Persons with disabilities will push to secure bigger reckoning with their numerical strength in the next political dispensation, James Lalu, head of Nigeria’s disability commission has said. Mr Lalu said…
The Network For Disabled Women (NDW) has presented an award to the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Sightsavers, Dr. Caroline Harper. The award was given in appreciation of her huge…
The All Progressives Congress on Thursday unveiled plans to attract over 25 million votes from Persons With Disabilities to secure victory for the party’s presidential flagbearer, Bola Tinubu; other governorship…
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IFA Lauds INEC, NCPWD, Others, As VOTEability Campaign Ends With 11,661 PWD Registrants
The Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) has commended Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Commission for Persons with Disability (NCPWD) for their supports as it totalled 11,661 registrants with…
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NCPWD seeks Collaboration with MDA For Inclusion and Identification of PWDs in Nigeria
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), Mr. James David Lalu has said that the Commission is open to collaboration with any establishment whose objective is the…
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Lawyer Of Italian Who Murdered Nigerian With Disability Says Client Has Bipolar Disorder
Roberto Bizzari, the lawyer to Fillipo Ferlazzo, the Italian who beat Alika Ogorchukwu, a 39-year-old Nigerian with Disability to death on Friday, has presented new facts about the accused in…
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Lalu Hosts Sightsavers, Reiterates His Commitments Towards An All Inclusive Approach
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Mr. James David Lalu has reaffirmed his resolve to achieving the inclusion of persons with Disabilities in every facet of the…
By Oni Femi (INN), Ekiti Persons with Disabilities in Ekiti State have called out the Ekiti Local Government Service Commission (EKLGSC) for its delay in expediting employment of its members…
By Silver Nwokoro Centre for Citizens with Disability (CCD) has decried the continuous exclusion from government programmes, policies and activities People Living With Disabilities (PWDs), calling for urgent implementation of…
Despite the applause generated over Beyoncé’s new album, Renaissance, a faction of her fans, the disability campaigners have called her out for using an ableist term in one of the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it recorded 10.4 million fresh registration in the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) before it suspension on July 31. INEC said this in…
Cedar Seed Foundation (CSF), CEO, Lois Auta-Udonkanta has won the Power Woman Magazine award for excellence. The multi award winning Disability rights crusader polled 519 out of a total of…
From Okwe Obi The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has signed a N40 million grant with 3000 members of the FCT’s Original Inhabitants with Disabilities Multipurpose…
By Adedapo Adesanya The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has announced that it would hold a special opportunity fair for People With Disabilities (PWDs) as part…
Asma’u Halilu, Kaduna The North West zone leadership of the Persons With Disability, PWD of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration The zonal Chairman, Muhammad…