White Cane Day is celebrated all over the world every 15th October. It’s a day set aside by the United Nations as an important occasion to raise awareness about the…
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Vision-impaired Lagosians task Sanwo-olu on inclusive social protection
Blind and vision-impaired persons in Lagos State have called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu to prioritise the community in social protection programmes as cost of living crises hit harder on the…
Two Non-Govermental Organisations, the Eye Care Aid Foundation and Vision spring, have given out 10,000 eye glasses to residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with support from the ACT…
Tension is building up in Ihekwuenu-Aku autonomous community in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State as a house built by some concerned family members for Mr. Anibueze Nnadi, a…
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Make books, educational materials accessible to visually impaired persons, NCC urges stakeholders
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has called on publishers and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that books and educational materials are made in accessible formats to visually impaired persons (VIPs).…
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Tinubu approves initiative to provide 5 million eyeglasses to Nigerians with sight impediments
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday in Abuja, declared his unwavering support for a partnership between the Federal Ministry of Health’s National Eye Health Programme and the Peek Vision Foundation to…
Dr Joshua Ibenu, a Public Health Expert, has advocated for the domestication of the Eye Health Policy to improve eye health care and reduce the number of persons with visual…
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Over one million Nigerians blind, ophthalmologists inadequate – Experts
A public health expert and Programme Officer with Sightsavers Nigeria, Dr Joshua Ibenu said 1.1 million Nigerians are blind but there are not enough ophthalmologists to take care of eye…
Muslim Association of Visually Impaired of Nigeria (MAVIN) gives kudos to members of House of Representatives for voting to urge President Bola Tinubu to allocate 10 per cent of offices…
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Association Decries Deplorable State Of Special Children’s School In Rivers
The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD), has decried the deplorable state of the Special School For Handicapped Children, Creek Road, Port Harcourt. JONAPWD called on Governor Siminalayi…
Aseptuagenarian Kareem Aderemi on Monday shot himself dead with a locally-made barrel. Aderemi had been battling Parkinson’s disease and partial blindness for months before he committed suicide. Spokesperson of Nigerian…
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UBA pioneers financial inclusivity for the visually impaired, introduces UBA Braille Account Opening Form
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA), has launched the UBA Braille Account Opening Form, a first of its kind initiative in the Nigerian and African market, designed specifically…
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Elected NAB National President, Stanley Onyebuchi, visits Blind mechanic in Abuja (Video)
The newly elected National President of the Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB), Stanley Onyebuchi, has visited the blind mechanic in Abuja. INN, on June 17, reported and shared a…
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“I Can Tell Engine’s Fault Through Sounds”: Blind Mechanic Fixes Nigerian Man’s Car, Speaks About His Life
A man who was surprised that a blind man was working on his car as a mechanic made a short video of him. The blind man said he had been…
By Oni Femi (INN), Ekiti As a way of finding out the true state of welfare of students with disabilities in Ekiti, His Excellency Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji had on…