PWDs

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed airlines operating in Nigeria to provide mandatory special needs assistance options on their ticket reservation platforms. The NCAA gave the directive through a memo it published…

Michaela Benthaus, has become the world's first wheelchair user to travel to space. Ms. Benthaus,  a German  engineer had suffered a spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident in 2018, a situation that confined…

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has said that the parliament views the exclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) as not only a human rights violation but also economic…

The US Government has recently issued a new visa policy that can see foreigners seeking visas to live in the U.S. turned back for having certain health conditions including obesity, diabetes among other conditions. According to a new…

...the number of candidates with special needs was 1,622 out of which candidates with hearing impairment were 586 males and 355 females.

The Enugu State Government has been urged to expedite the establishment of the proposed Disability Rights Commission. Voice of Disability Initiative (VDI), a non-governmental organisation pushing for the rights of…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday ordered the closure of an outlet of popular fast food outlet, KFC for discriminating against a physically challenged man on wheelchair. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday,…