Reporter Liam O’Dell American academic Joseph Murray has been announced as the new President of the World Federation of the Deaf. Dr Murray, who takes over from Colin Allen, will…
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Vidisha Baliyan becomes first Indian to bag the Miss Deaf World 2019 title (photo)
Vidisha Baliyan, a 21-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar city, was crowned Miss Deaf World 2019. The international beauty pageant was held in Mbombela, South Africa and Vidisha, being the…
•River blindness An Ophthalmologist, Dr. Valentina Ideh, has raised the alarm that about 40 million Nigerians are at risk of contracting river blindness (Onchocerca volvulus) in the country Dr Ideh,…
Two Kenyan representatives in the just-concluded Miss and Mister Deaf International beauty contest in Moscow Russia scooped top honours. The duo jetted back into the country on Tuesday morning to…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says no fewer than 50,000 children are yet to be reached with wild polio vaccine in some parts of North-East Nigeria, due…
The curtain was on Friday night drawn on the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt with Algeria emerging champions. The North Africans stunned their Senegalese opponents by taking…
As part of an unusual social experiment, a Mexican mayor disguised himself as a disabled person in need of assistance to test the attitude of local public servants first-hand. After…
Algeria have won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The Desert Warriors defeated Senegal after scoring an early goal at the Cairo International Stadium in Egypt on Friday, Details soon.
Mr and Miss Deaf Kenya pulled an impressive performance during the just concluded Miss & Mister Deaf International pageant in St.Petersburg, Russia. Catherine Ngovi, 22, and Wilson Obange finished at…
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“Only you can make me do this” -Ace producer Cobhams celebrates wife with beautiful song on birthday
Talented Nigerian music producer, Cobhams Asuquo has celebrated his wife, Ojuolape Veronica Olukanni who is a year older today with an adorable video of himself singing her a song as…
The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria loses over N1.4 trillion annually due to Violence Against Children (VAC). A consultant with Bauchi Field Office of UNICEF, Mrs. Rita Pele,…
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Video: Anthony Joshua fetes with physically challenged in Lagos
Former undisputed World Heavyweight Champions, Anthony Joshua was at the Modupe Home for the mentally and physically challenged on Wednesday, 17/07/2019, to fete with them and give them sense of…
Bethany Baker plans to improve accessibility to education, communication and preventative care in her community as the first Deaf nursing student here at UNF. Baker’s parents found out she was…
The National Resource Centre for Children with Disabilities (NRCCD), an NGO committed to the inclusion of children with disabilities, will in September this year, open a model inclusive school to…
More than 821 million people suffered from hunger worldwide last year, the United Nations reported Monday — the third year in a row that the number has risen. Robin Willoughby,…