By Gabriel Ewepu The International nonprofit organization, Sightsavers Nigeria, Saturday, revealed 30 million Nigerians currently living with disability more likely 27 times to go blind. The revelation was made known…
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Blindness: PWDs advocates eye screening before school enrollment to reduce risk
Stakeholders on Wednesday called for eye screening of children before school enrollment to reduce the risk of visual impairment and blindness. They made the call during the closing of the…
By Sodiq Omolaoye The Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the newly revised Copyright Bill to remove legal barriers for persons with…
The Chief Executive Officer of Sightsavers International, Dr Caroline Harper, says the organisation is very close to eliminating trachoma disease in Nigeria. Harper disclosed this at a breakfast round table…
A non-government organization, the Muslim Association of Visually Impaired of Nigeria (MAVIN) has empowered scores of visually impaired and needy people in society with items and cash gifts to cushion…
A visually-impaired man, Mr Anibueze Nnadi, whose building was demolished in September 2021, has again appealed to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State to come to his aid. Nnadi’s house…
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Visually Impaired Student gets Special Recognition as Winners emerged at the Patela Care Foundation CAANEC 2022
By Alao Abiodun Winners have emerged at this year’s cancer advocacy and awareness essay competition organised by Patela Care Foundation (PCF) for senior secondary school students in Nigeria. A statement…
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Pastor Who Was Shot, Blinded By Church Security Officer Calls Out Church Over Unpaid Compensation
By Titilope Joseph Lagos – A Pastor, Mr Garuba Gabriel has called out the Registered Trustees of the Gospel Apostolic Church for failure to pay the sum of N500,000,000 (Five…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has re-inaugurated Jigi-Bola initiative in a bid to reduce the prevalence of visual and hearing loss in the state. The governor who was…
A visually impaired man and Chief Executive Officer, African Crafts, Muritala Adebayo, has empowered 40 persons and also urged youths to embrace entrepreneurship and vocational skills. He made the call…
The National Optometric Association has called for proper implementation of the National Eye Health Policy and the report of the National Eye Health Committee set up by the Federal Government…
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Nigeria risks pandemic with 50m visually impaired citizens, association warns
By Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze About 50 million Nigerians have one visual disability or the other, while nearly seven million Nigerians are blind. Consequently, Nigerians have been urged to give priority to…
The Nigerian Optometric Association has said that nearly seven million Nigerians are blind. The association also said Nigeria presently has close to 50 million persons that have some form of…
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Society for the Blind call for inclusion of public awareness, digital education
By Cleopatra Eki The Federal Nigeria Society for the Blind has expressed readiness to recruit young persons into the society and upgrade learning systems of visually impaired to meet the…
By Hendrix Oliomogbe Due to the rising cases of endemic Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) like Onchocerciasis, Soil-transmitted helminths and Lymphatic Filariasis in eight local government areas of Edo State, the…