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One person has been confirmed dead in another boat mishap in Bayelsa State, according to the Chairman, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Bayelsa State Chapter, Ipigansi Ogoniba. Ogoniba said ...
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.
Destiny Monday says he wants every day to be like November 16. At age 13, he is not yet eligible to join the voters of Bayelsa to decide who will lead the state for the next four years. However ...
In a related development, 20 people were equally reported dead in a boat mishap in Bayelsa State on the same Wednesday. According to a report, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Two bodies have reportedly been recovered from the local passengers boat that capsized on Thursday along the Yenagoa-Brass waterways in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...