By Charles Akpeji, Jalingo Mr. Pius Nyado has told the Christopher Awubra-led panel addressing police brutality in Taraba State how security operatives deformed him while he was celebrating the electoral…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved free COVID-19 test for Persons with disabilities (PWDs), in registered clusters. This was made known on Wednesday when Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Dr…
By Ibukunoluwa Oluwademilade Khadimiyya Initiative for Justice and Development (KIJD), Kebbi State, has donated walking aides to over 200 physically challenged persons in Kebbi State. Speaking during the flag off…
By Chris Onuoha In one of its end of the year food relief outreach targeted at less privileged and persons with disabilities in the society, Ikeja Hotel Plc (IHP) paid…
Disability News
New Year Resolution: Bauchi Agency Sets Target, Promises Education Reforms, Empowerment.
Bauchi State Agency for Persons with Disabilities has set a 2-point agenda it hopes to achieve within the first quarter of 2021. The Chairman of the agency, Hamza Waziri disclosed…
United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) By Chidinma Uchechukwumgemezu A new publication by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that children with disabilities were among the most disadvantaged during…
By Sunkanmi Omodele, Ondo Ondo City is one of the 18 Local Government areas of Ondo State and arguably where civilization enter the State. On 28 of December 2020, the…
In a bid to cushion the current economic hardships faced by vulnerable families in Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation popularly known as Together for Needs Initiative has provided 100 boxes of…
Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) Lagos State chapter has lauded Governor Sanwo-Olu for restoring Disability Empowerment Fund. Chairman of JONAPWD in Lagos, Dr. Adebukola Adebayo said this…
Founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, and owner of Emmanuel TV, Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua (T.B Joshua) has donated 1,000 food items and two million naira cash grant…
A fifty-year-old who cannot clean up during her period; children secluded in special homes or banished to villages because their parents thought they would never become useful adults: this is…
By Oziegbe Okoeki Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday disclosed that the Disability Trust Fund has been reactivated in the State. He assured that the state government would…
Disability News
YULETIDE: Sanwo-Olu Lifts 364 Persons With Disabilities, Expands Inclusion For Disability Groups In Govt
•Lagos Earmarks N500 Million In 2021 To Address PWDs’ Challenges •Governor To Appoint SSA On Disability Affairs Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his wife, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, on…
Disability News
Government must stop making empty promises to persons with Disabilities, underprivileged —Tiolowani
By Adeola Otemade The president of the Care People Foundation, Reverend Paul Tiolowani, has urged government and well-meaning Nigerians to go beyond mere promises towards the disabled and the underprivileged,…
By Dayyabu Tanimu Azare. Myriad of challenges make financing college education extra hard and expensive for students with disabilities. This status quo may prevent such students from attending school full-time…