Isoko North
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Isoko North is one of two Local Government Areas (LGA) in the Isoko region of Delta State
, southern Nigeria
– the other being Isoko South
. The population of Isoko North was approximately 112,000 as of 2003. Its headquarters are in the town of Ozoro
. Isoko North contains oil producing regions, and is the location of some of the recent conflict in the Niger Delta
.
Delta State
Delta State may refer to:*Delta State, a state in southern Nigeria.*Delta State , a Canadian animated television series.*Delta State University, a public university located in the U.S. state of Mississippi....
, southern Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
– the other being Isoko South
Isoko South
Isoko South is a Local Government Area 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 headquarters at Ozoro.Clans inhabiting Isoko South include the...
. The population of Isoko North was approximately 112,000 as of 2003. Its headquarters are in the town of Ozoro
Ozoro
Ozoro is the headquarters of the Isoko North Local Government Area, one of the two administrative units in the Isoko region of Delta State, southern Nigeria.-Politics and Government:...
. Isoko North contains oil producing regions, and is the location of some of the recent conflict in the Niger Delta
Conflict in the Niger Delta
The current conflict in the Niger Delta arose in the early 1990s over tensions between the foreign oil corporations and a number of the Niger Delta's minority ethnic groups who felt they were being exploited, particularly the Ogoni and the Ijaw...
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