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…
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), Mr James D. Lalu, in sustained efforts to engage relevant stakeholders for strategic partnership and collaboration has today met with…
By Diana Omueza/ Ruth Oketunde The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, a Catholic congregation of reverend sisters, has appealed to Federal and State Governments to award bursary…
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SARS operatives threw me off two-storey building, broke my spine, petitioner tells panel
By Onozure Dania A 34-year-old merchant, Mr. Ndukwe Ekekwe, told the panel how the disbanded SARS operatives threw him down from a two-storey building, which confined him to a wheelchair.…
Imo State Disability community, under the aegis of Joint National Association of persons with Disabilities, (JONAPWD), Imo State chapter has honoured Reverend father Valentine Ogubuike, one of the Catholic Priests…
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Group Tasks Buhari on Mainstreaming the Needs of PWDs into Government policies, processes and systems.
The group, Advocacy for Women with Disabilities Initiative (AWWDI) have tasked President Buhari’s administration on the need to mainstream issues and needs of persons with Disabilities, especially Women and Girls…