Bilikisu Yakubu, National Coordinator of the Advocacy for Women with Disabilities Initiative (AWWDI) has stated that the successful reinstatement of Aisha Aminu, a trained visually impaired Nurse to her position…
Team Nigeria athletes to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in France have returned to the country. Made up of 24 athletes excluding officials, the team returned into the country in…
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Foundation commends as FMC agrees to reinstate Aisha Aminu, a Visually Impaired Nurse
Quality Life for Persons with Special Needs Foundation has commended the management of Federal Medical Center (FMC) Bida for agreeing to reinstate Aisha Aminu, a visually impaired nurse whose appointment…
To further strengthen the Institutional capacity towards ensuring fairness in the administration of justice for Persons with Disabilities, the National Commission for Persons With Disabilities has organized a 2 -day…
Stakeholders in the justice system, the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), government agencies, CSOs, Security Agencies and state disability rights commission all came together in collaborative effort to…
The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA) today hosted over 150 children with special needs, caregivers, and owners of homes in an atmosphere of fun to celebrate the uniqueness…
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Dollars rain as Paralympics medallists, contingent receive $1500, $1000, $100
The Paralympic Committee of Nigeria (PCN) has rewarded Team Nigeria athletes to the 2024 Paralympic Games for their remarkable performances as curtain was drawn on the event last night in…
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Paris 2024: Oluwafemiayo breaks para-powerlifting record, wins gold medal
Team Nigeria’s captain, Folashade Oluwafemiayo, has set a new world record in the women’s over 86kg para-powerlifting category, becoming the first para-athlete in history to lift 166kg. Deng Xuemei of…
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2024 Paralympics: Ugwunwa wins javelin’s silver to give Team Nigeria fifth medal
Team Nigeria on Saturday in Paris at the 2024 Paralympic Games added a silver medal to its haul, after Flora Ugwunwa won in the women’s javelin throw event. Ugwunwa, who…
First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian Paralympian, Onyinyechi Mark, on her groundbreaking achievement at the Paralympics, where she won the country’s first gold medal and set multiple world records.…
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2024 Paralympics: Nigeria’s Isau Ogunkunle Rakes In Bronze Table Tennis Medal
Nigeria’s Isau Ogunkunle has raked in a bronze medal at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in France. This has made the country secure the first Singles Paralympic Medal Since…
Team Nigerian has won yet another medal through Bose Omolayo who grabbed the silver medal in women’s up to 79kg Para Powerlifting at the ongoing Paralympic Games. Omolayo has now…
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Paralympics: NCPWD Lauds Onyinyechi Mark For Setting New World Record For Nigeria
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Chief Ayuba Gufwan has lauded Nigeria’s Paralympian, Onyinyechi Mark who has set a new world record in the women’s 61kg para…
In a landmark move toward improving healthcare access for persons with disabilities, the Agency for the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities and the Ondo State Oranghis Health Insurance Scheme (ORANGHIS)…
As the local government elections draws closer in Ogun state, People with disabilities under the aegis of ‘Concerned Progressive Persons’ With Disability have called on the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun…