Oghara
Oghara is a town in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria.
The town which is one of the most populous and well known city in Delta State, is also one of the major clan of Urhobo ethnic group, the people of oghara are straight forward, Hospitable, Hard working people they are mainly Christians.
Oghara is an oil and agricultural producing town in Delta State located in the west region geo-political zone of Delta with a population of over 150,000 (males and females). The town has two major communities, they include Oghareki and ogharefe. Oghara Town is home to Nigerian Naval Logistics Headquarters in the south south, Mopol 51 Base of the Nigeria police Force,Delta State Teaching Hospital and local Government Council headquarter Oghara is a commercial town, with the major pan ocean flow station and Gas Plant, Pamol, Presco,JK It also houses more than 300,000,000 (three hundred million) litre of petroleum products storage tanks belonging to different petroleum marketing companies. Oghara has various educational institutions such as Uherevie Primary School, Oghareki Model Secondary School Oghareki, Ogini Grammar school, Ogharefe Secondary School -Oghara-junction Delta State Polytechnic in Otefe and Western Delta University(private)
OGHARA ROYAL FAMILIES Abutoh Umukoro Etsemitan
Oghara is home to great personalities such as
Chief James Onanefe Ibori
late Otubu Itse Omene
late Matthew Agbedia
Robert Okoro
Air Commodore Brodrick O. Akpotaire (Rtd) Engr.Jeremiah Sakpoba
Eghweree Ogheneruonah Charles
Sir. Nathaniel Sakpoba
Hon. Moses Ogbe
Hon. Isaac Udju
OLOROGUN WILLIAMS I.I MAKINDE
Hon.Solomon Golley
Families in Oghara
Otubu Family, Atuma family, Umukoro family, Oke Family, Obire Family, Uduaghan Family,Sakpoba Family,Akpotaire Family,Ibori family,Omokaro family Oghene family,Gabari family, Ejoh family, Etsemitan/Eshemitan family of Ogharaefe,The Enaigbe family,The Ologbo family,Abunumah family,Akomire family,Ofotokun family, Gboghoro family, Golley Family, Eyaufe family, the Igbinake family, the Uneh family, the Ajaino family, the Osikpa family and Sagboje family