s economic and media hub, and has a provision for occasional special print editions. Thanks to our vast network of sources and dedicated team of professional journalists and contributors spread across Nigeria and overseas, NEWS EXPRESS has become synonymous with newsbreaks and exclusive stories from around the world.

Contact

Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos State.
+234(0)8098020976, 07013416146, 08066020976
info@newsexpressngr.com

Find us on

Facebook
Twitter

Copyright NewsExpress Nigeria 2025