meforyou1:
yoruba is the 2nd most populous tribe in africa?
Haba! When did the yoruba race start taking 2nd. Yoruba is the singular most populous tribe in the universe

Olabestonic001:


You are right bro. That was my mistake.
4. Yoruba
Yoruba is undeniably the largest ethnic
group in Africa, with a population
estimate at about 35 million people in
total. They mainly occupy the South
Western sides of Nigeria, as well as
Southern Benin, with a great majority
coming from Nigeria.

answersafrica.com/african-tribes.html

ODVanguard:


Oh, you're copping out because I have practically rubbished your false premise. You can't convince me because you lack any shred of evidence asides your unreliable anecdotes, assumptions and fantasies.

vorigan:
factually speaking, neither the Tivs (munchi) or the Ijaws (izon) are the fourth largest,............the fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria is the Fulani (Fulfulde), followed by the Kanuri (beri-beri), then the Ibibio, and then the Tiv...........the Ijaws come behind the Tivs..............infact, the Ijaws have always come behind the Tivs in all early census..................Ijaws became the fourth largest ethnic group over night when Ebere became president.

1931 CENSUS

Hausa ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ...3,604,016
Ibo ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ...3,172,789
Yoruba ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...3,166,164
Fulani... ... ... .... .... .... .... 2,026,189
Kanuri /or Beri-Beri) ... ... ... 930,917
Ibibio ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .749,645
Tiv (or Munshi) ... ... ... ... ...573,605
Edo ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ..507,810
Nupe ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .326,017
Ijaw ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..156,324

source: http://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1934/3064634_1934_opt.pdf


1963 CENSUS

Hausa ... .... .... .... .... ...11,653,000
Yoruba ... ... ... .... .... ...11,321,000
Igbo ... .... .... .... .... .... ..9,246,000
Fulfulde ... ... ... ... .... ... 4,784,000
Kanuri .... ... ... ... ... ... ..2,256,000
Ibibio ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ..2,006,000
Tiv ... ... .... .... .... .... ... 1,394,000
Ijaw (Izon) .... .... .... ... .1,089,000
Edo .... .... .... .... ... .... ...955,000
Nupe ... .... .... .... .... ... ..656,000
Urhobo .... .... .... .... .... ..639,000
Igala .... ..... .... .... ... .... 582,000

source:http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20101205024305zg/sections/general-articles/ethnic-minority-groups-in-nigeria-current-situation-and-major-problems-by-abdul-raufu-mustapha/



1952 CENSUS: Ijaws were not even considered

Edo.................468,501

Fulani.............3,040,736

Hausa.............5,548,542

Ibibio..............766,764

Igbo...............5,483,660

Kanuri............1,301,924

Nupe..............359,260

Tiv..................790,450

Yoruba...........5,046,799

source: compiled from GoN, 1952a, Population Census of Northern Region of Nigeria 1952; GoN, 1952b, Population Census of Western Region of Nigeria 1952; & GoN, 1953, Population Census of The Eastern Region of Nigeria 1953 http://www.afrimap.org/english/images/documents/UNRISD%20Nigeria%20Mustapha.pdf

The goon tonyebarcanista and the imp kyase......take note

meforyou1:
this opc tout, can u just present go back to your mai guard work. Is there any single yoruba in the North east, whether soldier or civilian?

ODVanguard:


lol. Guy, your "truth" is merely an opinion that isn't grounded in facts or empirical evidence. There is a Yoruba community head in every community in the North, including even your SE and SS. Personally I don't deal in assumptions but rather in facts. Official census data has settled it but you are free to believe otherwise of course. Or do your people not return to the SE during the census to help your numbers? If they don't and are undercounted as a result, whose fault is that? ? I repeat that your opinion has no basis in facts.

zicoraads:
This is serious and laughable. How on earth did I miss this thread from it's inception?!

Before Jonathan, how many people had heard of an ethnic group called the Ijaw?

Apart from those who were conversant with the Ijaw and Itsekiri fight, most people didn't even know of their existence.

And yet, someone wakes up one day and starts arguing that the Ijaws are more than the Tivs. Kai! This is very funny

All the states being mentioned, combine the population of all the Ijaws in all the states an they are not even up to the number of Tiv people in Benue alone.

ODVanguard:


lol. Guy, your "truth" is merely an opinion that isn't grounded in facts or empirical evidence. There is a Yoruba community head in every community in the North, including even your SE and SS. Personally I don't deal in assumptions but rather in facts. Official census data has settled it but you are free to believe otherwise of course. Or do your people not return to the SE during the census to help your numbers? If they don't and are undercounted as a result, whose fault is that? ? I repeat that your opinion has no basis in facts.

warripekin:

I don't believe there are more yorubas in the north than igbos. From my personal experience, I was able to traverse the entire north and I went from abuja to kano thru yo be to bauchi then jos. The Igboman as usual is everywhere. In kano, the whole of sabongeri, nomansland are dominated by igbos. Even kurna, France road, bompai, they are there. From my lodge in prince palace hotel in nasarawa, to Beirut where u find a lot of lebernese, Igbo are still there. Yorubas are kano especially Yoruba Moslems but they are not much and a lot of them have blended into the hausa community and majority are from kwara like I got to find out from my lawyer. In Bauchi, Igbo are ably present as usual in fact some of the cooks at the government house are Igbo. I met only one Yoruba deeper life pastor in bauchi. In jos, they are so much that an entire area in jos is known to belong to Igbo in fact my idoma driver speaks Igbo because he grew up there. Birom people will tell u, apart from hausas, the next largest settlers are Igbo, then idoma and tiv. Uhrobos in jos are even more than yorubas in population in jos. The same undp program, took me to Adamawa, nasarawa,Benue and taraba. And all these places, u have a large Igbo population and u can hardly see yorubas except corpers. In Kaduna,from kafanchan, penbeygwa, Zaria , to the entire southern Kaduna, Igbo are every where. Yorubas are in good number in kawu and northern Kaduna areas but they are mostly Moslems and many are in there third generation families.

The Yoruba monarch in Adamawa, Oba A.G Abdul Ganiyu thanked the Governor for the good gestures done to the tribe and charged all Yorubas to be law-abiding.

MrAnalyst:


Mister,your opinion also has no basis in fact. A Yoruba community head in SE? That's quite silly. Respect yourself.

Members of the Yoruba community living in Enugu State have cried out over what they described as total neglect and marginalization by the present administration of governor Sullivan Chime.
The aggrieved members of Yoruba community who made their feelings public through their leader, Mr. Ade Johnson Adeyelu, in a chat with newsmen in Enugu regretted that the Yoruba community which was formed as a corporate body in 1990....

ODVanguard:


Guy, unfortunately for you, your opinion isn't fact. The same Bauchi where you claim (in your experience) igbos are more than Yorubas in number, the former governor Yuguda made a Yorubaman his Chief Press Secretary

http://www.9jabook.com/forum/topics/a-yoruba-becomes-chief-press-secretary-in-bauchi-state

http://www.yankarigamereserve.com/bauchi-yoruba-community-honours-yugudas-cps/

You say Yorubas in Kano are not much yet they vie for political office in Kano

https://www.nairaland.com/104822/revealed-igbo-yoruba-politics-sabon


In Nasarawa a group of no more than 170,000 Yorubas based in the state endorsed the PDP governorship candidate

http://www.blueprint.ng/2014/04/14/yoruba-group-backs-nasarawa-pdp-candidate/

State government officially recognize local yoruba communities you claim not to have come across. Now, you are entitled to your experiences but they're just YOUR experience and are in no way a true measure of the reality on ground.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/11/yeo-hails-yoruba-community-living-peacefully-groups/ - Kaduna ex-governor commends Yoruba community.

http://205.234.252.102/~enownow/news/story.php?sno=2387 - Jos Yoruba community demands compensation

Yorubas even have a monarch in Adamawa representing their community and interests:

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=68545




My point is that your opinion is your opinion. But it's not enough.

lolzzzz:
you argue like a demented person. Your argument lacks relevance and its totally unreasonable. What nonsense are you using as a yardstick to justify your claims?

ODVanguard:


http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2009/10/23/yoruba-community-decries-marginalisation-in-enugu/

MrAnalyst:


You said there's a Yoruba community head in every community,even in SE and SS. Sir,with all due respect,that's rubbish.

kaakulator4:
One is even rejoicing that someone said they've bought all the houses in Abuja not knowing that they're trying
to console them for what happened during the Civil war

Bought ko, Consume ni

ODVanguard:


For goodness sakes, why are you igbos like this? ? Very unstable lot! You doubted my statement and I provided evidence, here you are shifting goalpost again. You people are insufferable! Jeez!

ODVanguard:


Guy, unfortunately for you, your opinion isn't fact. The same Bauchi where you claim (in your experience) igbos are more than Yorubas in number, the former governor Yuguda made a Yorubaman his Chief Press Secretary

http://www.9jabook.com/forum/topics/a-yoruba-becomes-chief-press-secretary-in-bauchi-state

http://www.yankarigamereserve.com/bauchi-yoruba-community-honours-yugudas-cps/

You say Yorubas in Kano are not much yet they vie for political office in Kano

https://www.nairaland.com/104822/revealed-igbo-yoruba-politics-sabon

Pls, I don't argue. These are what I saw on the ground. That yuguda appointed a Yoruba man his Chief press Secretary has not added to Yoruba population there. Question is? If yorubas are that large in bauchi , how come u don't see them around so easily. At least I spent a week in bauchi and I traversed the entire state. From the emirs palace, to government house, zaranda hotel, to banks and even outside the walled part of bauchi that belongs mostly to indigenous Christians u will hardly see yorubas around. Where are they, what occupies them ? 170k Yoruba population in nasarawa state? Really? And they are not ubiquitous? And are not noted for any particular thing? From mararaba, to keffi, to aqwanga, nasarawa eggon, to lafia, you will not encounter up to 100 yorubas on the road or any of those communities but I am sure u will find igbos in their numbers. I know these places, my company did an extensive research work and projects in these environment in conjunction with UNICEF/undp. So I know what I am saying

In Nasarawa a group of no more than 170,000 Yorubas based in the state endorsed the PDP governorship candidate

http://www.blueprint.ng/2014/04/14/yoruba-group-backs-nasarawa-pdp-candidate/

Host state governments officially recognize local yoruba communities you claim not to have come across. Now, you are entitled to your experiences but they're just YOUR experience and are in no way a true measure of the reality on ground.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/11/yeo-hails-yoruba-community-living-peacefully-groups/ - Kaduna ex-governor commends Yoruba community.

http://205.234.252.102/~enownow/news/story.php?sno=2387 - Jos Yoruba community demands compensation

Yorubas even have a monarch in Adamawa representing their community and interests:

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=68545




My point is that your opinion is your opinion. But it's not enough.

warripekin:

I don't believe there are more yorubas in the north than igbos. From my personal experience, I was able to traverse the entire north and I went from abuja to kano thru yo be to bauchi then jos. The Igboman as usual is everywhere. In kano, the whole of sabongeri, nomansland are dominated by igbos. Even kurna, France road, bompai, they are there. From my lodge in prince palace hotel in nasarawa, to Beirut where u find a lot of lebernese, Igbo are still there. Yorubas are kano especially Yoruba Moslems but they are not much and a lot of them have blended into the hausa community and majority are from kwara like I got to find out from my lawyer. In Bauchi, Igbo are ably present as usual in fact some of the cooks at the government house are Igbo. I met only one Yoruba deeper life pastor in bauchi. In jos, they are so much that an entire area in jos is known to belong to Igbo in fact my idoma driver speaks Igbo because he grew up there. Birom people will tell u, apart from hausas, the next largest settlers are Igbo, then idoma and tiv. Uhrobos in jos are even more than yorubas in population in jos. The same undp program, took me to Adamawa, nasarawa,Benue and taraba. And all these places, u have a large Igbo population and u can hardly see yorubas except corpers. In Kaduna,from kafanchan, penbeygwa, Zaria , to the entire southern Kaduna, Igbo are every where. Yorubas are in good number in kawu and northern Kaduna areas but they are mostly Moslems and many are in there third generation families.

MrAnalyst:


Don't be silly Mister. There's hardly any Yorubas in SE states talk less of a "community head". Your claims are quite comical.

warripekin:


Pls, I don't argue. These are what I saw on the ground. That yuguda appointed a Yoruba man his Chief press Secretary has not added to Yoruba population there. Question is? If yorubas are that large in bauchi , how come u don't see them around so easily. At least I spent a week in bauchi and I traversed the entire state. From the emirs palace, to government house, zaranda hotel, to banks and even outside the walled part of bauchi that belongs mostly to indigenous Christians u will hardly see yorubas around. Where are they, what occupies them ? 170k Yoruba population in nasarawa state? Really? And they are not ubiquitous? And are not noted for any particular thing? From mararaba, to keffi, to aqwanga, nasarawa eggon, to lafia, you will not encounter up to 100 yorubas on the road or any of those communities but I am sure u will find igbos in their numbers. I know these places, my company did an extensive research work and projects in these environment in conjunction with UNICEF/undp. So I know what I am saying

bolanto24:


You are just a hater... Seems the Igbos are beefing the Ijaws now. I like the Igbos and I support their collective dream but I'm beginning to see a pattern I don't like.

Kyase:

Isn't that obvious?
Some people never heard of ijaw tribe in some part of this country, not until Jonathan became president, even at that some referred to him as IBO.

lolzzzz:
I have not seen any ijaw person all my life.

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

warripekin:


Pls, I don't argue. These are what I saw on the ground. That yuguda appointed a Yoruba man his Chief press Secretary has not added to Yoruba population there. Question is? If yorubas are that large in bauchi , how come u don't see them around so easily. At least I spent a week in bauchi and I traversed the entire state. From the emirs palace, to government house, zaranda hotel, to banks and even outside the walled part of bauchi that belongs mostly to indigenous Christians u will hardly see yorubas around. Where are they, what occupies them ? 170k Yoruba population in nasarawa state? Really? And they are not ubiquitous? And are not noted for any particular thing? From mararaba, to keffi, to aqwanga, nasarawa eggon, to lafia, you will not encounter up to 100 yorubas on the road or any of those communities but I am sure u will find igbos in their numbers. I know these places, my company did an extensive research work and projects in these environment in conjunction with UNICEF/undp. So I know what I am saying