Disability News

The Board, leadership and members of Arewa Disability Forum (ADF) has extended its heartfelt congratulations to Dr. James Lalu on his appointment as Executive Secretary and Administrative Head of National…

PWDs Rep in APC National Caretaker Committee thanks Buhari, Sadiya Farouq, Lalong, others for appointment into National Commission for PWDs. Representative of persons with Disabilities in the APC National caretaker…

PWD advocate and Inclusive News Network, INN reporter, Comrade Yusuf Kumo and two other persons have been appointed as aides to the Gombe State Coordinator of Nigerian Youth League (NYL).…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Governing Council and appointment of Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities in line with the Discrimination Against…

…says all lives matter By Adesina Wahab The Chief Executive Officer, La Mode Magazine, Sandra Odige, has called for the full implementation of the Nigeria Disability Law, noting that doing…

There are high hopes that the Disability Bill in Sokoto State will soon become a law as it passed its second reading at the State House of Assembly on Friday.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will set up PWD desk officers in 12 States of the Federation to aid the gathering of data of voters with disabilities…

Malam Aminu Tudun Wada The Joint association of people living with disabilities says they were excluded from Palliatives distribution during the COVID 19 lockdown in Kano State North-Western Nigeria. The…

BY JOSHUA ODEYEMI About 260, 000 children with different disabilities are not presently receiving basic education in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reports have indicated. According to UNICEF, about 95%…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed the Southwest APC zonal Leader, Prince, Paul Adelabu, a person with physical Disability as a member of the National Campaign Council for the…

The Suleja Emirate Deaf Development Association (SEDDA) has lamented the lack of employment opportunities as well as primary schools in the area to enable deaf persons integrate in their immediate…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo, on Friday trained visually impaired persons on the use of braille ballot guide to vote in the Sept. 19 governorship election in…

PWDs Celebrity of the Week 003: Olufemi S.A. Bayode’s story like other stories is inspiring. He lost his sight before he could write his external examinations. For him, the situation…

Widows, Orphans and Widowers in Barkin Ladi & Riyom LGAs received farming input (fertilizers) from Beautiful Gate Handicapped People Centre Jos. The intervention was to assist them in their farming…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed two persons living with disabilities, Mr. Joseph Dakop, a person with physical Disability and Haruna Tsafe, Deaf as members of the National Campaign…