Bola Tinubu became Nigeria’s president on 29 May,during a period of unprecedented challenges for Africa’s most populous country, to address the country’s persistent economic and security issues.

• Thousands of Nigerians and several heads of government attended the swearing-in ceremony for the 71-year-old Tinubu in the country’s capital, Abuja.
• He succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari to lead a country that by 2050 is forecast to become the third most populous nation in the world, tied with the United States after India and China.

Justice M S Ramachandra Rao has been sworn in as 28th chief justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday. Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla administered the oath of office to the newly-appointed Chief Justice at Raj Bhawan in the presence of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

• After taking the oath at Raj Bhawan, the chief justice was given a red carpet welcome and guard of honour at the high court. Full-court welcome address in the honour of the new Chief Justice was held in the court for the chief justice.
• Speaking on the occasion, the new chief justice said steps needed to be taken for the disposal of cases that are more than five years old and cases of senior citizens.
• Criminal appeals also need to be heard expeditiously, he added.

On 31 May 2023, WHO and public health champions around the world will come together to celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).

• This year’s theme is “Grow food, not tobacco”.
• The 2023 global campaign aims to raise awareness about alternative crop production and marketing opportunities for tobacco farmers and encourage them to grow sustainable, nutritious crops.
• It will also aim to expose the tobacco industry’s efforts to interfere with attempts to substitute tobacco growing with sustainable crops, thereby contributing to the global food crisis.

The Maharashtra government, on Tuesday, May 30, rolled out a new scheme under which over one crore farmers in the state would be paid Rs 6,000 annually.

• Maharashtra farmers will now get Rs. 12,000 every year - Rs. 6,000 from the Centre and Rs 6,000 from the state.
• The Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Yojana scheme was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by CM Eknath Shinde.
• He told the reporters that the Central Government had decided to give Rs.6,000 per year, and the state government had taken the same decision.

On 30 May a new Liberation War Gallery of 1971 was inaugurated at the Indian Cultural Center of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Pranay Verma joined the Home Minister in the inauguration of  the Liberation War Gallery.
• It contains some rare photographs of the 1971 Liberation War which culminated in the liberation of then East Pakistan and its emergence as the newest nation of the South Asian region. 
• A number of liberation war fighters, Bir Muktijoddhas, and distinguished guests, including a number of eminent personalities of Bangladesh, representatives from cultural and academic spheres of Bangladesh,  media persons and youth took part in the inaugural programme. 
• The Gallery showcases the heroic photographs and documents from the 1971 War of Liberation of Bangladesh as a testament to the enduring bonds of friendship between India and Bangladesh.

• CM Shinde made the announcement after returning from the national capital where he attended the new Parliament inauguration and celebrated the 140th birth anniversary of Veer Savarkar at the Maharashtra Sadan.
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced that Bandra -Versova sea route in Mumbai will be named as Swatantra Veer Savarkar Bandra- Versova Sagari Setu.
• He also said that on the lines of Bravery Award instituted by the union government, the SwatantraVeer Savarkar Shaurya Puraskar will be given for incredible bravery deeds in the state.

The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government Tuesday named cricket great Sachin Tendulkar as Maharashtra’s ‘Smile Ambassador’ to spread awareness about oral health and hygiene across the state.

• Tendulkar’s tie-up with the state government’s programme prompted the opposition parties.
• The batting legend will be the face of the state medical education and drug department’s Swachh Mukh Abhiyan (SMA) and has offered his association free of cost, and for the entire duration the government wishes to run the programme, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.