Major roads in Abuja were locked down on Wednesday by taxi drivers protesting the alleged shooting of their colleague by the Joint Task Force at Wuse, a busy commercial hub in the city.

Amputee Jason Barnes plays the piano with a prosthetic arm that detects muscle movement in his stump using ultrasound technology and an algorithm to predict which metal finger he intends to use.

A prosthetic arm developed at Georgia Institute of Technology allows amputee to play the piano

Emmanuel Ibeawuchi, captain of Nigeria's national football amputee team will lead the country's Special Eagles at the Amputee Football World Cup in Mexico this October.

Nigeria's amputee football team is in dire need of funds to participate in the Amputee World Cup in Mexico. A GoFundMe campaign was set up by Arsenal Amputee FC's Michael Ishiguzo who noticed their financial plight.

Young Palestinian, Omar Abu Hashim, dreamt of becoming not just a professional footballer, but a famous one. However, a bullet to the leg during a protest march led to his left leg being amputated. With the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the 20-year-old and others like him could still achieve fame playing the beautiful game.

Nine-year-old Daisy-May Demetre, whose legs were amputated due to a birth defect, became the first double amputee child to walk the runway in Paris Fashion Week on Friday.

Mohammad Mahdi Bakhshi is an incredibly talented five and a half-year-old boy who lives in Tehran, the capital of Iran. The young Athlete is an amputee, having lost both of his legs due to a condition which affected the growth of his ankles and toes, requiring interventional surgery by medical professionals.

Asha Mohammed is a taxi driver in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. In a country which the UN classifies as one of the most difficult for women, her courageous career choice is breaking stereotypes. N°93L89XN°93Q22N

Lagos state government has handed over amputee sachet water seller, Mary Daniels, 26, to monitoring agencies over discrepancies in her story.

He's 93 years old, but he's as fast as he ever was. After retiring from taxi driving, Ryuji Urabe gave up his driver's license, sit in the cockpit and became a YouTube sensation after his grandson started sharing online videos of grandpa racing in fancy sports cars.

A taxi driver was described as having an 'incredible presence of mind' by Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday (November 15) following his reported actions prior to a blast outside the Liverpool Women's Hospital on the previous day. An explosive device blew up a taxi at the hospital on Sunday after it was carried on board by a passenger, who was killed by the explosion, police said.