Tag: DNA test
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US halts Nigerian woman residency after DNA test exposes sponsor not her biological father
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has denied the residency application of Linda Odiete, daughter of James Odiete, after a DNA test revealed he is not her biological father. In 2007, the USCIS approved an I-130 application for Linda, granting her access to the United States based on her presumed familial connection to Mr.…
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Paternity Fraud: Nigerian footballer, Olanrewaju Kayode breaks silence, reveals next line of action
Nigerian footballer, Kayode Olanrewaju has finally broken his silence concerning rumours questioning the paternity of his children.
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INVESTIGATION: How fertility clinics deceive women with cryptic pregnancies, increase paternity fraud in Nigeria
Paternity fraud, a situation where a man is incorrectly identified as the biological father of a child, has become more rampant in Nigeria and often occurs between unmarried couples where a father seeks to avoid financial liability for a child he does not believe to be his. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) investigation shows that in recent times,…
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Court orders DNA test for actress Ronke Odusanya’s daughter
A Magistrates Court in Lagos State has ordered that a DNA paternity test be conducted for the daughter of Yoruba movie star, Ronke Odusanya. M.O. Tanimola, the magistrate, gave the order on Wednesday when the case was brought before her at Court 8, Samuel Ilori Court House, Ogba, Ikeja magisterial district, Lagos. TheNewsGuru recalls that…
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‘DNA test? Why not? But…’ – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido Recent developments in our space have brought up the issue of doing DNA tests on children to the fore. The DNA test is meant to confirm the paternity of the children. What is DNA? DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid. Both parents supply the DNA of a child; that is where the genes of…