PLWDS
3 Dec
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world today to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), the over 31 million community of Persons Living With Disabilities...
24 Sep 2021
Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) have expressed anger over the seeming neglect and absence of the 18 gubernatorial candidates jostling to participate in the November 6, 2021 election at a debate.
2 Sep 2021
There was pandemonium in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, yesterday, as policemen released tear gas on commuters and Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) at Tombia roundabout in the state capital.
14 Jun 2021
Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons With Disabilities (NCPWD), James David Lalu, has threatened legal action against discriminatory tendencies by airlines against persons living with disabilities (PLWDs).
24 Mar 2021
The Federal Government, yesterday, disbursed N20, 000 each to about 100 People Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) and vulnerable rural women in Delta State.
22 Jan 2021
A group of physically challenged persons under the aegis of Great Minds Foundation of People Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) in the Niger Delta region have besieged Shell Development Petroleum Company’s (SPDC) main gate in Port Harcourt, restricting access to SPDC’s industrial and residential areas. The protesters, who arrived the main access gates on Wednesday, January…
18 Dec 2020
There was pandemonium at the National Assembly entrance yesterday, as a group of People Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) besieged the complex and pounced on security officials for calling in the police to disperse them.
7 Dec 2020
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has pledged to make Nigerian airports fair to all, including People Living With Disability (PLWDs).
12 Oct 2020
The All Progressives Congress candidate for the Oct. 31 Lagos East Senatorial by-election, Mr Tokunbo Abiru, says he will work with other lawmakers to champion the empowerment of people with special needs if elected.
2 Feb 2019
Esther Onyema, a lightweight para-powerlifter, who holds the world record in the event, wants Nigerians to change their attitude to physically-challenged people.
Latest
1 hour ago
Giorgio Chiellini bid farewell to Juventus fans on Monday in his last home match for the Turin giants, a disappointing 2-2 draw which earned Lazio a place in the Europa League after Sergej Milinkovic-Savic...
1 hour ago
Arsenal's exile from the Champions League looks set to stretch into a sixth season after losing 2-0 at Newcastle on Monday.
3 hours ago
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of Mr Ibrahim Magu and seven other Commissioners of Police (CPs) to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG)
3 hours ago
The Police Command in Borno has defused a bomb planted by Boko Haram and Islamic State of the West African Province(ISWAP) insurgents at Dalori Internally Displaced Persons Camp(IDPs) in Borno.
3 hours ago
Nigeria's accountant-general Ahmed Idris was arrested on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged N80 billion fraud. EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said Idris was arrested after failing to honour the Commission's invitations. “The Commission’s verified intelligence showed that the AGF raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using…