By Gloria Nwafor As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR), a charitable non-profit organisation, Mzuzah Africa, has championed the cause for the less privileged, through its health initiative programme…
Police in Bengaluru, India arrested a woman for allegedly killing her deaf daughter by throwing her from the balcony of their fourth-floor apartment. The horrific incident took place on Thursday…
A strict adherence to the Lagos State Special People’s Law; full implementation of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Law of Nigeria, and a relentless pursuit of the Sustainable…
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Respite for hearing loss patients as Nigerian doctors commence cochlear implant surgeries in Abuja
By Tom Chiahemen The Management of Zenith Medical & Kidney Centre, Abuja, is set to end the era of Nigerians with hearing loss challenges spending hard currencies to travel outside…
Akwa Ibom State Government has approved a one-year internship and attachments for all workers, who undertook training in Sign Language. According the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong,…
By Hassan Muaz The Kaduna State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Ffad Goshen Academy, Gumei, along Zonkwa road, Kachia, in the Kachia Local Government Area of the state…
The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) has completed the translation of additional 77 Chronological Bible Stories (CBS) in Nigerian sign language for the deaf. This is contained in a statement…
The Association of Deaf in Imo State on Wednesday protested the demolition of its secretariat situated on Wetheral Road, Owerri, by officials of the Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO). The special…
Bukola Simeon Afolabi (BSA) speech and hearing centre hosted the publication team of the Nigeria National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) as the association steps up efforts toward releasing the…
Twenty-four year old Comfort Asuamah, a deaf student of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has emerged among 10 other contestants without disabilities to rank 1st runner-up in the institution’s MISS…
The old students of Wesley School for the Deaf are set to hold their maiden reunion party. According to the organisers, the long-week programme which holds in Surulere, Lagos, kicks-off…
By Chidimma Ajemba Awka, June 30 2022. The Deaf Women Aloud Initiative(DWAI) a Non-Governmental Organisation advocating and amplifying the voice of Deaf Women and Girls in Nigeria has officially unveiled…
A group, Deaf Women Aloud Initiative (DWAI), has called on the Federal and State governments to employ sign language interpreters in all public/private hospitals across the country. They say the…
By Chidimma Ajemba Awka, 1 July 2022. (ASDRC) The chairman and CEO of the Anambra State Disability Rights Commission, Bar Chukwuka Ezewuzie has called on educational policymakers in the state…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has presented a brand new SUVs to outstanding teachers and school administrators – among them, a deaf teacher, at the Y2021 Teachers Merit Awards…