Eze Promoe: CORRECTION: Stop mistaking dialects/subgroups for tribes.

Sweetlemon: I just went through a thread where the poster posted pictures Kalabari, Urhobo, Ijaw, and other Niger-delta girls and lumped them up as Ijaw. I noticed that ever since GEJ became president, people seem to lump the whole Niger-delta as Ijaw forgetting there are @ least 30 other tribes in that area and these tribes are different with different languages and customs.
Even though Bayelsa is a multi-ethnic state comprised of many other ethnic groups such as Kolokunu, Ekpetiama, Igbriran, Atissa and Biseni, the state is predominantly occupied by the Ijaws. Other tribes found in the state are Nembe, Ogbia and Ogbein, each having its own dialect. There are four main languages in Bayelsa State, which are Izon, Nembe, Ogbia and Epie-Atissa.
Rivers state is home to many ethnic groups: Ikwerre, Igbo, Ijaw, Kalabari, Etche, Ogba, Ogoni and others.
The Major ethnic groups in Delta state are Urhobo, Igbo, Ezon, Isoko and Itsekiri.
Although the customs of this tribes are quite similar, they are independent from each other.
People call all Akwa-ibomites Ibibios and all Cross-riverans Efiks. Akwa-Ibom is mainly made up of the Ibibios, Oron, Annang, Eket, Ibeno. While Cross-river is mainly made up of the Efiks, Bekwaras and Ejaghams.
Although the customs and languages of the ethnic groups in Awka-ibom and cross river are so similar that only an insider can tell the difference, they are all different and independent from each other.
We have another problem with people understanding the northern part of the country too where the whole area is lumped as Hausa.
News flash!: the north has tripple more independent ethnic groups than the south! We have the Hausas, Fulanis, Kanuris, Nupes, Beroms, Gbayis, and at least 180 other ethnic groups! States like Kaduna, Adamawa, Jigawa, and Borno (yeah you heard me right, BORNO!) Have a considerably large Christian community! (So you guys can see that dividing Nigeria along religious lines is quite like removing the sugar from orange juice!)
So, there we are, I guess we are now a tad more knowledgeable about our country. Please feel free to drop more useful info for us if you have. Let's devevlop more interest in our country so we can teach foreigners when they ask us and more importantly, it will help us understand each other better and ultimately lead to the re-building of our great nation
Cheers!

Sweetlemon:
FYI, some languages share the same names with their tribes of origin. Perhaps that's what is confusing you

We all know you're the type that always open controversial thread.
You shifted you focal point of controversy from the Romance Section down to the Culture Section.
So i'm not surprised!


BTW, though off-topic, let me just remind you that another edition of Miss NL will soon kick off, and you still stand a chance

Eze Promoe:
RED FONTS are Igbo groups, BLUE FONTS are Ijaw groups.

Sweetlemon:
Oga, the groups are not 'Ijaw groups' oooooooo!
They are different and independent from Ijaw. They are have their diff languages and cultures! Please remember google is your best friend.
Kai!
Seems like you are just looking for my trouble so I will be ignoring you on this thread henceforth

Rivers state is home to many ethnic groups: Ikwerre, Igbo, Ijaw, Kalabari, Etche, Ogba, Ogoni and others.