By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – World Health Fellows on Friday, 9 January 2026, paid a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, seeking collaboration to amplify health advocacy and community-based interventions across the state. Speaking during the visit, representatives of the Fellows explained that their work goes beyond…
…Gombe Govt to cover medical bills of survivors, assist with funeral expenses By Joe Udo GOMBE (CONVERSEER) – A funeral has been conducted for journalists who lost their lives in an accident in Gombe State. The funeral was attended by the State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, and other government officials. The deceased were among journalists…
By Joe Udo GOMBE (CONVERSEER) – The management of BATV has released the names of the journalists who died in a car crash along Billiri, Gombe State, on Monday, 29 December 2025. According to a statement by Mrs Fibi Kafi, Acting Managing Director of BATV, on Tuesday, the deceased are staff of NTA Gombe. Kafi…
By Joe Udo GOMBE (CONVERSEER) – The Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the tragic death of seven journalists who were confirmed killed in a lone road crash in the Gombe South area of Gombe State on Monday, 29 December 2025. The incident occurred on…
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 Ita Etim CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A Non-Governmental Organisation, Network of Persons Living With Diabetes in Nigeria has flayed the discrimination against diabetes patients in the country. National Coordinator of the organisation, Comrade Bernard Enyia made the condemnation during an advocacy visit to the State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River…
By Frank Ulom BENIN (CONVERSEER) – Journalists in Edo State have gifted a bicycle to a shoe mender who usually works on their shoes. The journalists, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), handed over the purchased bicycle to Adamu, the shoe mender, at the Press Centre in Benin on Friday. Adamu…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Government has declared its readiness to partner with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on boosting Carnival Calabar and other areas of interest. The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Emmanuel Ironbar said this on Monday, 22nd September 2025, when the National President of…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) President, Alhassan Yahaya, has intensified drive to improve the welfare of media professionals by prioritising health insurance coverage for members across the country. Speaking at an interactive session with journalists in Calabar, Cross River State, on Saturday, Yahaya reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in partnership with Senator Princess Florence Ita-Giwa, has concluded plans to establish the Beatrice Bassey Ita Tourist Media Centre and Memorial Foundation in Calabar, in honour of the late veteran journalist, broadcaster, and media icon, Mrs Beatrice Bassey Ita. The initiative is designed…
