In order to migrate the Database of the National Commission for Persons With Disabilities from a descriptive level to an inferential state, the Executive Secretary National Commission for Persons with…
The British High Commission in Nigeria has offered the prestigious Chevening scholarship for the 2024/2025 academic year to some Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). The gesture according to the commission is…
The Special Assistant to the governor of Abia State on Persons With Disabilities, Mr David Anyaele, has urged Nigerians particularly the media to be in the forefront of the campaigns…
The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA) has praised the State chapter of the Nigeria Association for the Blind (NAB) for putting the resources of the Lagos State government…
INEC has prepared 2,238 Polling Units for PWDs ahead of the November 11 Election in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states. Barely forty-five days to governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and…
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Malaysia 2023: Deaf Eagles Shine On Independent Day, Defeat Gabon 2-1
Deaf Eagles shone on Nigerian Independent Day in Malaysia, thrashed Gabon 2-1 in a classification of 9-16 world ranking match which was played on the Nigerian Independent Day celebration(1st October…
The Association of Lawyers with Disabilities in Nigeria (ALDIN) utterly decries the brutal and despicable rape and murder of Uche, a 13-year-old girl with disability who was raped to death…
The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), Mr James Lalu, says 85 percent of schools in Nigeria are not accessible to persons with disabilities. Lalu…
By Chukwunyere Nwosu, Abuja The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, in collaboration with the Festus Fajemilo Foundation, convened a two-day national summit to strategize on access to inclusive education…
Osun Youth Agenda Group visited special school in Osogbo, distributed some writing materials to persons with disabilities. The president of the organization, Comrade Owolabi Hassan Olanrewaju, while presenting the materials,…
The National Universities Commission (NUC), has expressed its readiness to introduce courses and programmes that will deepen Nigeria’s capacity to provide equal opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). The Acting…
The Joint National Association of People With Disabilities (JONAPWD), has lamented being excluded from the palliative distribution committee in some LGAs in Kaduna State. Gov. Uba Sani had constituted a…
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Imo governorship: People campaigning against me because I have one arm — Labour Party Candidate
The Imo State governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Senator Athan Achonu, has said that some members of the opposition in the state are using his physical defect…
By AHMED UBANDOMA Mr James Lalu, the Executive Secretary of National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), has threatened to seal off public facilities and organisations that do not comply…
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Disability Inclusion: NCPWD presents translated policy documents and enlightenment materials to NAPTIP
In furtherance of the deliberate policy to mainstream disability issues in the entirety of the counter-trafficking activities of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the…