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LGA and town in Rivers State, Nigeria
Okrika
Kirike se
Wakirike se
LGA and town
Okrika
Aerial view of part of Okrika mainland (foreground) and island (background)
Ward 1: Gilbert Wakama (PDP) Ward 2: I Ibinabo Williams (PDP) Ward 3: Otonye Titus (PDP) Ward 4: Hebron Nyanabo (PDP) Ward 5: Paul Godwill Abam (PDP) Ward 6: Tomquin Sobere (PDP) Ward 7: Joshua Tomquin JP (PDP) Ward 8: Tamunokuro Fubara George (PDP) Ward 9: Prince Godwin Bipialaka (PDP) Ward 10: Reuben Iselema (PDP) Ward 11: Virginia Fimie (PDP) Ward 12: Royal Clifford Ateke (PDP)
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Okrika is an island in Rivers State, Nigeria, capital of the Local Government Area of the same name. The town is situated on an island south of Port Harcourt, making it a suburb of the much larger city.[1]
The average elevation of Okrika is 452 metres. It lies on the north of the Bonny River and on Okrika Island, 35 miles (56 km) upstream from the Bight of Bonny. The town can be reached by vessels of a draft of 29 feet (9 metres) or less.[citation needed]
Formerly a fishing village of the Ijo (Ijaw) people in the mangrove swamps of the eastern Niger River(Delta), Okrika became the capital of the Okrika kingdom in the early 17th century and actively dealt in slaves.[citation needed] It served as a port for the exportation of palm oil after the abolition of the slave trade in the 1830s, but it was a less significant port facility than either Bonny (18 miles [46 km] south) or Opobo (32 miles [81 km] east-southeast). By 1912, Okrika had been completely eclipsed by Port Harcourt, and it was not revived as a commercial town until 1965, when the nearby Port Harcourt refinery was completed and pipelines were built to a jetty on Okrika Mainland. It also has a major gas plant facility (Alakiri gas plant) that supplies to the refinery and others.[2][3][citation needed]
Refined petroleum products are some of Okrika's significant exports.[citation needed] The town has considerable local trade in fish (which is in rapid decline due to pollution of the waters and land by crude oil activities) oil palm produce, locally processed salt, cassava (manioc), taro, plantains, and yams.[citation needed]
The 2006 census determined the population of the Wakirike Local Government Area of the Rivers State of Nigeria was 222,026. An estimated 145,000 Okrika natives live elsewhere around the world, mostly in the United Kingdom and the United States.[citation needed]
Okrika is an island in Rivers State, Nigeria, capital of the Local Government Area of the same name. The town is situated on an island south of Port Harcourt...
Opobo. Kirike is spoken in Port Harcourt and the local government areas of Okrika and Ogu–Bolo. Defaka word list (Wiktionary) Kalabari at Ethnologue (18th...
The Anglican Diocese of Okrika is one of ten within the Anglican Province of the Niger Delta, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria....
Divisions including Port Harcourt, Ahoada, Degema, Nchia, Bori, Omoku, Isiokpo, Okrika, Okehi, and Oyigbo. Elections are conducted every 4 years in which Riverian...
1st Viscount Harcourt, then the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Okrika word for the city is Hakoti Kiri or Parakot. The native Obulom name for...
originates from Ijaw. The name is most commonly used among the Kalabari, Okrika, and Nembe people of Rivers State, Bayelsa State, and the Egbema and Gbaramatu...
killed under mysterious circumstances in active service in 1968 at Ogu (near Okrika) in Rivers State. Niger Delta activists like Ken Saro-Wiwa, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari...
the west, the Kingdom of Bonny to the southeast and Okrika to the northeast. The main rival was Okrika, which had the potential to block Kalabari's access...
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Makinde Soft Work (2020) as Mrs. Ademuyiwa Unroyal (2020) as Queen of Okrika Mama Drama (2020) as Mama Adelena Chief Daddy (2018) as Nike Williams From...
Enoch Atuboyedia (born 10 March 1972) is the Anglican Bishop of Okrika in Niger Delta Province of the Church of Nigeria. He was installed as bishop in...
Rivers South East and thirteen Representatives representing Degema/Bonny, Okrika/Ogu-Bolo, Asalga/Akulga, Ahoada West/Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni, Port Harcourt 1...
The Headies and the Galaxy Music Awards. Maxwell was born on 26 June in Okrika, Rivers State, to the family of Chief & Mrs Fuayefika, as the last of five...
Nigerian Third Republic. Ada George was born on 11 July 1940 at George-Ama, Okrika, Rivers State. He qualified as an accountant, and became a fellow of the...
Osifo made supportive roles. It is the story of Princess Boma, daughter of Okrika Kings, where she treats everyone as though they weren’t humans. The film...
relationship between both ethnicities.[citation needed] J. A. Fiberesima (1990). Okrika: In Search of an Ancestry. Evans Brothers. ISBN 978-978-167-450-1. A. Babatunde...
business career began in 2003 when she sold second-hand clothes, known as "Okrika," and was mentored by an old classmate to focus on real estate investment...
Idemili (2014) as Igwe 50 days with Christ The Egg Unroyal (2020) as King Okrika Lionheart (2018) as Chief Ernest Obiagu Mummy Why (2016) Ololade, Olatunji...
Ekpeye and Abua to the west, the Ijoid groups of Degema, the Kalabari and Okrika to the south, the Eleme and Oyigbo to the southeast and the Etche to the...
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