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9 local governments · 6 stories
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Yenagoa
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 →