Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has urged farmers across the state to expand their agricultural activities, assuring them that the revival of agro-allied industries in the state will create a ready market for their produce and reduce post-harvest losses.

The Federal Government has disbursed more than N600 billion in cash transfers to over 10 million households across the country in the three years since President Bola Tinubu assumed office, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Bernard Doro, has said.

The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has commended the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for its peacekeeping interventions in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau, saying the regional body’s efforts helped restore peace and stability in the affected countries.

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.

A retired Head of Administration and Human Resources at Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, Michael Olawale Odesanya, has lamented the delay in the payment of his retirement benefits after serving the local government system for 30 years.