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Warri
City in Delta State, Nigeria

Warri

The city of Warri is an oil hub within South-South Nigeria and houses an annex of the Delta State Government House.

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Warri is one of the major hubs of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. Warri, Udu, Okpe and Uvwie are the commercial capital of Delta State with a population of over 311,970 people in 2006. The city is the indigenous territory of Itsekiri, Urhobo and Ijaw people.

Get in

Getting to Warri

The Warri town and port of Delta state lies along the Warri River in the western Niger River 30 miles (48 kilometres) upstream from the port of Forcados on the Bight of Benin. The nearest airport to Warri is Benin City (BNI) Airport which is 90 km away. Other nearby airports include: Port Harcourt (PHC) 145 km away, Owerri (QOW) 161 km away, Enugu (ENU) 227 km away, and Lagos (LOS) 293 km away.

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    Warri

    Once daily train departing from Itakpe at 8AM.

See

Worth seeing

Some interesting places to visit in Warri include:

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    Delta Ports

    The Delta Ports are a quadruplet of seaports sited along the Niger Delta coastline in the port towns of Warri, Sapele, Koko and Burutu.

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    Effurun Garden Park
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    Falcorp Mangrove Park and Mini Zoo

    Ijala Ikenren, 332101 (off the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) Jetty, Road or via Ifiekporo Road, through Ubeji).

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    Nana Living History Museum
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    Olu Of Warri Palace

    Ekured Itsekiri.

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    Red Mangrove

    The Red Mangrove Swamp is an interesting place to see and explore.

Do

Things to do

Abraka Golf Course, 9 Old Sapele-Agbor Road, Oria, Abraka, +234 817 830 7403. 9AM - 5PM. This luxurious resort sits on over 100 acres of lush green land, surrounded by the ambience of refreshing gardens, exotic birds, horses and a scenic walkway.

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    Lighthouse Cinema

    There are some fun festivals that usually take place within the city.

Eat

Where to eat

There are several nice spots for visitors and tourists in Warri town to relax and enjoy a good meal. Some of them include:

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    AJ Fast Food

    214 Airport Road, Edjeba,.

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    Temple Grill

    You can have a glass of Hennessy with your meal.

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    Casa Nito Food Delivery

    10 Katsina Close, NPDC/NDW Estate former shell Estate, Edjeba (GPPM+PF8 Warri),.

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    Dalph Corner

    Warri.

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    Restaurant African Pot

    Sapele Rd, Enerhe.

How locals move

Getting around Warri the local way

  • Get aroundShared minibuses: Large commercial buses move commuters continuously between the central Effurun Roundabout and core commercial zones in Warri.

From Wikivoyage: Effurun, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Blackmeister (CC BY 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.