By NDUBUISI FRANCIS An estimated 4,000 Nigerian children were orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and July 2021, the World Bank has revealed in a new report. The…
Blue Baby Support Initiative has sponsored a boy living with autism who wishes to go to school from an underprivileged family in Lagos State. This was revealed by the founder…
Centre for Citizens with Disabilities, CCD, has charged the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, to include over 2 million Lagosians with disabilities in it’s plans in the July 24…
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Mr. James David Lalu has said that many people in the society view PWDs as persons without aptitude but, further stated…
See-Hear Initiative (SHI), a Non Governmental Organization has offered scholarships to 13 graduating students of The School for the blind, FCT, Jabi, Abuja. The cheering news was disclosed during the…
•Prince Oyekan (middle) handing over the items to Ademola (left). With them are Odusanya and the twins. By Tajudeen Adebanjo A mentally-challenged woman who was delivered of twin babies on…
By Adeola Ogunlade United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), has flagged off an enlightenment campaign week in Lagos focused on ending violence…
The apex Deaf association in Nigeria, Nigeria National Association of the Deaf, NNAD, National Headquarters, Abuja, has congratulated Ms. Ekaete Judith Umoh on her appointment by the Christian Blind Mission…
For assisting some forty of its members to smoothly participate in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration exercise, the Edo State Deaf Association has received accolades from its big brother at…
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Newly Appointed Plateau State Disability Rights Commission Chair: Abba Isa Congratulates Kyennan Mizim
The APC Zonal leader Northeast, (Disabled category caretaker) Yobe State has sent congratulatory messages to the new Chairperson, Plateau State Disability Rights Commission, on her appointment. An excited Abba Isa,…
The General Manager of the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA), Mr. Dare Dairo, has said there is productivity in disability. He spoke at a one-day exhibition and talent…
Abia State First lady, Dr Nkechi Ikpeazu By Linus Effiong Abia State First lady, Dr Nkechi Ikpeazu, has called on Abia State House of Assembly to review the Child Rights…
An art exhibition held at Didi museum, Victoria Island, recently, is one that provokes a peculiar conversation, especially as it concerns care for the health challenged people in the society.…
By Abbas Jimoh The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that 752,011 eligible Nigerians have completed the online pre-registration as fresh voters in the last three weeks since the…
An international development organisation, the Christian Blind Mission (CBM) in Nigeria has declared its plan to uplift at least 56,348 people with disabilities in Benue State. CBM has been in…