The Senate has yesterday approved a bill granting a 300 percent salary increase for federal and state judicial officers. The decision followed the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters, chaired by Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno (APC-Borno North), when he presented its report to the lawmakers. This approval was in response to an executive bill submitted by President Bola Tinubu, aimed at enhancing salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits for judicial officers and workers. 

The Federal Government through the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency ( NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, unveiled the standardized version of the reintroduced national anthem on Wednesday in Abuja. Onilu urged Nigerians to pay close attention to the words in lines three and five of the national anthem that was reintroduced. He explained that the goal of the exercise was to guarantee that the lyrics remain consistent. He said: “Today’s event is to present the official version which will clear all doubts about the correct lyrics as contained in the Act signed by the President. “We call the attention of Nigerians to line three of the first stanza, which reads: Though tribes and tongues may differ. Note that the words “tribes” and “tongues” are in plural. We want you to also note that line five of the first stanza reads: Nigerians all, are proud to serve”. The word ”are”, not ”and” is correct.”

The Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, has confirmed one person dead, 30 others trapped in a mining collapse at Galkago community of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has announced disconnection of power supply at the Lagos airport on June 5, to permit maintenance work. FAAN’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Obiageli Orah, said the maintenance is necessary to address urgent issues with the bus riser 11 kilo-volt-amperes (KVA) high tension (HT) panel located on the ground floor, north of international terminal 2 (ITZ-2). 

The Nigeria Police Force has stated that it will soon set up a full drone system to tackle the nation’s security challenges effectively.

The Peoples Democratic Party, has yesterday, advised the organised labour not to settle for anything less than N120,000 as a minimum, as the Federal Government had no reason for not complying. However, the All Progressives Congress, APC, whose government is proposing N60,000 as minimum wage, described the PDP’s advice to Labour as unpatriotic. The Organised labour, spearheaded by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trades Union Congress, began a nationwide strike on yesterday Monday, 3rd June, 2024 after rejecting the Federal Government’s N60,000 as minimum wage while proposing N494,000 as minimum wage.