The Nun River, also known as Rio Nun, is a river in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The river is formed when the Niger River splits into two at Toru-Abubou, near Agbere Town in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, forming the Nun and the Forcados rivers.
Bayelsa is a state in the South South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, making it one of the newest states in the federation. The capital, Yenagoa, is susceptible to high risk of annual flooding. It shares a boundary with Rivers State to the east and Delta State to the north across the Niger River for 17 km and the Forçados River for 198 km, with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean dominating its southern borders. It has a total area of 10,773 square kilometres (4,159 sq mi). The state comprises eight local government areas: Ekeremor, Kolokuma/Opokuma, Yenagoa, Nembe, Ogbia, Sagbama, Brass and Southern Ijaw. The state is the smallest in Nigeria by population as of the 2006 census. Being in the Niger Delta, Bayelsa State has a riverine and estuarine setting, with bodies of water within the state preventing the development of significant road infrastructure.
Sagbama is a Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Southern part of Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Sagbama. Part of the area of the LGA lies within the Bayelsa National Forest.
Henry Seriake Dickson CON is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He is the Senator representing Bayelsa West since 2020 in the 9th National Assembly. He was the governor of Bayelsa State from 14 February 2012 to 14 February 2020. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2007 until 2012.
Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, OFR is a Nigerian judge and former President of the Nigerian courts of appeal.
Moses Oruaze Dickson is a Nigerian lawyer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the managing solicitor of TRIAX Solicitors; a Bayelsa State, Nigeria-based law firm. He is the founder of Goldcoast Developmental foundation.
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Bayelsa State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Bayelsa State. Douye Diri representing Bayelsa Central, and Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo representing Bayelsa West both won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), while Biobarakuma Degi representing Bayelsa East won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo was a Nigerian professor of Economics who was the former deputy Vice Chancellor of Niger Delta University and the 4th substantive Vice Chancellor of same school.
The 2022 Nigeria floods affected many parts of the country. From the Federal Government Data, the floods had displaced over 1.4 million people, killed over 603 people, and injured more than 2,400 people. About 82,035 houses had been damaged, and 332,327 hectares of land had also been affected.
AzibaolaRobert, is a Nigerian entrepreneur, Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), industrialist, lawyer, human and environmental rights advocate, founder of Zeetin Engineering Limited, managing director of Kakatar Group and a receiver of Vanguard Personality award of the year. Robert studied law at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Portharcourt, and was called to the Nigerian bar in 1995.
The University of Africa, Toru-Orua is a public university located in Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. It was founded in 2016.
The 2022 Bayelsa State Flooding took place between September and November 2022 in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. It displaced at least 1.3 million people as confirmed by the Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency.
Toru-Ndoro is a community located in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Opukushi is a village located in Ekeremor Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Opukushi is one of the oil producing communities in Nigeria and it has an oil field named "Opukushi oil field" which is controlled by Shell Petroleum. In 2022, Premium Times reported that Opukushi natives had interfered with oil development at a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) oilfield onshore.
Aleibiri Town is a village located in Bayelsa State's Ekeremor Local Government Area beside Bolou Toru Creek.The main attributes of the Aleibiri people are their aptitude for football, politics, fishing, farming, wrestling, and education. Her neighbors also saw the town as a commercial and industrial center. People travel from near and far to Aleibiri in order to buy and trade.
The Emadike Shoreline project is an ecological intervention effort of the Federal Government of Nigeria to address the coastal and flooding challenges at Emadike and Epebu communities in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The project, which was executed through the Ecological Project Office of the Federal Government of Nigeria, involved an 850m shoreline protection with the use of sheet pile method to address ocean surge, while also sand filling up to 16 hectares of land as a reclamation strategy to arrest flood erosion in the community.
Amassoma is a community located in Ogboin North of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Odi Community is a community located in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Aliebiri is a community located in Ekeremor Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Ondewari is a community located in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
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