The leaders of Odi community in Bayelsa state, have asked ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to apologise for the massacre of their people by the military 21 years ago. Recall that Obasanjo had reportedly ordered the military into Odi in November 1999 following a conflict in the Niger Delta region over the control of resources. In some […]
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Not less than 11 people have been placed under medical surveillance in Bayelsa state, as a result of suspected outbreak of a viral disease, monkeypox. Ebitimitula Etebu, the state commissioner for health, who disclosed this on Wednesday, said samples of the virus had been sent to the World Health Organisation (WHO) laboratory in Dakar, Senegal […]
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The Bayelsa State Government has opened a Dialysis Center in the state to bring relief to people with kidney and other related health challenges. The centre, according to Dickson is part of his reform of the health sector. The governor disclosed this on Wednesday in Yenagoa after undertaking a tour of the newly equipped Government House […]
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