May & Baker warns investors against fraudulent investment scheme
By Chukwunonso Okolo May & Baker Nigeria Plc has warned against fraudulent investment schemes described as M&B Equity Stake, which are being circulated on the internet and promising daily or guaranteed returns. May & Baker disclosed this in a statement signed by Mrs Adetoun Abiru, for Marina Nominees Limited, the Company Secretary. The Company urged […]
Gender perspectives on paternity fraud, by Francis Ewherido
A Lagos-based DNA testing centre, Smart DNA Nigeria, released its 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report last Sunday, revealing that DNA testing surged to 13.1 per cent in 2025. It showed that 25 per cent of paternity tests returned negative, that is, one in every four fathers are not the biological fathers as presumed. The outcome is […]
A nation under siege: The banditry crisis, by Ugoji Egbujo
One fateful evening, the people of Malumfashi, Katsina, sensed trouble. Vultures circled their community, a grim portent. Alarmed, villagers alerted the military, who came, saw nothing, and left. At dawn, as the people trooped to the mosque to beseech God, bandits struck. They roared in on motorcycles and fired at everything. The mosque took the brunt. By […]
Putin as the President’s medicine, by Azu Ishiekwene
European leaders often portray Russian President Vladimir Putin as a tyrant, a land grabber, and a Russian bear. And following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine War three years ago, the deadliest in Europe since World War II, Putin has gone from being a bad guy in Western European eyes to being something worse: a war criminal. […]
The European Union of jittery states, by Owei Lakemfa
United States President, Donald Trump, invited Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to the White House on Monday, August 18, 2025. The purpose was to brief the latter on the outcome of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin three days earlier. Trump had already briefed Zelenskyy on phone and thought a meeting to finalise a possible trilateral […]
Unseen ramifications of the KWAM-1, Emmanson flight sagas, by Adekunle Adekoya
YOU know it all. I mean, all about the airport incident involving Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde Anifowose, the Fuji musician better know by his stage moniker, KWAM-1. You have all the information available from the mainstream media — your favourite newspapers, television, and radio stations. Then you got more salacious details from what we all now know as […]
