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The House ofRepresentatives has rejected the N4.79bn budgetary allocation for a PresidentialYacht contained in the N2.176trn supplementary budget for the 2023 financialyear transmitted to it on Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu.
In passing the supplementary budget on Thursday, the House moved the sumproposed for the yacht to student loan, bringing the total sum for the schemeto N10bn up from the initial N5.5bn....

A Judgeruled on Wednesday to overturn the city’s Democratic Primary Election,initially won by incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim, following claims of absentee ballotfraud by his opponent, John Gomes.
After two weeks of evidentiary hearings forGomes’s absentee ballot fraud lawsuit, Judge William Clark ordered a newDemocratic primary based on 180 pieces of evidence presented by Gomes’s legalcounsel....

Israelvowed to "demolish Hamas" as its troops massed on the border withGaza, as an Egyptian-controlled crossing into the enclave is expected toreopen amid diplomatic efforts to get aid to the millions of Palestiniansbesieged there after Hamas' deadly...

Ike Ekweremadu, 60 (right), his wife Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta
Ike Ekweremadu (a senior Nigerian politician), his wife, and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act.
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the...