A deaf lady, Lawal Olamide Sukurat has emerged first runner-up in the “Miss Obaruwa festival 2023”, a beauty contest dominated by hearing contestants. Speaking to Inclusive News Network, Sukurat says…
The newly elected State Executive committee of Gombe State Association of the Deaf, (GOMSAD) under the leadership of Mr Blessed Charles, has begun the push for revitalization of the structure…
by Nwabueze The Deaf Community and other persons with disabilities want the Independent National Electoral Commission and other stakeholders to provide assistive devices and sign language interpreters to enable them…
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“We Will Work Together To Achieve Effective Communication”, BSAD Tells Bauchi ASLIN
By Umar Saleh Burrah (INN), Bauchi The leadership of Bauchi State Association of the Deaf, BSAD, has called on the Bauchi State Association of Sign Language Interpreters of Nigeria (ASLIN)…
An appeal has been made to the government, parents, and stakeholders to support the education of Deaf children while employing and empowering Deaf adults in Nigeria. Mr Isaac Awonuga, a…
By Umar Saleh Burrah (INN), Bauchi The Bauchi State Deaf Muslim Community has requested the State Governor, Bala Abdulkhadir Mohammed to set up an Islamiyya school for Deaf persons in…
Nasarawa State Association of the Deaf (NASAD) has presented an award of honour to Mrs. Aisha Rufa’i Ibrahim, the State’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development. The honour was…
By Adewale Adeyanju (INN), Lagos It was celebration galore penultimate Saturday 14, January 2023 at the Meiran, Alimosho residence of Deaconess Adedoyin Beyioku-Alase (aka Mama Deaf) when the Deaf Women…
By Ambrose Ologide A young male deaf, Anthony Boyi, a native of Isoko, 21 years old and a resident of Kwale that was declared missing on 16th August, 2022 has…
Mr Isaac Awonuga, Deaf Nigerian philanthropist based in the United States has donated the sum of N300, 000 to Deaf Communities in Lagos and Ogun States. The philanthropist who spoke…
For its huge impact on the deaf community, parents and stakeholders recently joined Wesley School for Hearing Impaired children to celebrate her 60th anniversary. Principal of Wesley School 1, Mrs.…
By Adewale Adeyanju (INN), Lagos The chairman, Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Dr. Kayode Omiyale, has offered free Healthcare program to ten Deaf persons to better the living conditions…
By Ogunbayo Oluwaseyi (INN), Ogun The need for Government, Private sector and Non Governmental organisations to promote understanding and inclusion of the Deaf and mobilize support for their dignity, rights…
The Gombe State Association of the Deaf (GOMSAD), has on Saturday elected new state executive council members that will steer the affairs of the state for the next four years.…
by Tunde Oguntola The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and CBM Global Disability Inclusion have expressed dissatisfaction over discrimination and lack of access to information by deaf women and…