Milan Dinić

This plugin automatically disables WordPress Events and News widget from the dashboard. By removing, you also prevent all external requests widgets makes so that it can work.
It is a very lightweight, it has no settings, just activate it and it works immediately.
And it’s on <a href="https://github.com/dimadin/disable-wordpress-events-and-news-dashboard-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.

Disable WordPress Events and News Dashboard Widget

Disable WordPress Events and News widget from the dashboard.

ymjid

Webinfos allows to admins to show a customisable message in the dashboard in is own dashboard widget. The plugin supports several custom messages (only one will be visible on the dashboard). The plugin is translatable but only French is supported for now. Webinfos integrate a feedback form to report a bug and/or give suggestions to the plugin author.
With Webinfos you can :
<ul>
<li>Add Contact informations (photo, phone number, email) and choose if you show them or not.</li>
<li>Upload logo, video or just files as attachments.</li>
<li>Use HTML tags in the message.</li>
</ul>

Webinfos

Webinfos allows to admins to show a customisable message in the dashboard.

Disable WordPress Events and News Dashboard Widget vs Webinfos