In a Town Hall meeting organised by DAAR Communication on Monday, 3rd February, 2020 in Abuja, activists and sponsors of the Hate Speech Bill met to bare their minds as…
Persons with physical disabilityPolitics
Minister lauds Nigeria’s Para-Powerlifting Team for sustaining World Record The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare has congratulated the three times World Record Para Powerlifting champion,…
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Gov. Bello Donates N10m And Cars To Persons With Disabilities In Zamfara State, Promises Free Education, Hosts The Community At Govt. House.
Zamfara State Governor, Dr. Mohammed Bello Matawalle has yesterday hosted people with disabilities from the 14 LGAs of the state at Zamfara Government House. In a press release signed by…
The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Professor Peter Twumasi, has promised to reward the Special Olympics team with GHC10,000 (about ₦668,500 exchange rate) for winning 16 medals…
Mrs. Queen Uboh, President, Nigerian Para-Powerlifting Federation, has resigned after successfully hosting the Abuja 2020 Para-Powerlifting World championship. Uboh announced her resignation on Friday night during the closing ceremony of…
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Nigeria finish tops at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Abuja
By Mike Rowbottom Nigeria made a triumph of the first World Para Powerlifting World Cup to be held in Africa as they finished the event in their capital of Abuja…
By Daniel Ojukwu Winner of the 2020 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, David Barmasai Tumo has been awarded an additional $20,000 for breaking the marathon’s four-year 42km race record. The…
Kenyan runner, David Barmasai Tumo has just emerged the winner of the AccessBank Lagos City Marathon for the year 2020. Details later….
Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has drawn attention to the plight of retired para powerlifters and other athletes in Nigeria, many of whom retire into hardship after having served their…
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The Need For Nigerian Government To Change Its Approach Toward Tackling The Insecurity Menace In The Country
By Abdurahman Yunusa. The new approach engaged by the Nigerian government in reconciling with bloody insurgents in Nigeria is absolutely outdated and an unworkable approach. I see nothing good in…
A 118-year-old woman has been given a Local Government appointment in Bayelsa State. Vice Chairman of the Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Tuesday, sent an offer of…
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Persons with disabilities, Indigent students to benefit from Enyimba Educational Trust Foundation scholarship scheme
By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu, A Hope is on the way for the indigent students and persons with disabilities in Abia State as Enyimba Educational Trust Foundation is set to embark…
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Anambra State Government adds only 4000 naira to workers’ salaries in place of the new minimum wage – source
After the hopes of Civil Servants in Anambra state were raised with the promise of paying the 30,000 naira minimum wage, they were unpleasantly surprised with a January salary increment…
By Blessing Oladunjoye The development of a cooperative teaching approach has been identified as a tool which would harness the scarce resources in schools with the aim of promoting inclusive…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has finally declared the outbreak of the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) a global emergency. Its Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the declaration on Thursday following the emergency committee…