Children and adults in Otuabagi, a community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, where Nigeria first discovered and exported crude oil in commercial quantity, are afflicted by water borne diseases following unbridled engagement in open defecation. Devastated by their predicament, the embattled people have vowed never to engage in...
•Cultists No fewer than four persons have been killed as gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded Swali community in the heart of Yenagoa, the state capital. A community source told our correspondent today that the gunmen invaded the community from the nearby river on Easter Sunday and attacked innocent residents who had just celebrated Easter ...
•Oil spill The Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, Target Segibo, has decried the massive crude oil leak at the riverside Obololi community axis of his domain. It was learned that the spill, which occured on Sunday, emanated from a facility belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, reports Vanguard. Se...

