The Nigerian Army on Saturday distributed food items to 500 households in Garin-Kutare and Lugga communities of Amanawa settlement in Dange-Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto state. The News Agency…
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Some civil society leaders and government officials have advised Nigeria and some other countries in Africa to work towards adopting and ratifying the Africa Disability Protocol (ADP). They made the…
The Ika South Chapter of Members of Joint National Association of Persons Living with Disabilities (MJNAPLD), on Thursday in Abavo Delta, held intercessory prayers for the family of Gov. Ifeanyi…
AFEEZ HANAFI tracks irregularities in the distribution of COVID-19 Emergency Food Response Initiative of the Lagos State Government and the Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer scheme in the state Neighbours…
The Offa Descendants Union in United Kingdom (ODUUK) on Thursday donated cash to 500 beneficiaries in Offa, to cushion the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the community. Mr Biodun Badmus,…
Hadi Sirika, the minister for aviation, has announced that domestic flights would resume on July 8, 2020. In a tweet on Wednesday, Sirika said operations would resume at the Murtala…
Chairman of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWDs) in Lagos, Dr. Adebukola Adebayo has listed poor data analysis, weak institutions as well as inadequate orientation as the…
•To deliver N2m per housing unit By Kehinde Akintola – Abuja Ongoing efforts to reconstruct the North East region which was devastated by the Boko Haram insurgents gained a boost…
As part of efforts at ensuring that no child is left behind in accessing basic education in Lagos, the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), on Friday, organised a stakeholders’…
Two of the seven boys who took turns to rape a 22-yearold physically challenged orphan in an uncompleted building at Sagin Lemu area of Sokoto North Local government area of…
By Samuel Kanu on May 29, 2020 The pandemic has heightened inequality and increased the marginalisation of vulnerable communities. One of such vulnerable segments is people living with disabilities who…
Nigeria has recorded eight new COVID-19 deaths and 452 fresh cases in the country, The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on Tuesday via Twitter. The update brought…
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Discrimination: Gallaudet Varsity Board Moves To Address Concerns Of NBDA
The Gallaudet University Board of Trustees has begun moves to address the concerns ranging from systemic discrimination and inequality being faced by members of the National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA)…
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday of a “new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus pandemic with people tiring of lockdowns despite the disease’s accelerating spread. The warning came…
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) have raised an eyebrow over what it described as total exclusion of issues pertaining to them from the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill currently before the…