Nearly 1 in 4 men fail paternity tests – report
Nearly one in four men who underwent paternity testing at Smart DNA Nigeria was excluded as the biological father during the laboratory’s 2025/2026 reporting period, even as the rate of negative results recorded a marginal decline.
Increase Assembly seats in Warri S-West, INEC urged
A group in the Niger Delta, under the auspices of the Warri Transparency Group, yesterday, appealed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to resolve the issue of political imbalance in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, by creating additional state House of Assembly seats in the area.
4 suspected kidnappers arrested
FOUR suspected abductors, allegedly involved in the kidnapping of a popular transporter in Benin, Edo State, have been arrested by a Joint Security Patrol Team.
Activists oppose PHCN privatisation
A coalition of civil society groups, Joint Action Forum, JAF, and organised labour have kicked against Federal Government’s planned privatisation of Power Holding Companies of Nigeria, PHCN, and said they would begin a mass protest and civil disobedience across the country to resist the policy on October 25.
Hajj: Hawkers invade Yola Airport
Hawkers of various commodities, including food and hard currency, are now making brisk business at the Yola International Airport due to ongoing airlift of pilgrims.
Suspected cultists kill IMT student
THE Police in Enugu yesterday confirmed the death of a final year student of the Institute of Management and Technology, IMT, Enugu who was attacked by persons suspected to be members of a cult group.
