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  A baker whose client list includes Premier League footballers Raphael Varane and Bruno Fernandes was jailed for keeping a deaf and mute girl in a cellar as a slave. Tallat Ashar’s creations have lots of social media followers on TikTok and Instagram and have worked at parties for the …

A Nigerian lady has discredited a church’s claim of healing her sister who is suffering from hearing and speech impairment.   Taking to Tiktok, she shared a poster of the church which had a photo of her sister with a caption that read; ‘’Sis Ekoma- 30 years Deaf and Dumb …

Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, Kaduna command, have arrested a male deaf and dumb suspect dealing in illicit substances in the Samaru area of Zaria, the state capital.    A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, says the time of the suspect’s …

Controversial Anambra-based cleric, Prophet Chukwuemeka Odumeje has threatened to make Pastors praying for Israel deaf and dumb.    In the video trending online, Odumeje stated that most pastors praying for Israel are not praying for the current challenges in Nigeria or the President who “does not know his left or …

Despite this limitation, many talented people who changed the world have been deaf and we are celebrating them today which is World Deaf Day. Here are three deaf world changers: …

Lack of accessible information in sign language has made online platforms, education, healthcare inaccessible for the Deaf due to non-provision of information in sign language formats. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Egwelu Timothy (kampala) Thursday, July 27, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA, Jul 27 (IPS) – Every July, the disability community honors …

Skip Bayless may have won the competition for being cancelled the quickest following a bizarre tweet in the aftermath of Damar Hamlin’s on-field cardiac arrest during the Bills clash with the Bengals. The former ESPN commentator turned Fox presenter is no stranger to controversial quips and has made a living …

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that some Nigerians have gone deaf, blind, and lost their memories with regards to all of President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements. Adesina disclosed this in an article titled: “Buhari’s footprints from home to Diaspora,” which he shared on his …

The Kaduna state government seeks help to locate the family of a deaf and dumb boy who escaped from a bandits’ camp.   A tweet from the Human Services and Social Development Kaduna says the boy was found at Mai Kirya in Birnin Gwari local government area. The tweet stated that …