{"id":9234,"date":"2025-10-26T10:06:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T10:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=9234"},"modified":"2025-10-26T10:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T10:07:15","slug":"yahoo-boys-are-geniuses-they-need-redirection-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/10\/26\/yahoo-boys-are-geniuses-they-need-redirection-peter-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Yahoo boys are geniuses, they need redirection\u2019 \u2013 Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p>Peter Obi, former Labour Party presidential candidate, has described some internet fraudsters, known as \u2018Yahoo boys\u2019, as geniuses who need guidance rather than condemnation.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eObi emphasised that these individuals are creatives who lack proper direction, adding that they could contribute to innovation and national development.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eSpeaking in Onitsha, Anambra State on Saturday, he highlighted that while money is necessary, true wealth is based on integrity, character and purpose.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eObi said wealth should uplift individuals and society by promoting education, reducing poverty and creating opportunities for dignified lives.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200e\u201cSome of our so-called Yahoo boys are geniuses who need redirection, not condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir creativity and courage, if properly guided, can drive innovation and national development.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200e\u201cReal wealth uplifts both the individual and society, promotes education, reduces poverty, and creates opportunities for others to live dignified lives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-bot\" class=\"left\">\n<div id=\"mvp-prev-next-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-post-wrap left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-next-cont left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-cont-out right relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-prev-cont-in\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mvp-cont-read-wrap\">\n<div id=\"mvp-related-posts\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-related-text left relative\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Obi, former Labour Party presidential candidate, has described some internet fraudsters, known as \u2018Yahoo boys\u2019, as geniuses who need guidance rather than condemnation. \u200e \u200eObi emphasised that these individuals are creatives who lack&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9236,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234\/revisions\/9236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}