The Leaders and Critical Stakeholders of Disability Communities in Yobe State held a high level meeting ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities IDPWD 2020. In a statement signed…
Towing traditional path of the legislature, yesterday, the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Mr James D. Lalu along with other administrative staff of the Commission appeared before…
The Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilty UNCRPD, Barr. Danlami Basharu paid a visit to the Executive Secretary (ES) of the National Commission for…
By OLUWASEUN NUBI Sarafadeen Olalekan, the Captain, Amputee Football Team, ‘’Special Eagles’’, has appealed to the Minister for Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare, to ensure the payment of the team’s…
Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has revived the Bauchi state agency for persons with disabilities (PWDs). In a letter signed by the Secretary to the state governor, Mohammed Sabiu Buba,…
Disability News
Philanthropist Gives Interest-free Loans To a Person with Disability, Lekki #EndSARS Protesters.
By TAIYE BAIYEROHI A Nigerian philanthropist, Chief Temitope Ajayi, has given out interest-free loans to 35 Lekki #EndSARS protesters and one Person with a Disability in order to engage them…
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PHOTOS: How persons with disability defied the odds to protest against police brutality
By Mansur Ibrahim While the youth trooped into the streets to protest against police brutality in Nigeria, people with disability were not missing in action. For two weeks that the…
By Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta An Ogun resident and victim of stray bullet from a yet-to-be identified police officer in Abeokuta, Mr. Kamol Ganiyu, has pleaded for support to walk again.…
Disability News
I became wheelchair user, wear adult diapers after SARS brutality -Survivor tells Lagos panel
By Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis A phone accessories dealer, Ndukwe Ekekwe, has told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution that he started wearing adult diaper as a result of…
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CCD commends Gov. Fayemi as Ekiti passes Disability law, appoints SSA on Disability Matters
Centre for Citizens with Disabilities, CCD has commended the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for passing the State Disability Bill into Law and the appointment of a person…
Persons with disabilities (PWDs), on Thursday, alleged unfairness in Enugu State by the inability of the state House of Assembly to domesticate the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities Law enacted…
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State Ministry Celebrates Spinal Cord Injury Day, Presents Wheelchairs, Other Relief Materials to PWDs.
Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development celebrated Spinal Cord Injury Day with donations of wheelchairs and other relief materials to Persons with Disabilities in Ogun. In a…
BOLD Hearts Network, a group of Beautiful Outstanding Ladies with Disabilities in Nigeria has sensitized women with Disabilities totaling 46 on gender based violence. The group targets making women with…
•Health Minister, Dr Ehanire By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA/ IKENNA OSUOHA The Federal Ministry of Health on Friday launched the report of the 2019 Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) study in its…
Network of Disabled Women (NDW) has tasked persons with Disabilities to press for their demands on rights to acquire tertiary Education, skills and employment with the backing of the Nigerians…