According to news published by Premium Times and obtained by INN, the President of Liberia, George Opong Weah, has requested the Nigerian government to provide 6000 teachers to his country…
Politics
As INEC Director Adopts PWDs frameworks The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has resolved to extend its searchlight to political parties to stop them from further corrupting politics…
IFA Tasks Women With Disabilities To Be Proactive On Political And Electoral Matters
As INEC Mainstreams PWDs Into The Electoral Process The Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) have task women with disabilities to be proactive on political and electoral matters. It said this…
House Moves Against Persons With Disablity; Passes Bill to Weaken Disability Protections
As Advocates protest the move A bill that threatens to weaken the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) by making it more difficult to prove the law has been…
How The Disability Rights Bill Got Missing- Bukola Saraki
The Sanate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday met with the members of the Kpakpando Foundation let by its founder and Chairman, Senator Osita Izuaso, as he explains on how the…
PWDs/Special Bills declared Open For Public Hearing.
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yabuku Dogara, on Monday 26th February 2018 declared Six (6) Disabilities and Special bills open for deliberation in a just constituted public hearing, INN…
As research confirm Echolocation could help Blind people navigate like bats. According to information posted and shared on Facebook by Mr Chuck’s Betrand Ezewuzie, SSA to Gov. Obiano on Disability…
As Sitting Volleyball tournament holds in Netherlands Last week Thursday, 22 February, 2018, the Nigerian Sitting Volleyball Federation elected Mr. David O. Anyaele, the Executive Director, Centre for Citizens with…
Nasarawa State House of Assembly Passes Disability Bill Into Law
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, had passed into law a bill for the establishment of the state Disability Right Commission law 2018 in order to protect the rights of…
THE SUN AWARD’LL PROPEL ME TO DO MORE – IZUNASO, HUMANITARIAN SERVICE WINNER
Chairman of Kpakpando Foundation, Senator Osita Izunaso, has described his choice as The Sun Humanitarian Service Award winner for 2017 as a huge surprise that will spur him to do…
President Muhammadu Buhari Commissioned Special School in Nassarawa State (Photos)
REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMISSIONING OF COMPREHENSIVE SPECIAL SCHOOL, LAFIA, NASARAWA STATE: TUESDAY, 6TH FEBRUARY, 2018. …
Spinal cord patients in Kano under the auspices of Spinal Cord Injury Association of Nigeria (SCIAN) have appealed to Kano state government to subsidise cost of drugs to alleviate their…
CCD RATES ACCESSIBILITY FOR PWDs AS FAIR IN ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities has described the percentage of accessible polling units for Persons with Disabilities during the November 18, 2017, Anambra Governorship election, as fair compared to…
JONAPWD plans new strategy for Persons with Disabilities participation in Politics in Nigeria (photo)
JONAPWD national president, Ekaete Umoh in a meeting with representative from Westminster foundation to explore new strategic areas of partnership for sustainable change in Persons with Disabilities in politics See…
For People With Disabilities, Trump’s First Year Has Threatened Nearly Every Facet of Life
Instead of doing what it needed to fix gaps, the current administration is doing what it can to widen them.”Because disability transcends all identities—including race, ethnicity, immigration status, religion, gender…