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A 35-year-old man, Oluwafemi Kehinde, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, for allegedly raping a physically challenged girl (name withheld).Kehinde, who lives at No.36 Success Street, Abule Isale, Ilogbo Road,…

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has distributed mobility and hearing aids to people living with disabilities in the Niger Delta region even as it changes youths to embrace entrepreneurship.The Managing Director of the…

As part of activities marking his third year in office, Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, has given jobs to 51 physically challenged persons in the state.He also directed that additional 100 persons from among them be…

The National Youths Service Corps ( NYSC) on Thursday donated wheel chairs to three physically-challenged students in Sokoto State.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NYSC donated the wheel chairs in collaboration with…

THE Karamajiji community, a suburb of Abuja, has lauded Bells Echo Initiative, an NGO, for inaugurating a Community Based Social Health Insurance Scheme (CBSHIP) for the physically challenged in the area.Mr Yunusa Bako, District Head of…

Hundreds of beggars and physically challenged individuals on Monday besieged the governor’s office Ikeja and the Lagos State House of Assembly, protesting an alleged dehumanisation by the state government.The angry protesters, mostly of…