The death in Thursday's tragic boat mishap at Okoroma community along the Brass waterways in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has risen to five Tuesday, 8th August 2023 Vanguard News ...

Police spokesman in the state, ASP Musa Muhammed, said: “The local boat travelling from Ekeni community in Southern Ijaw to Yenagoa had a mishap and sank. About 20 persons were reported to have ...

The chairman of Maritime Workers Union in Bayelsa State, Mr Ipigansi Ogoniba, who also confirmed the boat accident, said the local boat went into flames in the middle of the river while the boat ...

The Bayelsa State Government says it is stepping up efforts to improve maritime safety along its inland waterways across the state. The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made this ...

Millions of naira were lost as a wooden transport boat, MV King George, burnt to the waterline at the jetty of the Swali Ultra-Modern Market in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital on Thursday.

A total of 18 persons have been confirmed dead in the boat accident that occurred between Ezetu 1 and Ukubie communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday.

Ernest Peremobowei, a 31-year-old grassroots football player from Bayelsa State, has died while attempting to save people from a boat accident in the raging flood of Bebelebiri Community in ...

Boat owners and drivers in Bayelsa State have unveiled a security partnership with the Joint Task Force (JTF) code named Operation Pulo Shield in a bid to step up maritime security in the area ...

Sea pirates have attacked a passenger boat carrying market women along the Lobia/Foropa Waterways in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State, abducting four women. Reports said the ...

A passenger boat capsized near Okoroma in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Thursday in an accident involving a cargo boat. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that occupants of ...