The President of the Nigeria Wheelchair Softball Association Sunday Odior has made a passionate appeal to Nigerians, especially corporate organisations to lend support to Wheelchair Softball and other para events.…
Ogun State Government has distributed not less than 30 more new wheelchairs and received a donated vehicle by Initiative for Community Advancement, Relief and Empowerment (ICARE) to School with Special…
Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has inaugurated the newly elected board members of the Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball Federation with a view to creating more opportunities for…
A 28-year-old Maryam Umaru born without hands from birth has appealed to Nigerians to help her get artificial hands as the challenges she faces without hands are enormous. Speaking in…
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Ayuba Gufwan bags Rotary International Award, Calls for efforts to rehabilitate Polio Survivors
The Executive Director, Beautiful Gate Handicap Peoples Center, Chief Ayuba Burki Gufwan has been specially recognized by Rotary International for his philanthropic interventions, chief among which is his work in…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 42-year-old physically disabled, allegedly trading in illicit drug on his wheelchair in Edo. This is contained in a statement by…
A civil society group, Poverty and Disability Initiatives in Nigeria, in partnership with the New Chance Global Initiative, has donated about 260 elbow crutches to Persons With Disabilities in Karonmajigi…
Rotary Club of Lagos has donated wheelchairs, crutches other mobility aids to the Super Parents Foundation. The mobility aids were presented to the Foundation by the Club on 17th of…
Rotary Club, Lagos, District 9110, with support from the United States (Crutches for Africa) has donated mobility aids to assist passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), who have…
The Rotary Club of Abuja Maitama, District 9125, on Wednesday in Abuja, donated an electronic wheelchair to a 42-year-old polio survivor, Mr Festus Aziken. Aziken is a graduate of the…
A 43-year-old woman with disability, Miss Bosede Elewa, who was recently diagnosed with a pelvic inflammatory disease and Ovarian cyst, has sought help from the public to raise funds for…
By Seun Adeuyi Debola, one of the sons of ex-governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has expressed concern over neglect of Nigerians with disabilities. He said being a person…
As part of its service to humanity, NNPC/SheIl Nigeria Exploration & Production Company (SNEPCO) in partnership with The Irede Foundation (TIF) is providing five (5) prosthetic limbs to four (4)…
A person with physical disability member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Peter Gwer, has donated 50 sets of wheelchair to other persons with physical disabilities. He also constructed…
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, yesterday, donated wheel chairs and related accessories to 100 persons with physical disabilities, as part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day. He also…