By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The National Commission for Persons with Disability (NCPWD), says it is set to give block votes from the disability community to the All Progressive Congress’s (APC) candidate…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The Federal Government’s National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), introduced by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016 was aimed…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), on Tuesday in Abuja launched its Strategic Roadmap on Ageing 2022 to 2032 and the National Plan Action on Ageing in…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Federal Government says it has completed the training of over 7,000 N-Knowledge beneficiaries of the N-Power Programme under the National Social Investment Programme across the country.…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Federal Government says it has distributed relief materials to 21 states affected by floods. Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Over 2.5 million persons are affected by current floods which hit Nigeria when Cameroonian authorities released water from their Lagdo Dam. Of this figure, 1.3 people are…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, in collaboration with Industrial Training Fund (ITF), has completed the training of 19 women with disabilities in…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has restated the commitment of the Ministry to ensure the dignity of Older…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC) on Wednesday had a Road Walk to celebrate the maidenedition of the Nigeria Day for Senior Citizens to create awareness about…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Director-General, National Senior Citizen Centre, Dr Emem Omokaro, says the centre will inaugurate social safety net for older persons to further enhance their livelihoods in the…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has urged stakeholders to tackle illicit drugs supply and humanitarian conflicts in the country.…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Federal Government launched the Nigeria Partnership for Disability-Inclusive Development (NIPDID), stating that 100million Nigerians will be brought out of poverty. Speaking during the launch in Abuja…
The Federal Government has formally launched the Government Enterprise Empowerment Programme (GEEP 2.0) in Imo to assist the poor. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Mrs Halima Oyelade, the Special Assistant on Corporate Communications to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and her daughter, Stephanie on in Abuja…
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Mr James Lalu, the Executive Secretary of National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has restated the commitment of the commission to carry along Persons with Disability…