[1] It is part of the Okrika/Oyigbo/Tai/Eleme constituency of the Nigerian Senate, represented since April 2007 by George Thompson Sekibo.

[8] Communities include Ban-Ogoi,[9] Bara-Ale, Bara-Alue, Barayira, Borobara (a central community), Botem, Bunu, Deeyor Kira, Gbam, Gbene-Ue, Horo, Kebara Kira, Korokoro (the seat of the Tai monarch), Koroma, Kpite, Nonwa Tai (Kebara), Nonwa Uedume, Norkpo, Sime and Ueken.

[10] In September 2009, Samuel Nnee was the paramount ruler of the Kpite Community in Tai LGA.

[10] In the 1990s, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People began a struggle against the degradation of their lands, which at times erupted into violence.

There were delays in repair, and in October 2001 the spilled oil caught fire, causing extensive environmental damage.