Yenagoa—Renowned Yenagoa-based hype man, Inebiri Theophilus Bubaralayefa, professionally known as Zephyr has admonished youths to shun internet fraud popularly called “Yahoo Yahoo” as well as ritual killing.
He rather advised them to embrace digital skills to earn an honest living.
Zephyr who made this known in a chat with our reporter stated that good and bad things are bound to happen, but it is left for people to choose which to believe.
“It’s a crazy world we live in. The internet will feed you with stories you’ll find hard to believe which is which. Things are bound to happen, good and bad things that we can’t stop but can minimize as people that want a better society.
“I’m totally against cybercrime and ritual killings and I always tell people how I make my money and how I don’t need anyone to tell me how to use it. Same thing with young people that make their money through the internet.
“There are a thousand and one legit ways to make money using laptops and phones. I know young people that trade cryptocurrencies, NFT, stocks and bonds, create websites, antivirus and programmes that generate millions for them,” he said.
He opined that most youths make money through forex but “we leave in a society where whatever you do using your phone and laptop is classified as Yahoo Yahoo.”
Zephyr, an official hype man at Club Bara nightclub, averred that “tech money is bigger than agric money, politics money and sports money. And tech money is the new blood money.
He advised youths to take the learning of digital skills seriously, adding that aside from earning big, technology rules the world.
In his words: “Get Involved in technology it’s the future. Digital skills are what every youth needs right now. So you can work from home.
“The world is a global village and technology is ruling but also what talent can do for you can never be overemphasized.
“Search yourself and develop that talent, it will pay big. And in doing that please get a certificate.
“You don’t have to go through the four walls of a university if you don’t want to; you can take online courses and expand your reach say with six-month professional courses or so.
“You can save money in dollars, not in naira and.
He advised youths to believe in God in their life pursuits and always show love to others.
“Be a giver and stay out of crime. The law will definitely catch up with you if you don’t stay clean,” he added.