Joyce, who schools at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, says, ”Most of the Aristos that invade my school are businessmen, politicians and contractors from all over the country. They usually come during weekends and, if they have parties, they pay for the services of many babes. They take some of them to far places like Port Harcourt and Abuja.”

But the Yahoo Boys are different. They have access to the girls and they operate at any time. Joyce says, ”When you see a guy with a flashy car, who dresses in different designer clothes, shoes and accessories of the same quality, the thing that comes to one‘s mind is either the person is from a wealthy family, or he belongs to the clique of the Yahoo Boys.”

She continues, ”The Yahoo Boys are students in the school or neighbouring schools. Their lifestyles are ostentatious, probably because they don‘t sweat for their money. Moving closer to them, you will discover that they hardly sleep at night because that is when they operate. Many of them are of the view that they are collecting back from the white men (whom they call mugu) what they took from Africa.”

On the campuses, the girls, who swing with either the Aristos or the Yahoo Boys, are different. Joyce says, ”One thing that distinguishes these girls is their mode of dressing. They spend their money on quality clothes and accessories of all sorts. Where they live, they have virtually everything you can think of that makes a home comfortable – electronics of all sorts and even cars.”

Sometimes, the brand of cars they drive gives the Yahoo Boys away. ”They are usually in love with Honda brands - Honda Hala, Honda Bullet and Honda Baby Boy etc,” Daramola says.

Carol says many of the girls prefer the Yahoo Boys because of the age advantage they have over the Aristos. ”They are not ashamed to be seen around with the Yahoo Boys, many of whom are their age mates and who are also equally capable of providing for their needs. Besides, the relationships with the boys can lead to other things, like marriage.”

She adds that what the Yahoo Boys do to make their money hardly matters to many of the girls.

The girls, who prefer the Aristos, according to Carol, do so because they (Aristos) still dish out more money than the Yahoo Boys. ”Besides, many of them regard the relationships as strictly business and are not as possessive as the Yahoo Boys, who monitor the movement of their girls and are ready to beat them black and blue if they fumble,” Carol says.