By Chukwunyere Nwosu and Sejoro Ekundayo To support the growth of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), The Network of Disabled Women (NDW) has partnered with Disability Rights Fund to…
The Chairman, Christian Council of Nigeria, Enugu Chapter, Archbishop Christopher Ede, has called on the federating states to domesticate the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018. He made…
Disability News
General Election: CCD solicits LASODA, LASIEC’s support for inclusive electoral process
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, the Centre for Citizens With Disabilities (CCD) has solicited the support of Lagos State Office For Disabilities Affairs (LASODA) and Lagos State Independence Electoral…
Delta map By Matthew Ochei A youth in his early 20s, Chukwunonso Odo, has been stabbed to death by a man with mental disability, Wisdom Solomon, in Asaba, Delta State.…
Members of the Gombe State Association of the Deaf, GOMSAD, recently paid a congratulatory visit to the newly appointed Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Mohammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe…
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…