Category: News Update
SERAP gives Abuja council chair 14 days to withdraw life pensions for ex-officials
NewdawnOct 13, 2019
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mr Abdullahi Adamu Candido, chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC),...
Lagos changes name of environmental task-force from KAI to LAGESC
NewdawnOct 13, 2019
Lagos State Government over the weekend announced the repositioning of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) formerly known as KAI to spearhead the...
Odebiyi gives schorlarship to 54 students
NewdawnOct 13, 2019
….. The Senator representing Ogun West District, Chief Tolu Odebiyi, at the weekend offered scholarship awards to fifty-four tertiary institution students from his...
Obasanjo urges DRC to invest in agric to help Africa cut $50billion food import
NewdawnOct 13, 2019
Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest in agriculture and particularly cassava,...
We’ll invest recovered looted funds in social programme-Kwara Gov
NewdawnOct 12, 2019
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday said the looted funds recently returned to the state would go into social investment programme to benefit the poor....
Dapo Abiodun constitutes elders’ council
NewdawnOct 12, 2019
In order to walk the talk about his commitment to inclusive and participatory governance, the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, MFR, has constituted...
At last, NNPC discovers crude oil in the North
NewdawnOct 12, 2019
After extensive search which spans several years and billions of naira expended,,the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) has finally found oil in the northern...
₦5trillion AMCON debt must be recovered, Says Finance Minister, BPP, ICPC
NewdawnOct 12, 2019
Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed has charged the management of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) led by Mr. Ahmed Kuru, Managing...
Looted funds handover
NewdawnOct 11, 2019
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; Ilorin Zonal Head, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Isyaku Sharu; Head, Counter Terrorism and General...
Support small scale businesses, self-employed to bridge unemployment – ILO
NewdawnOct 11, 2019
A study from International Labour Organisation has revealed that seven in 10 workers are self-employed or in small businesses, a finding that has significant...












