The University of Ilorin says its Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, recently won the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) $80,000 {approximately N30.3 million} grant. It said that…
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POST COVID-19- PIND canvases innovative approaches to skills development for youths, Women, PWDs
THE Executive Director of Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND), Dara Akala has said that the Niger Delta region needs innovative approaches to skills development that will…
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I Walked Without Crawling After Six Years Of My Birth- JONAPWD BOT Chair
Chairman of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Board of Trustees (BOT), Prince Paul Adelabu has recounted how he miraculously started walking six years after his birth…
The Joint Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), in Jakusko local Government of Yobe State has called on the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan to extend his philanthropic gestures to persons…
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old man, Godwin Akpan, for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 20-year-old girl with Down’s syndrome. The victim was reportedly…
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Christian Association Of Nigeria (CAN) Donates Palliatives To Persons With Disabilities In Anambra State
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Anambra State chapter, led by the president, Rev. John Ndubuisi, yesterday, 24th July, 2020, donated palliative items to Persons with Disabilities in Anambra to…
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Gombe PWDs Present Disability Right Bill To Assembly, As Speaker Assured Of Passage
The Gombe State House of Assembly has confirmed receipt of Disability Right Bill from the Joint Association of Persons with Disability (Gombe State Chapter). Secretary of the Joint Association and…
The Federal Government on Tuesday said efforts were ongoing towards the establishment of the National Commission for Persons Living with Disabilities in Nigeria. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management…
Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) Board of Trustee (BOT) has begun moves to resolve the lingering crisis in the association to preserve the interest of its 31…
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Covid-19: JONAPWD Holds Awareness Programme, Recieves Palliatives For Members
The Ogun State Chapter of the Joint National Association Of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) has held a sensitization and awareness campaign on the reality of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. Chairman…
The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) has waded into the crisis rocking the Plateau State chapter of the association with the aim of resolving it. Miss Omotunde…
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Court Strikes Out Suit Challenging Association Of Persons With Disabilities (JONPWD), Leadership
Justice Othman Musa of FCT High Court, Bwari on Wednesday struck out a suit, filed by Stanley Onyebuchi and four others against Incorporated Trustees, National Association of Persons with Disabilities…
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NHRC Partners Humanitarian Affairs Ministry On Establishment Of Disability Commission
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it will partner with the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development (FMHDSD) in the establishment of the National Commission…
Moved by the hardship faced by its members in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Edo State Chapter on Friday made…
The whole street came out to cheer on Tobias Weller A boy with cerebral palsy who was inspired by Captain Tom Moore to walk a marathon has said it felt…