Category: News Update
Emir of Patigi is dead
NewdawnMar 20, 2019
The Emir of Patigi in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara, Alhaji Ibrahim Chatta Umar, is dead. Umar reportedly died in Abuja on Tuesday night after a brief illness....
FG may hike VAT by 50%
NewdawnMar 20, 2019
The Federal Government on Tuesday revealed its plan to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) up to 50 percent. This is even as the upper chamber of the National Assembly...
Seven die as truck plunged into river in Kogi
NewdawnMar 19, 2019
Seven people on Tuesday lost their lives as a truck in which they were traveling plunged into a river at Kotonkarfe Community on Lokoja-Abuja Highway. Mr Emmanuel Abe,...
Udoma to Senate: FG fiscal strategy targets growth-enhancing sectors
NewdawnMar 19, 2019
Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma on Thursday told the Senate Committee on Finance that some slight adjustments had been effected on the...
Baru hints of progress in drilling at Kolmani River-II Well
NewdawnMar 19, 2019
The Kolmani River-II Well, which spud-in was flagged off last month by President Muhammadu Buhari is progressing satisfactorily, with drilling so far of 6,700 feet, the...
Saraki plans to hijack 9th Senate by enthroning its leadership -Nabena
NewdawnMar 19, 2019
Mr Yekini Nabena,a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the outgoing President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, is planning to hijack the 9th Senate by...
Breaking: Court halts collation of Rivers gov result
NewdawnMar 19, 2019
The Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja on Tuesday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from further collation Rivers state governorship...
Rigging is in PDP’s DNA – BMO
NewdawnMar 19, 2019
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of measuring President Muhammadu Buhari by the insidious standard of past PDP...
BMO hails ‘Buharinomics’ for falling inflation
NewdawnMar 19, 2019
The Buhari Media Organisation has hailed the President for effective management of the economy which it said had brought down inflation According to it, Reports by the...
Brave children stop robbers/kidnappers
NewdawnMar 19, 2019
Two children have demonstrated bravado by stopping two armed robbers and kidnappers who attempted to make away with their father’s car. The two children locked the car...













