Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- The Bauchi State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has confirmed the death of a Channels Television cameraman, Kani Ben, days after he was involved in a road accident.

Mr Ben died after spending ten days in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, following a road accident while on official assignment.

Mr Ben was among 13 journalists injured in the crash that occurred on 6 February, along the Yashi-Yelwan Duguri Road in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

The journalists were covering the commissioning and handover of a government secondary school by the Minister of State for Regional Development, Uba Ahmadu, as part of projects ...