Tag: Vulnerable
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A nation without regards for the vulnerable – By Francis Ewherido
While election officials were addressing the world and announcing results, something else caught my attention. Deaf interpreters (DIs) were also using sign language to enable hearing-impaired people to follow proceedings. It is not as if that was my first time of seeing it in Nigeria, but it had a new meaning to me.
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Why people with blood “Group O” may be less vulnerable to COVID-19 – Expert
People with Blood Group “O’’ may have a lower risk of contracting COVID-19. This assertion was made in Ibadan on Thursday by Prof. Temitope Alonge, Coordinator, Oyo State COVID-19 Isolation Centres. He said studies conducted on COVID-19 sufferers indicated that such people might not even suffer severe illnesses including organs complications. Prof. Alonge told the…
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Visually Impaired Cantors and a Nation that supports the Vulnerable, By Stephen Ojapah, MSP
Stephen Ojapah MSP “As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As…
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Why I want to show my vulnerable side- Tiwa Savage
Sultry songstress, Tiwa Savage has revealed why she plans to show the vulnerable side of her personality in her upcoming album. Few weeks after the release of her latest single, ‘Dangerous Love,’ Tiwa has opened up on what fans should expect in her upcoming album, ‘Celia’. “I want to show a vulnerable side, I want…
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Easter: Tambuwal charges Nigerians to stand up for the vulnerable, downtrodden
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has urged Nigerians to use the Easter period to stand up for all those who have found themselves in vulnerable situations in the country and other parts of the world. In a message to commemorate this year’s Easter period issued in Sokoto Sunday by his spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, the Governor…
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FG pays N5, 000 monthly grant to 10,623 vulnerable persons in Kaduna
A total of 10,623 extremely poor and vulnerable persons in Kaduna State have been selected to receive N5, 000 monthly under the Federal Government Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme. The beneficiaries, whose age range from 25-90 were selected from nine local government areas in the state. Those selected represents 30 percent of the extremely poor and…