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.…
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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…
The association of lawyers with Disabilities in Nigeria (ALDIN) said it has begun the implementation of its Enugu Project on “Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Enugu…
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COVID-19: FG to distribute palliatives to 18,000 vulnerable women, Persons With Disabilitiess
•Women Affairs Minister Pauline Tallen By JUSTINA AUTA Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, says 18,000 vulnerable women, girls and persons with disabilities will receive cash palliatives and hygiene products…
By Rakiya A. Muhammad Yakubu Ahmad and Aisha Usman were oblivious to the public health emergency of great concern when the world was striving to stay safe in the thick…
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities’ Cooperative Society, Alhaji Iliasu Abdulrauf,…
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Gov. Fayemi approves the appointment of a person with disability as SSA on Disability matters
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has approved the appointment of a person with disability as Senior Special Assistant to Governor on Disability matters. In a statement signed…
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Bureau of Statistics asks JONAPWD to Assist on Data Collection of PWDs in Anambra State
Anambra State Bureau of Statistics, in its readiness to publish verifiable data of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the State, have asked the State Chapter of JONAPWD to assist in…
Kano State chapter of Spinal Cord Injury Association of Nigeria (SCIAN) commissioned its new secretariat office on Monday, 2nd November, 2020. At the commissioning were important dignitaries, most of whom…