CCD Executive Director, David Anyaele The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has supported the Class On Television Programme initiated by the Abia State Government with the provision of three…
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Oyetola, Aregbesola Distribute Palliative To 220 APC Deaf Groups In Osun
Osun State Governor, Oyetola Gboyega and his predecessor in office and now Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola have distributed palliatives to 220 Deaf supporters group in the All Progressives…
Covid-19: FDF Academy Begins Free Maths And English Virtual Classes For Deaf Students
FDF Executive director, Funmilola Ogunro Owing to the closure of schools occasioned by the Covid-19 Pandemic, Friends of the Deaf (FDF) Academy has started a virtual classroom for deaf students.…
Alhaji Abdulmumuni Ujah Alhaji Abdulmumuni Ujah, the Chairman, FCT Chapter of Joint National Association of Persons with disabilities (JONAPWD) has been appointed on contract as the National Project Officer of…
Deaf Association Writes Gombe Lawmaker, Laments Neglect In Youth, Employment and Empowerment Initiatives
The Akko Association of the Deaf in Gombe State have expressed displeasure over the continuous neglect of its members in several youth empowerment initiatives in Akko Local Government Area of…
Another exciting time awaits deaf persons as a contest titled ‘Deaf Can Dance Challenge’ is currently gathering momentum to provide youths in the deaf community a platform to showcase their…
Furaha ya wanawake wajasiriamali kwa viziwi Tanzania (FUWAVITA) is Swahili language when translated to English means “the Tanzania Joy Women Entrepreneurship For The Deaf” has partnered with Global Voice to…
Prof. Julius Ademokoya, President, Speech Pathologists and Audiologists Association in Nigeria (SPAAN), says no fewer than 8.5 million Nigerians are suffering from hearing impairments. He stated this on Thursday during…
Being Broke During Lockdown Pushed Me To Contest, Winner Of Online Dramatist Contest, Damilola Mekuleyi
The six weeks total lockdown occasioned by the novel Coronavirus might have taken its toll on Nigerians psychologically and most especially economically. Despite the partial lifting of the lockdown, many…
Christian Mission for the Deaf Church (CMDC), Onireke, Ibadan, the headquarters of CMDC churches in Nigeria has provided food relief to its members to cushion the effects of the Coronavirus…
Gombe Deaf Association, PWDs Lament Exclusion From Palliatives, Demand Establishment Of Agency
The Gombe State Chapter of the Joint Association of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) have lamented exclusion from palliative materials being distributed by the government to cushion the effect of the…
L-R Alhamdu libilibi with DPO Mr Phillip, Isma’il Abdullahi and a woman The Yelwa e-division Deputy Police Officer (DPO) in Bauchi State, Mr. Phillip E. Akolo has accepted to work…
The Gombe State University Students Association have lamented the non-inclusion of it’s members in the recent appointments made by the National President of Gombe State Students Association, National Secretariat, Comr…
Deaf Nigerian Profile 021: Sign Language Is My identity And Compass For Navigating Through Deafhood – Richard Ezekiel
Richard Olaoluwa Ayobami Ezekiel, a native of Imoga in Akoko-Edo LGA of Edo State. He was born and bred in Ibadan and attended God’s Grace Nursery and Primary School, Monatan,…
By Abasifreke Effiong – Uyo Nigeria’s Public Relations Officer, National Association of the Blind, Mr Ubong Udo, says children with hearing impairment have been left out in the ongoing school…