By Ogunbayo Oluwaseyi, Ogun The Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day 2024, organized by the Ogun State Chapter of the Spinal Cord Injury Association of Nigeria (SCIAN) in Abeokuta, served as…
Nigeria’s Paralympians have called for increased recognition and support for athletes with disabilities to inspire continued success on the global stage. After a stellar performance at the 2024 Paris Paralympics,…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Needs and Equal Opportunities, Mohammed Abba Isa, has expressed profound sorrow following the sudden death of Comrade Bala Tsoho Musa. Comrade…
The National Association of Persons with Physical Disabilities (NAPWPD) is deeply saddened by the untimely passing of Comrade Bala Tsoho Musa, MFR, a committed disability rights advocate. Comrade Tsoho tragically…
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Ahmed Alkali has challenged the design of the Kubwa train station in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, which does not give easy access to the…
By Umar Saleh, Bauchi The Beautiful gate handicapped people center Jos has donated a wheelchair to a person with physical disability, Abdulrahman Ismail, a resident of Bauchi Ring Road and…
Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has appointed a Spinal Cord Injury Survivor, Yakubu Nazir Abdulhakeem as the new Executive Secretary, Kogi State Office for Disability Affairs (KOSODA). The…
As part of its corporate social responsibility and fulfilment of its core values, the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin has donated a brand new wheelchair to…
Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on Nigerian government to investigate incident of Hamza Waziri, a physically challenged individual’s brutal assault by the police during a hunger…
Chief executive officer (CEO) of Initiative for Liberalisation of Physically Challenged People in Nigeria, Hamza Waziri, has expressed disgust on the way he was assaulted by the police at the…
The Kogi Central Persons with Disabilities Association has called upon the relevant authorities to seek justice for Hamza Waziri, a physically challenged individual who was brutally assaulted by the Nigerian…
The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has condemned the alleged assault on a person with disability, Hamza Waziri by the Nigeria Police Force. Hamza Waziri, a wheelchair user,…
The Bauchi State government has expressed concerns over a trending online video of an infraction between a person with disability and security personnel at the Government House, Bauchi during the…
Security personnel attached to the Bauchi Government House assaulted a group of protesting Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Bauchi State. The PWDs had joined the #EndofBadGovernance protests in the state…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced the arrest of Amadu Garba, a 48-year-old man with physical disability who was found in possession of six bags of cannabis weighing…
