The people of Ora migrated individually and collectively from Benin to the Northwestern part of Edo State. They continued to migrate until finally settled at the present site with Sobe to the North, Emai to the South, and Iuleha to the West Ozala to the East. The most outstanding personality of these migrants is known as Prince Okpame. Prince Okpame …
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CHRISTIANITY IN ORA LAND
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the peace and tranquility generally experienced in Ora land was disrupted by events in Europe. European convicts and indigenous laborers were not as strong as their black counterparts in their sugar plantations needed for the running of their industries. When the first sets of West Africans shipped to Europe arrived there in the sixteenth …
ORA WORSHIPED GOD AND SERVED IDOLS
“Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. And the men of Babylon made Succoth- benoth and the men of Cuth made Nersal and the men of Hamath made Ashima. And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, …
THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA IN ORA
With the Pentecostal fire of the early seventies came the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ. With power and great zeal, the converts preached everywhere. The first set of the gospel converts came to Ora and set up its first branch at Eme Ora. This is the Church of God Mission led by Archbishop Benson Idahosa of blessed memory. …