by Oluwatomisin Amokeoja The opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games took on Tuesday after a year delay due to COVID-19 that has continued to ravage the world. Lovers of…
Lucy Ejike The Tokyo Paralympics begin on Tuesday after a year’s pandemic delay. Team Nigeria Paralympics will participate in four events: Para Powerlifting, Para-Athletics, Para-Table Tennis and Para Rowing. The…
Though the duo of Isau Ogunkunle and Faith Obazuaye would make their debuts at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, they have pledged to rock the boat of some of the…
A first coronavirus case has been detected in the Paralympic Village, days before the Games open, organisers said Thursday as Japan battles a record wave of infections. The case involves…
by Frank Ikpefan. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary institutions across the country will hold a policy meeting on August 31 where they will decide…
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Don’t deprive children with disabilities of education, Lagos govt tells parents
The Lagos State government has advised parents who have children with disabilities not to keep them at home but to register them in school for knowledge and skills acquisition. The…
Federal Government on Friday reiterated its commitment towards empowering over 37 Nigerians including marginalized youths who had no access to education, orphans, as well as people living with disabilities through…
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Federal Government has okayed the establishment of a specialized court for child offenders. The decision, which was announced by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister…
By Mnanna Nwogu President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration is committed to ensuring that no part of the country would suffer neglect, owing to its geographical location or…
By Wale Akinselure The Oyo State government has planned to repatriate beggars, destitute, of other states of origin, back to their respective states. Commissioner-designate for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion,…
The Federal Government has announced a plan to review the current secondary education curriculum to place emphasis on skill acquisition at that level of education in Nigeria. The outgoing Executive…
Ogbonnaya Onu The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has donated N5 million to students of Marist College Abuja, for inventing monitoring devices for air and water pollution. Minister of…
By Osagie Otabor The Nigerian Medical Association, Ondo State chapter, has donated food items to some orphanage homes as part of activities to mark its 44th Annual General Meeting and…
By Hawakulu Muhammed International DJ and producer, Florence ‘Cuppy’ Otedola, is among notable young Nigerian development enthusiasts leading the Lagos SDGs Youth Alliance network. This was announced early this week…
By Lucas Ajanaku MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) mobile subscribers declined by 7.6 million to 68.9 million, impacted by the regulatory restrictions on new subscriber identity module (SIM) sales…