Tag: disability
95.5% of children with disabilities are out-of-school – ActionAid
ActionAid Nigeria has stated that its research showed that 95.5 percent of children with disabilities are out-of-school because of their non-enrollment due...
Kudos as Yobe varsity waives fees for students with disabilities
A move by the Yobe State University, Damaturu, to grant waivers from paying registration fee to 23 students...
Polytechnic suspends lecturer for selling students handout
The Rector, Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, Dr Usman Salisu Ogbo has suspended a lecturer for allegedly forcing students...
150 persons with disabilities appointed teachers in Oyo
A total of 150 persons living with disabilities (PLWDs), recruited by the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Oyo State...
Nigeria finally inaugurates disabilities agency board
The Federal Government has finally inaugurated the chairman and members of council of the National Commission for Persons...
Persons with disabilities protest ‘marginalisation’ in Oyo TESCOM recruitment
Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) on Monday, protested against what they called alleged shortchange in the recruitment of...
149 persons with disabilities included in Oyo TESCOM list
Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has released 149 names of successful candidates for teaching recruitment exercise of...
Finally, Buhari appoints board on disabilities agency
Nearly two years after the signing into law of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, its implementation process had just...
UNILORIN wins $80,000 research grant on disability rights
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), through its Department of Jurisprudence and International Law has won an $80,000 research grant through the Open...
Excluding persons with disabilities from school increases poverty – don
A university professor has challenged managers of schools to stop discriminating against persons living with disabilities as that may increase poverty.
