A recent report by Smart DNA Nigeria reveals that one in every four paternity tests conducted in the country still returns a negative result, highlighting an ongoing paternity crisis and growing trust issues within Nigerian families.
According to the company’s 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, released this week, 25% of paternity tests carried out between July 2024 and June 2025 showed that the presumed fathers were not biologically related to the children. Although this figure is slightly lower than the 27% recorded in 2024, the report describes it as a “worrying and consistent trend.”
