With one week left for the 2023 political campaigns to take-off on September 28, 2022, a nonprofit organization, the Albino Foundation, Wednesday, demanded and tasked political parties on inclusive campaigns…
BBNaija Season Seven contestant, Daniella Utangbe Peters has disclosed she has a twin brother who’s a person with Albinism. In a chat with some of her housemates at the dinning,…
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Osun Polls: Group Hails INEC For Acquiring Magnifying Glasses For Persons With Albinism
The Albino Foundation has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for acquiring magnifying glasses used by Persons with Albinism during the just concluded Osun Governorship Election, 2022. Chief Executive…
Albino Foundation said efforts are ongoing to ensure that at the end of registration exercise by the Independent National Elections Commission, at least three million persons with disabilities must have…
Malawi’s government has ordered police to investigate former president Peter Mutharika and an aide in connection with the 2018 murder of a 24-year-old man with albinism. Days earlier, Malawi’s high…
Life, to some people, is a bed of roses. It is beautiful and full of exciting moments. To others, it is nothing but misery. Like Thomas Hobbes would have it…
A Malawi court on Monday sentenced a Catholic priest to 30 years and several other people to life in prison over the gruesome 2018 murder of a man with albinism.…
By Adewale Adeyanju and Sejoro Ekundayo, Lagos The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA) has reaffirmed that the State Government is working towards ensuring the dream for a better…
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Ekiti election: People with albinism not regarded as persons with disabilities as voters were monetarily induced – CSO
Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room said people with albinism were not regarded as persons with disabilities (PWD) at Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Ekiti. The group also reports that voters were…
Persons with Albinism in Nasarawa State have advocated the establishment of special medical centres in each state of the federation to provide care and free treatment for people affected by…
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Int’l Albinism Day Celebration: Commission Promises Government Intervention On Skin Cancer
By Chidimma Ajemba Anambra State Disability Rights Commission promises government intervention on skin cancer as World Albinism Day is celebrated. The chairman of the Anambra State Disability Rights Commission Barrister…
By Francis Onoiribholo, The Initiative for Advancement of the Albinism Cause (INAAC), has inaugurated a book club for Children with Albinism (CWA) in Edo, through an access to low vision…
By Femi Emmanuel and Sejoro Ekundayo The Albino Network Association (TANA) South West Chapter has called for prioritization of welfare of Persons with Albinism (PWA) in Nigeria. The group which…
Albinism Association of Nigeria has cried out to government and individuals to stop all forms of discrimination against them, as they are normal humans with the capacity to add value…
By AFP Albinism, caused by a lack of melanin, the pigment that colours skin, hair and eyes, is a genetic anomaly that concerns hundreds of thousands of people across the…