By Ijeoma Thomas-Odia With a significant number of the country’s population living with disability and require special support especially young children, stakeholders and parents seek improvement in the learning environment…
Misbahu Didi, the President of Nigeria Para-Soccer Federation (NPF), has appealed to the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to include the sport in the 2020 National Sports Festival…
People with Disabilities have been vividly captured in the 2021 budget of Kano State. This much was affirmed by The Director of Planning at the State Ministry of Planning and…
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq’s recent announcement of the take-off of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) should be heartwarming. The minister’s…
Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) has joined the growing list of #EndSARS protesters in Abuja and some states in Nigeria to press for the vox pop demand for #PoliceReform and…
The Nigeria Association of the Blind FCT Chapter on Tuesday organized a rally to mark World White Cane Day. The members of the association and other members of disability community…
The Nigeria National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) has advised Deaf youths to refrain from the acts of violence ravaging some Nigerian States as a result of the #EndSARS and…
Project Enable Africa, known for the digital empowerment and human rights advocacy for Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria recently unveiled a new program targeted at enhancing businesses led by Persons…
As of Monday 19 October, donations raised by #EndSARS protesters has reached ₦ 7,553,675.00 for the young lady, Jane Obiene, who marched out with one limb to join in the…
As #EndSARS protests continue across the country on Monday, some Lagos residents with disability vow to continue despite the challenge and pain of moving around. They say Police brutality and…
By Yakubu Salisu, Kano The Executive Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission, Barr. Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado has said that, people with disabilities have suffered greatly from…
In an unprecedented move to ensure inclusion in the affairs of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the NBA has apologised to lawyers with disabilities (LWDs) for decades of neglect at…
In a bid to make the Court accessible to all persons, including persons with disabilities, and to increase greater access to justice, Courts in Nigeria, including the ECOWAS Court, and…
For the first time since its establishment 35 years ago, the Special School for Handicapped Children in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has now got its science laboratory, build and equipped…
Sightsavers Nigeria on Tuesday organized one-day workshop/ engagement of permanent secretaries and directors of Federal Ministries on mainstreaming of disability issues in their projects and programmes. The Participants in a…
