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Bayelsa

9 local governments · 6 stories

6 stories

01 People · Bayelsa

Isaac Boro and the twelve-day republic

Isaac Adaka Boro's Niger Delta Republic, 1966 →
02 Legend · Bayelsa

Egbesu, the Ijaw god who only fights for justice

Egbesu, the Ijaw deity of justice and just war →
03 Lost history · Bayelsa

The day five hundred communities met in Kaiama

Kaiama Declaration, 11 December 1998 →
04 Lost history · Bayelsa

The schoolteacher king who burned Akassa

King Koko and the Akassa raid, 1895 →
05 Lost history · Bayelsa

Odi, where only three buildings stood

Odi, November 1999 →
06 Lost history · Bayelsa

Nigeria's first oil well, and the village it really sat in

Oloibiri oilfield and Otuabagi, 1956–2024 →