By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has offered lifesaving medical interventions to over 8,000 people for free in Cross River State. The free medical outreach which lasted for five days (24 to 28 November 2025), saw a team of doctors, nurses, surgeons, and other health personnel deliver free quality…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, PhD, Commissioner representing Cross River State in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, on Tuesday, flagged off the Commission’s free medical outreach in Calabar, the state capital. The outreach which started on Monday, 24th November 2025, and will be ending on Friday, 28th November…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and its partners have commenced a free medical outreach in Calabar, Cross River State, with residents receiving a wide range of specialist healthcare services at no cost. The health programme, which opened today, 24th November 2025, at the Calabar Women and Children Hospital,…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A week-long, comprehensive free medical outreach is scheduled to commence in Calabar, Cross River State, next week, offering a wide array of specialised health services to the public at no cost. The outreach, tagged, “Calabar Free Medical Outreach,” is a collaborative effort by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),…
By Christian Njoku CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has asserted that the 10,000-litre oxygen plant donated to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) was among South-South’s most comprehensive. This was disclosed by NACA’s Director-General, Dr Temitope Ilori, on Thursday during an inspection of the facility in Calabar,…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Padbank Mobile Outreach, the Network of Persons Living with Diabetes in Nigeria (NPLDN), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Cross River State Council, and several development partners on Friday gathered at Millennium Park, Calabar, to mark the 2025 World Diabetes Day, calling for improved government funding, an end to…
By Kingsley Agim, Jessica Ubi CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Preparations for the 66th National Council on Health (NCH) in Cross River State received a royal endorsement on Tuesday as the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk, led a high-powered delegation of health sector stakeholders to the palace of His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi…
By Folasade Akpan ABUJA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – The Rotary Foundation is targeting malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia, Africa’s leading killers of children, through its Rotary Healthy Community Challenge. Mr Holger Knaack, Chairman of the Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees, said this in Abuja during a medical outreach, explaining that teams would move from community to community…
By Our Reporter OBUBRA (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Government has initiated the implementation of the WASH System for Health (WS4H) programme in the Obubra Local Government Area. Making inroads, the first activity was the stakeholders’ meeting held at the Obubra Local Government Council Hall on Monday, 27th October 2025. At the stakeholders’ meeting,…
By Kingsley Agim CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Government has expressed its readiness to host the 66th National Council on Health (NCH) in Calabar, marking the first time the state will welcome Nigeria’s highest health policy-making body. The event is scheduled to be held from November 17 to 21, 2025, at the Calabar…
