Error while running JDBC on postgres

This is my CreateQuery.java class .

package DbConnect;


import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;


    public class CreateQuery {
        Connection conn;

        public CreateQuery() throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLException, IOException {
            conn=new DbAccess().returnDatabaseConnection();
        }
        public int addNewLayertoDB(){
            try {
                PreparedStatement statement = null;
                //String table_name = feature_name + "_" + shape; 

                String query = "SELECT the_geom from bbmp ";
                statement = conn.prepareStatement(query);
                //statement.setString(1, feature_name); 
               ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery();
               rs.close();
                return 1;
            } catch (SQLException ex) {
                System.out.println("Sql exception");
                return 0;
            }
        }




        public void closeConn() throws SQLException {
            if (conn != null) {
                this.conn.close();
            }
        }
        public static void main(String args[]) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException, SQLException{
            CreateQuery cq = new CreateQuery();
            cq.addNewLayertoDB();
            cq.closeConn();

        }
    }

This is my DbConnect class

package DbConnect;



import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class DbAccess{

    public static void main(String[] argv) {

        System.out.println("-------- PostgreSQL " +
                "JDBC Connection Testing ------------");

        try {

            Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");

        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {

            System.out.println("Where is your PostgreSQL JDBC Driver? " +
                    "Include in your library path!");
            e.printStackTrace();
            return;

            }

        System.out.println("PostgreSQL JDBC Driver Registered!");

        Connection connection = null;

        try {

            connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
                "jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/Ethermap","postgres", "*******");

        } catch (SQLException e) {

            System.out.println("Connection Failed! Check output console");
            e.printStackTrace();
            return;

        }

        if (connection != null){
            System.out.println("You made it, take control your database now!");
        }else{
            System.out.println("Failed to make connection!");
        }
    }

    public Connection returnDatabaseConnection() {
        System.out.println("DB not connected");
        return null;
    }

}

The error I am getting when I run CreateQuery is

DB not connected
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at DbConnect.CreateQuery.addNewLayertoDB(CreateQuery.java:24)
    at DbConnect.CreateQuery.main(CreateQuery.java:45)

What is the error ? And How do I debug it ?