The Star Eagles of Nigeria yesterday, 23 November recorded their first win in International blind Football championship as they beat Cameroon 2:1 in the opening match of the 2019 IBSA…
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Persons with physical disabilityPolitics
Double history: US city elects first Black and first physically challenged mayor
Bowie, a city in the US has just voted in its first African-American mayor, Tim Adams. He is also the first person with a physical disability to be elected a…
Politics
Election: CCD Commends Kogi State Citizens, Says Election Was A Warfare To Capture Kogi State
Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) commends the people of Kogi State for coming out to Vote for the Governorship and Kogi West Senatorial Elections despite the volatile electoral environment…
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Headmaster in Ghana Calls For Special Examiners To Mark BECE For Deaf Students
The Headmaster of the Mampong School for the Deaf has called for special examiners to mark scripts of Deaf students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Abraham Yevuson said…
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AGM/IWD: Deaf Associations Want Equal Opportunities For Participation In Nation Building
A Coalition of Disability organisations speak on the desire to be fully involved in nation activities during the Annual General Meeting/ celebration of International week of the Deaf (AGM/IWD) held…
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RoLAC launches gazetted copies of the violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) and Disabilities Rights Laws in Anambra state.
By Collins Joseph The British Council/European Union funded Rule of law and anti-corruption (RoLAC) program in Nigeria on Thursday launched the gazetted copies of the Violence against Persons Prohibition and…
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Free Education Policy: We Still Pay School Fees, Students With Disabilities Cry Out
Despite Governor Abdullahi Sule’s free education policy for the physically challenged students studying in tertiary institutions owned by Nasarawa State Government, the physically challenged students of the state’s university in…
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Disability Organisations And other CSOs Seek Collaborative Partnerships With Southwest Houses Of Assembly
States Houses of Assembly (SHoA) in the South West have been charged to collaborate and partner with DINABI and other Civil Society Organizations (CSO) on the Budget process, implementation and…
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Association Urges Commissioner For Education To Re-evaluate Abia State Education System
Abia State Commissioner for Education, Dr. KCK Nwangwa on Wednesday 30 October, 2019 visited Special Education Centre for the Deaf and Mentally Retarded in Umuahia for the first time in…
The Lagos State Government has begun a three-day training on sign language communication for over 200 civil servants drawn from various Governments, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, to sharpen their skills…
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Students Leader Urges University Management To Reduce The School Fees For Students With Disabilities
Reported by Comr. Yusuf kumo. The president of Students Representative Council of Gombe State University, Comrade Anas Ahmed has urged the Gombe State University management to reduce the school registration…
Yobe State House of Assembly has commenced moves to establish a board tagged ‘Differently abled persons’ board’. A public hearing on the bill chaired by the chairman, House Committee on…
Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) continues lobbying for the full implementation of the National Disability Act with a courtesy visit to the Chairman and members of the Senate Committee…
The Electoral Commission (EC), as part of its efforts to encourage greater participation in the upcoming District Level Election (DLE) and the referendum, has organised a day’s sensitisation workshop for…
By Comr Yusuf kumo. The leadership of NANS ZONE A commended former kannywood actor Prince Adamu Zango, for sponsoring 101 students. In a press statement signed by the Coordinator of…