The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has moved for inclusive politics, appointed a person with disability among five female youths into it’s high level National lobby committee. The youths nominated to…
Afolabi Fajemilo, Co-founder and Executive Director, Festus Fajemilo Foundation Festus Fajemilo Foundation, FFF has committed to partner with the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs, LASODA, towards ending discrimination against…
By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, weekend commenced the relocation of close to 20,000 Internally Displaced Person, IDPs, from unpalatable locations in Makurdi town, Daudu and…
Adamawa State, Lainde Village. The Police have arrested a political office seeker (names with-held) allegedly accused of repeated rape of a 88-year old Blind woman for rituals in his quest…
Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose from 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 to 33.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020, the latest figures from the National…
Inclusive Friends Association, IFA has successfully conducted a 5-day training workshop for young Persons with Disabilities to advocate on gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities. The programme which…
The bill which scaled Second Reading on the floor during plenary was sponsored by Senator Betty Apiafi (PDP, Rivers West), and was read for the first time on December 5,…
By Oolasunkanmi The duo of Mr. Lasisi Hassan (88 years) and Mr. Afeez Lawal (52 years), who successfully underwent maiden eye surgeries at the General Hospital, Ijede, have thanked the…
Nigerian Music Stars Wizkid and Burna Boy have emerged winners at the 2021 Grammy Awards. While Burna Boy’s ‘Twice As Tall’, his last year’s project, fetched him the ‘Best Global…
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Give Nigerian women with disabilities 5 from 35 per cent of the Beijing declaration for women — JONAPWD
Co-Founder, Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities JONAPWD, Ms Omotunde Ellen Thompson has demanded that Nigerian women with disabilities deserve five percent of positions of authority while other women…
By Joseph Wantu, Makurdi The Federal Government has committed about N485 million into the Benue State Health Insurance Scheme (BNSHIS) to tackle the health challenges of vulnerable groups in the…
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FG distributes N20,000 each to 2,900 women in Benue as Commissioner thanks FG for Including WWD in all programs
The Federal Government has disbursed N20,000 each to 2,900 women in Benue to improve their living standards. Mrs Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, said…
Cataract has been identified as the leading cause of blindness in Taraba state. An Ophthalmologist who practices in the state, Dr. Gideon Avar, spoke Monday, at the grand opening of…
•ESN operatives during a parade By DAMIAN DURUIHEOMA, Owerri Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has revealed that members of the outlawed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) hijacked the Eastern…
In today’s article, we want to dig into the literature and discuss historical and contemporary issues concerning the narrative of people with disabilities today. We are going to sound a…