Aneth Isaya, the Founder and Director of Furaha ya wanawake wajasiriamali kwa viziwi Tanzania (FUWAVITA) which in Swahili language when translated to English to mean the Tanzania Joy Women Entrepreneurship…
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Deaf Nigerian Profile 019: I was forced to eat different concoctions, taken to a shrine in a thick bush, all in a bid to restore my hearing – Grace Ajayi
Grace Ajayi is a mother and grandmother. She is the founder of Deaf Female Empowerment Initiative. She is a native of Abeokuta, Ogun State. Meet Grace Ajayi as she shares…
How Doctors Inability To Communicate With My Deaf Sister Claimed Her Life Two Weeks Before Her Wedding – Funmi Ogunro
Founder, Friends of the Deaf Int’l Foundation, Funmi Ogunro in this exciting interview with Sejoro Ekundayo told INN how she lost her deaf sister due to communication problems with medical…
Deaf Woman becomes role model in leadership in Africa, wins post for Public Relation Officer
Aneth Isaya, the founder and director of Furaha ya wanawake wajasiriamali kwa viziwi Tanzania (FUWAVITA) in Swahili language when translated to English to mean the Tanzania Joy Women Entrepreneurship For…
Deaf Nigerian Profile 018: Using Hearing Aid Gave Me Lots Of Headache, I Had To Accept My Deafness – Yemisi Alabi, Chairperson LSDWA
Mrs Oluwayemisi Olaitan Alabi is a native of Ibadan, Oyo state. She attended Government Technical college, Oshogbo, Osun State and graduated as a Stenographer. She is the incumbent Chairperson, Lagos…
Teenager Calls For All Schools To Teach Sign Language ‘To Make World More Inclusive’
Nearly 100,000 people have signed a petition set up by an 18-year-old calling for all schools to teach basic sign language. Jade Kilduff, 18, launched the campaign after seeing how…
Deaf Nigerian Profiles 017: I Once Grabbed A Person’s Ball In A Bid To Escape Lashes From Deliverance Procedure – Muyiwa Afolayan, NNAD NFS
Mr Muyiwa Timothy Afolayan is a native of Esie, Kwara State. He holds NCE, B.ED and M.ED qualifications. He is a civil servant under Federal Ministry of Education. He has…
Disability community mourns, Deaf community, JONAPWD call on government to aid victims, Late Oladimeji Bunmi laid to rest as another accident victim died.
Deaf Women Association of Nigeria (DWAN), Deaf Teachers Association of Nigeria (DTAN), Ekiti State JONAPWD, Nigeria National Assocation of the Deaf (NNAD), National Alumni Association FCE (Special) and a host…
A 24-year-old Nigerian gay man, identified as Bow Berlin, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 4-year-old Deaf Boy in Ikorodu, Lagos. According to sources, the incident happened this morning…
Ado-Ekiti Motor Accident: Government Visits Victims, Principal Denies Report of Father’s Burial
Ekiti State government has commiserated with the families of some workers of Ekiti State Government that were involved in a ghastly motor accident at Ara Ekiti, in Ijero Local Government…
Three deaf persons working with the Special School for the Blind and Deaf in Ikoro Ekiti, Ijero Local Government have died while many others sustained terrible injuries during a ghastly…
Washington, D.C. (ABC7) — JPMorgan Chase has officially opened the first retail branch designed to serve the deaf and hard of hearing community. The branch, located in Washington, DC’s H…
Deaf Nigerians Profile 016: Every Morning, My Father Would Wake Me Up With Strokes Of Cane To Drive Away Demons Of Stubbornness – Idayat Okocha, CEO of RoyalDiadem Ventures
Mrs Okocha Idayat Olaoti (Nee Salami) is the Secretary General of Deaf Women Association of Nigeria (DWAN), Lagos State Chapter. Planning Committee Secretary of Lagos Deaf Students Annual Quiz Competition…
Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Ms. Sadiya Faruk says she might appoint a head for the Ministry’s Disability Commission from Plateau State. The Chairman, Plateau…
Luminous Deaf Scholastic Initiative (LUDESI) is an upcoming non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by Mrs Bernice Oyeleke together with her husband Mr. Olufemi Samson Oyeleke. In pursuance of her objective to…