Tag Archives: Bayelsa

A farmer in Bayelsa state has taken to Twitter to express his sadness after his poultry business got overrun by the massive flood affecting the state and other parts of Nigeria. The farmer with the handle @IamElderson, posted videos showing dead chickens in his farm that has been flooded. He …

A 13-year-old boy identified as Solomon UK has been declared missing in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state.   According to a missing person bulletin posted on Facebook on Thursday October 20, the boy was sent to Ekeki park with the sum of N45,500 to buy recharge cards on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, but …

A video of flood victims in communities in Bayelsa state being given a cup of rice each as relief material has been shared online.   The video showed the flood victims holding up the polythene bag with the cup of rice after they were handed by a young man in …

Residents of Aeroplane Road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, and Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta have raised the alarm over floating corpses from submerged cemeteries in their environment.   This comes as flood ravages most parts of the country. The Federal government has said that over 603 persons have died, two …

Commuters on the Yenagoa-Amassoma road in Bayelsa state were left stranded recently after the road split into two due to heavy flooding. A video shared online showed commuters standing on both ends of the road, watching helplessly as water flowing like a river passed through the broken road. Watch the video below…      View this post on …

The girls from Yenogoa led by crafty star player Vera John, showed grit and determination to seal their first win in style. They outscored Delta Force 31-22 victory in the Women’s Category, to show an intention of getting back to the top tier Prudent Energy Handball Premier League in On …

A 16-year-old boy, Temedi Yerimene has been killed by a surging flood that flushed him into a deep canal in Igbogene community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa state.    It was gathered that the deceased and his friends went swimming in the rising water close to the State Ecumenical …

Suspected vandals have blown up the 24″ Ogboinbiri/Obiafu-Obrikom (OB-OB) gas pipeline of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Azikoro community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa state.    The incident has reportedly cut Nigeria’s gas export feed to the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) by five million Standard Cubic Meters per …

A dead whale washed ashore in Foropah community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa state on Tuesday morning, September 13, 2022.    Photos posted by Facebook user, Nimi Emmanuel show some locals cutting meat from the decayed sea creature.   

The chairman of the Bayelsa Environmental Sanitation Authority (BESA), Tolu Amatu,    The Sun reported that Amatu, a former aspirant for the Sagbama/ Ekeremor Federal Constituency seat slumped in his house at Bay Bridge, Kpansia, Yenagoa Sunday morning September 11, and died before getting to the hospital.   According to …