joeprince23:
ogbia is not in any family as ogoni and certainly not efik(do you even know what efik is?) Secondly large parts of ekeremor is actually isoko commnities so I'm not wrong. FYI: there are ethnic ekpeyes in bayelsa(and in ogbia lga, not kolo,)

tobimillar:
Ijaws are the 4th largest, no arguements

Tinubutoto:

pls, I am at Abak road, come let me take u to where Eastern Obolo people are here in Uyo so u can confirm from them.

aminho:
its Kanuri /kəˈnuːri/[3] is a dialect continuum spoken by some four million people, as of 1987, in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, as well as small minorities in southern Libya and by a diaspora in Sudan. It belongs to the Western Saharan subphylum of Nilo-Saharan. Kanuri is the language associated with the Kanem and Bornu empires which dominated the Lake Chad region for a thousand years.
they are more than 10 million now

Kyase:


The Tiv are the 4th largest ethnic group in Nigeria. Tiv language is spoken by about 7 million people in Nigeria, with a few speakers in Cameroon.

http://howng.com/tiv-people-and-their-culture/

sirade:
It is only on nairaland you hear of Ijaw.

Infact in a place like Lagos you can stay upto 2years without seeing an Ijaw man or woman.

Fact; jonathan brought ijaw nation to federal limelight.

tobimillar:


Google is your friend...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River_languages

TonyeBarcanista:
@OP this isn't a question pls!

How can you compare the population of Tiv and Ijaw? Ijaw that is present in Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Delta and Ondo states? The reason behind this argument(non argument really) is because Ijaws have been balkanised by the Nigeria State into different states(some states as minorities). This is why we are agitating for Toru Ibe and Oil Rivers states. Ijaws deserve 3 exclusive Ijaws states to tell its status.


In fact, it shall not be well with the British

Kyase:

Its not ijaw of course

Kyase:


The Tiv are the 4th largest ethnic group in Nigeria. Tiv language is spoken by about 7 million people in Nigeria, with a few speakers in Cameroon.

http://howng.com/tiv-people-and-their-culture/

Ighoga898:

then who?

ANTONINEUTRON:

What is the population of tivs in benue state nd d minorities in taraba

Ijaw or kanuri are d real fourth

Kyase:


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijaw_people

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiv_people

Check for yourself

Tinubutoto:

u r nothing but a fool.
Itsekiri total population is not up to Burutu local government in Delta State.
IJAW and Itsekiri as well as Isoko are all in Delta South senatorial district. ask yo self how many local government does Itsekiri have on it's own? none. Out of the 8 local government areas know delta south, Ijaw has 4 1/2, dat is senator manager has been in the senate for 4 tenures now

Ighoga898:

but delta & Edo have almost dsame population.. And Ijaw is just only some part of delta.. I don't know shall

joeprince23:
oga I'm telling you facts on ground and you are saying google is my friend,are you for real? This is nigeria oo,wake up. its

Kyase:
Nairalanders please which is? Tiv or ijaw ? Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiv_people
How Did Ijaw Become The 4th Largest Ethnic Group

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijaw_people

https://www.nairaland.com/891977/how-did-ijaw-4th-largest
Tonyebarcanista, Afam4eva

Olabestonic001:



Ethnic groups: Nigeria, Africa's most
populous country, is composed of more
than 250 ethnic groups; the following are
the most populous and politically
influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba
21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%,
Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
Definition: This entry provides an ordered
listing of ethnic groups starting with the
largest and normally includes the percent
of total population.
Source: CIA World Factbook - This page
was last updated on June 30, 2015



www.indexmundi.com/nigeria/ethnic_groups.html

ANTONINEUTRON:

What is the population of tivs in benue state nd d minorities in taraba

Ijaw or kanuri are d real fourth

Kyase:


Yea,
And the TIVs are the Fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria

Ighoga898:

so its not Ijaw

joeprince23:
The problem I have with people mentioning “ijaw” is firstly ijo is not an ethnic nationality but rather a conglomorate of riverine people in southern nigeria. Izon however is an ethnic nationality found mostly at kolokuma/opokuma and southern ijaw LGA's of present bayelsa state. Even to bayelsans a man from ekeremo lga is not core-ijo but rather ijoid(correctly he is isoko by tribe),larger chunk of ogbia lga is not izon but epkeye(igbo/igboid group from neigbouring rivers state. Secondly there is no general ijo language or linguistic(like hausa,igbo,yoruba etc),many places people regard as ijaw that are far away from izon in kolokuma actually speak different languages from their larger cousins eg. Ekeremo lg speak urhobo/isoko easthern ogbia lga speak ekpeye igbo(the type spoken in ahoada) opobo speak central igbo,bonny speak ibani and igbo. FYI: any person that visited oilmill market in port-harcourt prior to the creation of bayelsa state will understand what I mean. In many rural communities of bayelsa state igbo is still the lingua-franca,peremabiri in southern ijaw is one of few major towns that is ijo in the real sense,even kolo town is not talkless of nembe. I rest my case

Ugomba:
Ijaws Are NOT the 4th largest tribe.
- The Oil Rivers and Toru-Ibe states that they are agitating for is Controversial, because many lands they put in the map of these proposed two agitated states DO NOT BELONG TO THEM.

mrMeen:
1st-Hausawa

2-Yurobas

3-Fulanis

4-Kanuris

5-Ijaws

6-Tivs

7-EgbOs

Goodboiyy:


hw far, long tym.. just gave Nl a break... can you explain d bolded ?


Am patiently waiting.. To me ijaw population is more than tiv.. ijaw should be around 8million people why we re d 5th..

mrMeen:
1st-Hausawa

2-Yurobas

3-Fulanis

4-Kanuris

5-Ijaws

6-Tivs

7-EgbOs

EteEdoho:
it's quite annoying. Am from Eket. Afaha Eket to be precise.

EternalTruths:


Very true.

You see more Akwa Ibomites than Ijaws or Tivs or Kanuris in Lagos.

Ugomba:
Ijaws Are NOT the 4th largest tribe.
- The Oil Rivers and Toru-Ibe states that they are agitating for is Controversial, because many lands they put in the map of these proposed two agitated states DO NOT BELONG TO THEM.