By Adewale Adeyanju, INN Lagos reporter The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA) has organized a sensitization program to educate the State’s People with Disabilities (PWDs) on benefits of…
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities (NCPWD), Mr. James David Lalu, ably represented by the Assistant Director, Social Integration, Mr. Jatau Kpeno, led a delegation of management…
mental health Mr Tobias John, a public health expert, on Friday warned that malaria might lead to Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) if left untreated. John, who is the Northeast Zonal…
A bill for a law to ensure the full integration of persons with disabilities in the state today scaled through second reading at the Edo State House of Assembly. The…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), National Leader of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), Hon. Tolu Bankole has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to show demonstrable improvement on election day…
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved an increase in the retirement age and term of service from 65 to 70 years or 40 years of service, whichever comes first…
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje By Tukur Muntari The Kano State Government says it has paid N336 million as fees for 29,031 students for the 2022 National Examination Council examinations.…
By Damilare Famuyiwa Ameerah Safiyanu, a Twitter user who falsely claimed to have been kidnapped, alongside 16 others by gunmen of Fulani and Yoruba ethnicities, in Abuja, has been mandated…
The Nigerian Union of Journalists, (NUJ), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to create special Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), centres for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), for an enhanced…
By Olukorede Yishau The rights of persons with disabilities took the centre stage at the 15th session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the…
By Oni Emmanuel and Sejoro Ekundayo The Ekiti State Youth With Disability Network (EKSYWDN) has called on the Ekiti State Government to implement the 5% recruitment quota for Persons with…
After 52 weeks of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the commission yesterday, records a cumulative data of 10,487,972 fresh registrants. Out of…
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Vice President Bawumia Joins Charismatic Evangelistic Ministry (CEM) in Prioritising the Plight of People with Disabilities
The government will continue to encourage and partner with private sector organizations in seeking to meet the needs of the disabled and disadvantaged to ensure greater social inclusion. “I firmly…
A non governmental organisation Anglo Nigeria Welfare for the Blind ANWAB has called for effective cushioning mechanism for persons with disabilities specifically the visually disabled persons. Its Director, Mr Danlami…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 10,487,972 as at 7 a.m. on Monday, June 27. The commission…