===Alterations notwithstanding, President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion into law.
He said a supplementary or amendment budget would be prepared to remedy some of the most critical budget alterations.
The President said he hoped that the National Assembly would expeditiously consider and approve the supplementary budget when it is presented.
=====The President will also inaugurate the International Press Institute World Congress in Abuja on Thursday.
The congress would bring together journalism experts from around the world to discuss the role of quality media in building strong societies and bring about positive change to individuals and communities in Africa and around the world.
===The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says it is working with non-OPEC countries on a long-term pact to ensure control over world crude supplies and future oil price stability.
OPEC President, Suhail Al Mazrouei, at the opening of the 7th OPEC International Seminar in Vienna, Austria, reiterated OPEC’s commitment to market stability adding a lasting agreement by both parties was in the interest of oil producers and consumers.
Pope Francis has decried Donald Trump‘s Zero Tolerance Policy that leads to the separation of migrant children from their parents at the US-Mexico border.
The pontiff said populism was not the solution to America’s immigration crisis.
==The Australian Human Rights Commission says it will launch a “world-first” independent national inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace.
The commission said the Australian Government had given full support to the inquiry to ensure justice for over 20 per cent of people over 15 years old in Australia who had been sexually harassed.
It said that 68 per cent of the harassment occurred in the workplace.