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Opobo is in South South Nigeria.

Understand

Opobo town is located in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area, Rivers State. The town local council makes up the 21 Local government area; in Rivers State. It shares borders with Akwa Ibom state. Opobo is famous for being the hometown of King Jaja of Opobo

Get in

By plane

  • 1 Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Nigeria. By passenger volume, Port Harcourt International Airport is the country's third busiest international airport. The airport, which is located in the heart of Nigeria's oil and gas hub, is critical to the country's economic prosperity.

By boat

Visitors can come into Opobo Town on speed boats at either Kono waterside in Bori or the jetty at Ikot Abasi, in Akwa Ibom State, to get to the town.

Get around

See

  • Egiribite and Bibite Initiation, Opobo. This is a female initiation ritual. To do this, a lady must be at least 50 years old. She must also have grown children. It's frequently done to demonstrate a woman's wealth.


Do

  • 1 Opobo Regatta Festival, Opobo, Bonny Island River. The Opobo Regatta Festival is an annual festival in Rivers State. The Festival is held every New Year’s Eve on the famous Bonny Island. Bonny River on Wikipedia

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Connect

You would most likely find coverage of the 2G/3G mobile networks Opobo Town. Signal strength might diminish further away from the city centre, and you might occasionally experience network outages for all or some of the mobile phone service providers in the remote areas of the town. Different networks tend to be more stable and reliable in different locations of the city at different times.

MTN, 9Mobile, Airtel (Zain) and GLO are all available service providers.

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