Executive Director of BML Collections Limited, Mrs Bolanle Longe By Jeremiah Oke Executive Director of BML Collections Limited, Mrs Bolanle Longe, has proven that there is ability in disability as…
Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA) has announced plans to increase awareness campaigns for effective implementation of the Lagos State Special people’s Law (LSSPL). This, it plans to do…
Youths, Women and Persons with Disabilities of the All Progressive Congress, Northeast zone have showered praise on President Muhammadu Buhari for establishing and adequately funding the Northeast Development Commission (NEDC)…
A UK based group, “We Can Access”, in collaboration with Special Needs Initiative For Growth has just launched Empowerment, a self-paced online program for Nigerian Educators, Parents, Organizations of Persons…
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Paralympics: Folashade strikes gold, sets world record as Loveline settles for silver
Nigeria increased her medal haul at the on-going Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan with a Gold and a Silver in Powerlifting yesterday. Folashade Oluwafemiayo won Team Nigeria’s third gold medal…
•Boko Haram victim, Mustapha Lawan Sixty-year-old Mustapha Lawan was a farmer, daily working on his farmland on the outskirts of Monguno, a restive town some 135 kilometres to Maiduguri, the…
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IFA Presents Research Report On PWDs Participation In CVR, Urges Stakeholders To Do More
Inclusive Friends Association, IFA, has released to the public, ‘Closing the Gap’, a research report on the participation of Persons with Disabilities in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). The…
No fewer than 3,200 People With Disabilities (PWD) in Yobe will benefit from the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government…
•Directs Reconstitution of Board Of Agency For The Welfare Of Persons With Disabilities Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has held a special Thanksgiving service with Special Persons in…
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Center for Disability Issues, has called on Lagos State Government to as a matter of urgency address plight of elderly persons, just as it advised government on…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has pledged to work with relevant stakeholders to facilitate equitable COVID-19 vaccine access. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu gave the pledge when Mr David Anyaele,…
Nigeria’s powerlifting paralympian, Bose Omolayo has won gold in the women’s 79kg powerlifting event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. She lifted 141kg to set a Games record on Sunday. Ukraine’s…
By Olasunkanmi Akoni, Chioma Obinna, Funmi Ajumobi, Gabriel Olawale and Jane Onozure Experts from different sectors and interests have convened in Lagos at the maiden Vanguard Mental Health Summit in…
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Gate Centre Donates Relief Materials to Displaced Persons, PWDs in Miango Bassa LGA, Plateau State
In its effort to give hope and provide succour to the internally displaced persons especially persons living with disabilities, the Beautiful Gate Handicapped People Centre Jos took relief materials to…
Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike and Olaitan Ibrahim on Saturday won bronze medals in powerlifting events at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. In the finals of the events held at the Tokyo…