The London Marathon is to become the first marathon in the world to offer equal prize money for its wheelchair and able-bodied races. An increase of $54,500 (£43,000) has taken…
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The member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has donated 100 wheelchairs to 100 people with disabilities in Gamawa LGA of Bauchi State to easy their mobility. Speaking during…
A person with disability, Yakubu Nazir Abdulhakeem has praised First Bank of Nigeria in Okene, Kogi state for taking the necessary steps to make facilities accessible for Spinal Cord Injury…
The Beautiful Gate Handicap People’s Center has distributed 100 Wheelchairs in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The tricycle wheelchairs were given to truly deserving person, particularly first-time recipients…
National Executive Council of the National Association of Persons with Physical Disabilities (NAPWPD), has congratulated newly appointed Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to President Bola Tinubu on Special Needs and Equal…
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has called on the Police Command in Niger, to fish out those responsible for chopping off a12-year-old boy’s hands in Niger. Alh. Bello Badejo, National…
NDLEA has arrested drug dealer with disability, Godwin Emuneyin (45) who uses his wheelchair to elicit empathy to deal in illicit substances. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that, one out of every 200 polio-infected persons faces the scary possibility of being paralysed permanently. The serious effects of polio prompted a…
Gadi Care Foundation has offered a lifetime scholarship to Abdulbasit Muhammad, a J.S.S 2 student with physical disability who possesses a passion for the arts from Jama’are LGA of Bauchi…
The Beautiful Gate Handicapped People’s Center Jos was in Kogi State and donated 220 tricycle-wheelchairs to People with disabilities in Idah at the Palace of the Attah of Igala and…
In fulfillment of her promise to people with disabilities in the State, the Wife of the State Governor, Rev. Mrs. Eyoanwan Itam Bassey Otu has presented 6 wheelchairs and 3…
By Thomas Abioye A 62-year-old man with physical disability, Adetunji Ayaji, has been reportedly assassinated in his house in the Imasayi community, Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The…
The National Association of Persons with Physical Disability (NAPWPD) has strongly condemned the heinous and senseless act of violence that resulted in the tragic death of one of its members,…
By Hindi Livinus The member representing Hong constituency, Barthiya Wesley, has emerged Speaker of the 8th Adamawa State House of Assembly. Wesley was elected unopposed. Similarly, Buba Mohammed Jijiwa of…
The President of Wheelchair Basketball Federation of Nigeria (WBF), Mr Seyi Johnson has announced a sponsorship deal with Sports betting company, BetKing. The deal was brokered by world renowned sports…