Ogbia is a Local Government Area of Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It is well known for its historic value to the today Nigerian state economy mainstay, i.e., its oil industry, being the local government area encompassing Oloibiri the first place oil was discovered on Sunday 15 January 1956. its people who inhabit the Ogbia local government of Bayelsa, have close kinship and language ties with the Okoroma people of Nembe local government of Bayelsa.
