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Senate Extends 2024 Capital Budget to December 2025 Amid Delays in Project Execution
By AriseNews | June 25, 2025 In a crucial move to salvage ongoing national infrastructure projects, the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday approved a second extension of the 2024 capital budget, moving its implementation deadline from June 30, 2025, to December 31, 2025. This decision allows the Federal Government more time to execute projects under the…
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Ekimogun Youths Connect Congratulates Commissioner-Designates in Ondo State
Ekimogun Youths Connect, a prominent youth-led organization committed to activism, community development, youth empowerment, and employment initiatives within Ondo Kingdom, has extended heartfelt congratulations to all commissioner-designates recently appointed in Ondo State. In an official statement released earlier today by the organization’s spokesperson, Comrade Oyedun Blessing, the President of Ekimogun Youths Connect, Comrade Famakinwa Lucaskakaki,…
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Akinlaja Commends President Tinubu for Honouring June 12 Heroes, Pays Tribute to Late Frank Kokori
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Former Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Hon. (Comrade) Joseph Iranola Akinlaja, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for recognizing key figures in Nigeria’s pro-democracy movement—particularly the late Chief Frank Ovie Kokori—during the 2025 Democracy Day celebrations. In a statement issued on Thursday, Akinlaja—who also served as the General Secretary…
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Legislators Vindicated Abiola Makinde As Roundtable Goofed!
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to extend the capital component of the 2024 Appropriation Act beyond its current expiration date of June 30, 2025. This extension is aimed at ensuring the complete implementation of capital projects across the country. Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele made the disclosure, emphasizing the National Assembly’s commitment to…
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₦22 Trillion Pension Funds Should Not Be Used for Infrastructure – Former NLC Leader, Akinlaja Warns Tinubu Administration
Hon. (Comrade) Joseph Iranola Akinlaja, a former Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and ex-General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has strongly opposed the proposal by President Bola Tinubu’s administration to channel over ₦22 trillion from pension funds into national infrastructure projects. During a media interaction…
