It is estimated that over 27 million people live with various disabilities. While physical disability tops the rankings with 27.09% of this number according to a Shelby Treat (2016) report,…
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Llewellyn-Jones By Bola Olajuwon THE United Kingdom (UK) government has announced the launch of Skills for Prosperity Nigeria (S4P-N). It is a two-year UKAid funded programme that aims to equip…
Governorship candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Valentine Ozigbo; have allegedly declined to attend an event organised by…
The International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policy (FIIAPP) has urged people with disabilities (PWD) to beware of human traffickers. The appeal was made in Abuja during the…
The Inclusive Association of Friends (IFA) urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to provide sign language interpreters at voting and registration centers for the November 6 ballot in Anambra…
Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Fatima Buba (on blue) presenting the appointment letter to Miss Abigail in Lokoja Kogi State Governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello has approved the…
Following the demolition of an under construction building belonging to one Mr. Anibueze Nnadi, visually impaired and resident in Igbo-Etiti, L.G.A, Enugu State, the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons…
Lionheart Ability Leaders International Foundation, LALIF, has taken it’s awareness campaign on Usher Syndrome to the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs in the quest for special recognition and equal…
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, Mr James David Lalu has inaugurated the committee that will drive the procurement and evaluation process of the National Commission for…
The Executive Secretary National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, NCPWD, Mr James David Lalu has asserted that sign language must be learned by members of the families of persons who…
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disability, James David Lalu has said that the Commission will soon roll out a document on the minimum accessibility standards which all…
By Sikiru Obarayese Persons with disabilities in Osun State have appealed to Governor Gboyega Oyetola to establish an agency that will directly look after their welfare and protection. The body…
The National Association of Persons With Physical Disabilities, Ekiti State Chapter has Inaugurated a three-man committee to pilot its affairs and conduct elections to elect new executives within the next…
Arden & Newton, a brand strategy consultancy firm in Nigeria, in collaboration with Ford Foundation, have organised a symposium with Nollywood stakeholders to address the misrepresentation of women with disability…
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How a wheelchair user’s aspiration for education inspired me to initiate scholarship scheme – Bholu
A content creator and skit maker, Isaac Bholu has disclosed why he embarked on the award of scholarship to indigent students in Nigeria. Bholu who spoke via his Instagram page…