The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA) has provided financial assistance of N100,000 each to 200 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) across the state as part of its annual welfare…
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NCPWD Begins Validation of National Policy on Intellectual, Developmental Disabilities
The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has commenced a two-day stakeholders’ validation workshop on the Draft National Policy on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), describing the exercise as…
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Albinism: Disability Commission Reaffirms Support, Backs Cancer Trust Fund
The Abia State Commission for the Welfare of Disabled Persons has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting initiatives aimed at protecting persons with albinism from health risks, discrimination and social exclusion.…
The Beautiful Gate Handicapped People Center has demonstrated that compassion transcends religious boundaries, distributing wheelchairs and other mobility aids to persons with disabilities in Zaki Local Government Area of Bauchi…
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BDA Calls for Dedicated 2027 PWD Budget, Sign Language Interpreters Across Badagry
The Badagry Deaf Association (BDA) has called on the Badagry Local Government, Olorunda, and Badagry West LCDAs to make dedicated budgetary provisions for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the 2027…
Two hundred Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Gwandu Local Government Area of Kebbi State are set to benefit from a cash empowerment programme designed to strengthen their economic wellbeing and…
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) under the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Bauchi State have declared their support for the party’s candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections. The group made…
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Gufwan Celebrates First Lady Oluremi Tinubu at 66, Hails Her Commitment to National Development
The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), Chief Ayuba Burki Gufwan, has congratulated the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on her 66th birthday,…
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has trained security officers and other stakeholders in Oyo State on disability-inclusive service delivery and the protection of the civic space rights of…
The Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD) has commended the election of five persons with disabilities as Members of Parliament, describing the development as a historic milestone for disability…
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Disability Rights Group Demands Tinubu Halt Constitution Review, Seeks N66tn Compensation
A coalition describing itself as the Pioneers of Nigeria’s National and International Disability Civil Rights Movement and Policy Changers has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to suspend the ongoing review…
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Association Applauds Zamfara, Kano Governors Over Sign Language Interpreter Appointments
The Association of Sign Language Interpreters of Nigeria (ASLIN), Northwest Zone, has commended the Governors of Zamfara and Kano States for appointing dedicated Sign Language Interpreters, describing the move as…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has empowered youths and women with disabilities in Akwa Ibom State, reaffirming its commitment to greater inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, PWDs, in its…
By Chukwunyere Kelsey Nwosu Inclusive News Network ABUJA, September 17, 2026 — The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has moved to give Nigeria’s persons with disabilities a national…
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Abia First Lady Offers N50,000 Cash Support, Health Insurance to Sickle Cell, Albinism Communities
The wife of the Abia State Governor, Mrs Priscilla Otti, has announced cash assistance and health insurance enrolment for persons living with sickle cell condition and albinism across the state.…