By Blessing Olaifa, Abuja The Federal Government has declared Friday 25, Monday 28 December 2020 and Friday, January 1, 2021 as public holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and…
NIGERIANS will in the next five weeks, live with new restrictions to prevent a further spread of COVD-19. The second wave of the pandemic has hit the country with intense…
There were no provisions for PWDs in the election The All Progressives Congress (APC) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia have expressed disappointment with the conduct of Friday’s…
•President Buhari The Presidency has explained that President Muhammadu Buhari, gave the orders for the nation’s shut borders to reopened, because he realized that ordinary Nigerians and the private sector…
By OLAWALE OLANIYAN Rotary Club of Ibadan Gold on Saturday offered free eye test and medical check-up to over 100 residents of Eleyele area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The free…
The Nigerian military on Saturday made some disclosures on how it carried out the rescue operation of the 344 boys kidnapped from their school in Kankara, Katsina State, on Dec.…
The Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Professional Bodies and People with Disabilities (PWDs) in a poll conducted at the Kano Anti-Corruption Institute, Goron Dutse, yesterday, elected members into the Open Government…
Nigeria expects to receive its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in January, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday, but officials do not yet know which one they will…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate reopening of four major land borders in Nigeria. The four borders are Seme in the South-west part of the country, Ilela in the…
By Emmanuel Elebeke Following the earlier directive on the suspension of new SIM registration by network operators, the Federal government has directed all operators in the country to disconnect every…
I do not want you to leave the online social communities. But I would announce: Excessive use of Social Media can- is actually killing! How? While the social media has…
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Nigeria’s Dr. Sotonwa wins Trailblazers Award in the US, Promises Quality Education, an End to Language Deprivation of DHH
Nigeria-born, Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, (MCDHH) Executive Director and second Nigerian Deaf Lawyer, Dr. Opeoluwa Sotonwa has received the Judge Arnold Krekel Trailblazer Award for…
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PWDs in Anambra Conclude Activities Marking 2020 IDPDs With Church Service In Awka.
By Chibuzor Okoye Anambra state community of persons with disabilities on Sunday, 6th Dec. 2020 ended the activities lined up for this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPDs)…
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2020 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY: BUILDING BLACK BETTER: TOWARD A DISABILITY-INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE POST COVID-19 WORLD
Long, long ago, children and individuals who had a disability were considered plagues—people with epidemic and highly contagious diseases who needed only to be quarantined and made separate from the…
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IPC to provide free-to-air coverage of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Sub-Saharan Africa
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is to provide free-to-air (FTA) coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Sub-Saharan Africa as part of its efforts to raise awareness of Para…