From left—Pastor Funmilayo Adetoyese-Olagunju, Joseph Omoare, Adesola Ajayi and Dr. Jummy Adetoyese-Olagunju. The Senior Pastor of Praise Arena-Kingdom Light Christian Centre, Dr. Jummy Adetoyese-Olagunju, has commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of…
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Olasunkanmi Fagbemi By Adejoke Adeleye Mr. Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, a 45-year old petitioner who appeared before the Ogun State Judicial Panel of Investigation on Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and Extra…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have introduced new charges for customers for the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services, effective March 16. This…
The Blast Of The Last, Confirms The Path Of The Past, A New Dawn For Persons With Disabilities In Anambra State, By Chuks Ezewuzie.
Anambra State is number one in disability inclusion and no other State comes close. Before now, the plight of persons with disabilities was merely a political talking point, discussed during…
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…
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…