The Chairman of Oyo West local government area, Hon Akeem Olukitibi, has called for proper political orientation and sensitisation amongst Nigerian youths, including people with disabilities towards achieving a working…
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The wife of the executive chairman of Ona Ara Local Government, Alhaja Sanusi Dasola has called on mothers to take proper care of their children and wards with disabilities in…
A person with a disability, 23, arrested with fresh human head and lower limbs in Rivers state
A deaf man has been caught with a human head and hands in Rivers State. Chinedu Okoro, 23, was seen on Saturday, January 15, with a bag in Omoku, Rivers state.…
CODA Nigeria Commemorates 7-year Anniversary of its Establishment; Calls for More Admission (PHOTOS)
Children of Deaf Adults (CODA), Nigeria marks its seven-year anniversary over the weekend. A Zoom conference was held that had in attendance a host of successful Children of Deaf Adults…
Foremost APC Presidential contender, Bola Ahmed Tinubu says he is going to be President of Nigeria. Ha claims this with significant confidence. Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives…
CCD calls for performance evaluation of NCPWD as the disability community, partners set to celebrate 3rd anniversary of historical disability law
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has called for the performance evaluation of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD). NCPWD was established to oversee the education, healthcare,…
Foundation Graduates 200 Young Women Entrepreneurs, Plans Empowerment for 100 Deaf Individuals in Gombe (Photos)
A Gombe-based foundation, Masoyi Foundation graduated its first batch of 200 trained women entrepreneurs on Sunday 9th January 2022. All of the trainees had undergone various training and acquired skills…
The umbrella body of entire students in the University of Ibadan has written a letter to Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde calling his attention to the insecurity of lives…
A Japanese university has successfully transplanted stem cells into a patient with a spinal cord injury, in the first clinical trial of its kind. There is currently no effective treatment…
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, David Lalu extol the exemplary characters of his mentor, Pa Nelson Bakfur. The NCPWD helmsman, who was in the company of…
A serving two-star general in the Nigerian Army, Aminu Chinade, has established a foundation for orphans and vulnerable children in his Chinade community in Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi…
As the world recently marks International Braille Day, the Nigerian Association of the Blind (NAB), Lagos chapter, has called on public and private education institutions to make braille devices available…
LIKE most cosmopolitan cities, Lagos is also confronted with the menace of street begging and hawking. Begging is an age long activity prominent in urban centres where it is common…
Sly Foundation gifts wheelchair to a person with hearing impairment; a person with physical challenge in Delta
In what can be described as a ‘show of compassion’, a non-governmental organisation, Sly Foundation, has gifted a deaf, dumb and lame man a wheelchair. The incident which took place…
Nigeria has recorded 395 cases of Circulating Nigeria Mutant Poliovirus Type 2 (cMPV2) across 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT’). The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare…