Isoko North is one of two

Local Government Areas A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state, province, division, or territory. The phrase i ...

(LGA) in the

Isoko region Isoko is a region of Delta State and Bayelsa state in southern Nigeria and is inhabited by an ethnic group of the same name, the Isoko people. The region is divided into two Local Government Areas, Isoko North (headquartered at Ozoro) and Isoko So ...

of Delta State, southern

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

– the other being

Isoko South Isoko South is a local government area (LGA) in the Isoko region of Delta State, Nigeria. With its headquarters at Oleh, Nigeria, it is one of the two local governments that make up the Isoko region. The other is Isoko North, which has its head ...

. The population of Isoko North was approximately 112,000 as of 2003. Its headquarters are in the town of

Ozoro Ozoro is a city and the headquarter of Isoko North Local Government area of Delta State, Nigeria. It is one of the two administrative units in the Isoko region of elta State, southern Nigeria. Ozoro had been incorrectly spelt Usoro in some older m ...

which has 14,000 seater capacity Olympic size stadium at the Delta State Polytechnic Ozoro. There are 13 Electoral Wards in the Local Government Area. Major towns in Isoko North are Ozoro, Owhelogbo, Otor Owhe,

Oghara-Iyede Oghara-Iyede is a village in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. The town has an educational institution called the Atebo Primary School. Notable people * Sunny Ofehe, environmental rights activist See also *Oghara Oghara ...

and

Emevor Emevor is a town in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, southern Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is ...

. The people are mostly Christian and traditional worshippers. Isoko North contains oil producing regions, and is the location of some of the recent

conflict in the Niger Delta The current conflict in the Niger Delta first arose in the early 1990s over tensions between foreign oil corporations and a number of the Niger Delta's minority ethnic groups who feel they are being exploited, particularly the Ogoni and the Ijaw ...

Towns and villages

Owhelogbo Owhelogbo is an Isoko town in Isoko North Local Government Council, Delta State, southern Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of ...

Oyede Oyede is a town in the Isoko North Local government areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria. Populated places in Delta State {{deltaNG-geo-stub ...

*Ellu *Ovrode *Iyede *Ofagbe *Okpe-Isoko *

*Bethel *Akwewhe *Otor-igho *Azairo owhe *Aradje *

Igbuku Igbuku is a community in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. It is located on the shores of the River Ase. Igbuku shares a common boundary with Ofagbe, Ovrode, Ibrede, Aboh, and Ashaka. The town is made up of descenda ...

Notable people

Tim Owhefere Tim Kome Owhefere (16 June 1963 – 27 January 2021) was a Nigerian lawyer and politician and a member of the Delta State House of Assembly representing Isoko North Constituency in the 7th Delta State House of Assembly. He also served as the M ...

, Nigerian politician

References

Isoko-north Local Government Area
Local Government Areas in Delta State {{deltaNG-geo-stub