Newspaper Headlines: States’ salaries rise by 90% to N3.8trn after new minimum wage

The Punch reports that the amount budgeted for personnel costs, including salaries and allowances to state civil servants by the 36 state governments, has increased from N2.036 trillion spent in 2024 to N3.87 trillion in the approved 2025 budget. A member of the Kwankwasiya political group says Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), met with Rauf Aregbesola, former minister of interior, over how to harvest south-west votes in 2027.