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PATERNITY FRAUD: ONE IN FOUR NIGERIAN CHILDREN NOT BIOLOGICAL FATHEES One in every four paternity tests conducted in Nigeria returned negative results in the past one year, implying that 1 in every 4 presumed fathers are not the biological parents.This is according to the 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report released on Monday by Smart DNA Nigeria, the country’s leading DNA …

TRUMP INTERRUPTS MEETING WITH EU LEADERS TO CALL PUTIN U.S. President Donald Trump has interrupted his talks in Washington with European leaders to call Russian President Vladimir Putin, an EU diplomat told Reuters on Monday. The talks are due to resume after the call, which Trump had initially said would take place after he consulted with European leaders, added the …

FG PLANS SALARY INCREASE FOR TINUBU, SENATORS, OTHER POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS The Federal Government is considering a salary increase for President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, senators, ministers, and other political office holders, following a proposal by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu, announced the plan at a press briefing in Abuja on …

US STRINGENT VISA RULE FOR NIGERIANS: WE WILL RETALIATE – FG The U.S government has mandated Nigerian visa applicants to disclose their social mediaprofiles and activities in the last five years, warning that failure to comply with the requirement could potentially result in visa denial. But the Federal Government in a swift reaction, said it will reciprocate the new US …

BOKO HARAM FOUNDER’S SON, FIVE OTHER SUSPECTED TERRORISTS ARRESTED IN CHAD Six suspected Boko Haram members, including Muslim Mohammed Yusuf, son of the late founder of the Boko Haram terrorist sect, Mohammed Yusuf, were said to have been arrested in Chad. One of the Nigerian intelligence sources in the Lake Chad region told AFP at the weekend that they received …

TINUBU SLASHES DIALYSIS COST IN FEDERAL HOSPITALS TO ₦12,000 President Bola Tinubu has approved a major reduction in the cost of kidney dialysis sessions in federal hospitals, cutting the fee from ₦50,000 to ₦12,000, News360 Nigeria reports. Daniel Bwala, the president’s spokesperson, disclosed the development on Monday in a post via his X handle. He explained that the initiative will …

NIGERIANS MUST PROVIDE FIVE YEARS SOCIAL MEDIA HISTORY FOR VISA APPLICATION – US EMBASSY The United States Mission in Nigeria has asked visa applicants to provide full disclosure of their social media history when completing the DS-160 form. The Mission, in a tweet on its official X handle, emphasised that applicants must include all usernames or handles used on any …

2027: PDP LEADERS DISAGREE OVER JONATHAN, OBI, MAKINDE The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing fresh internal divisions as its leaders remain split over whether to field former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Anambra State governor Peter Obi, or Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde as its presidential candidate for the 2027 elections. We gather from multiple party sources that some leaders, …

APC SET TO OCCUPY 2/3 SEATS IN SENATE, APGA INCREASES TO TWO Senators on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), need just one more seat to form 2/3 majority of membership of the 10th Senate with their current 72 in number from 59 in June, 2023. This is as the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA) which …

FALANA TO APC, PDP – PROVE YOU ARE NOT TERRORISTS Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has challenged the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to prove that they are not terrorist organisations. This comes following a controversial ruling by a Canadian Federal Court which described both parties as entities that have engaged in …