By: Abayomi Adeshida, Abuja Lack of proper implementation of the pet projects by the wives of the incumbent Nigerian Presidents and lack of due acknowledgement of the potentials of the…
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30 Years of Humanitarian Services; Prince Paul Adelabu Conferred with Honourary Award.
Chairman, Board of Directors of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD), Prince Paul Adelabu has been conferred with an honorary PhD award in christian social works. Adelabu…
Comrade Ann Obehi Ojugo, Coordinator of Unique Love For Disability Initiative has pledged to make sure that Edo State Disability Bill is passed and domesticated in the State before her…
By Robert Egbe and Omolola Afolabi THE Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses yesterday received, in evidence, a picture said to be…
By RABIU SANIALI The Nigerian Red Cross Society says it has provided support to 8,100 vulnerable, persons with Disabilities and poor persons affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and flood disaster…
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Y’ello Star: Thirteen talents, blind singer, Jesse Drumz make the hub as show gains momentum
BY CHINONSO IHEKIRE The first broadcast of the new MTN Y’ello Star project gave viewers seven contestants who got a YES and made it to the house, seven more contestants…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of Mr. Oluwadamilare Jamiu Ogundairo, as the General Manager, Office of Disability Affairs with effect from November 5, 2020.…
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Project Alert Trains Persons With Disabilities On Combating Gender Based Violence And Reporting Rape Cases.
By Adeyanju Adewale Project Alert, a Non-Governmental Organization has intensified efforts towards training Persons with Disabilities on combating gender based violence and reporting rape cases among the Disability Community in…
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31 PWDs Get N60,000, Two Years Automatic Employment As Gov. Fayemi Approves Payment of Scholarship worth N96.1m to Ekiti Students.
About 31 students with Disabilities in Ekiti state have received N60,000 each from the disbursement of a sum of N96,140,000.00 as scholarship award to 469 indigene students of the State…
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FG pledges support to development strides as physical rehabilitation centre opens in Maiduguri
By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government is committed to supporting developmental strides in university teaching hospitals and other health institutions in the…
Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has approved the disbursement of a sum of N96,140,000.00 as scholarship award to 469 students of the state origin in tertiary institutions…
By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to rehabilitate 2,000 persons with physical disability patients at the newly inaugurated Physical Rehabilitation Centre (PRC) in Maiduguri in…
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Commissioner lauds Gov. Sanwo-Olu’s support for LASODA, PWDs as LASODA holds sensitisation programme
By Olabode Adeyeri The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs has organised the Year 2020 Sensitisation Programme on Special Children with Disabilities tagged ‘Caring for Special Needs Children: Our Collective…
As part of efforts towards improving the standard of living of Persons With Disabilities (PWD), the Lagos State Government has empowered 10 persons with physical Disabilities members of the Lagos…
The centre for Infrastructural and Technological Advancement for the Blind (CITAB), has called on the Ogun State Government to include students with visual impairment in the plan for free internet…