For me being realistic it will go in this order:

1. Hausa

2. Igbo

3. Yoruba

4. Ijaw

5. Kanuri


what's your take?
No room for tribal entry!

5. Igala

6. Kanuri

servercodes001:
5. Igala

6. Kanuri

wtf??! Igala? They aint even in the top 10!

Jboyossai:

wtf??! Igala? They aint even in the top 10!

I just saw they're 1.5m

Jboyossai:

wtf??! Igala? They aint even in the top 10!

igala is a majority among the minorities. Among the minority tribes, igala has the trait of the igbo people - they travel alot; they can stay anywhere.

The way I see them outside their state, sometimes, I feel you won't find them at home. By the time you visit their region, you'd see them as if no one left the land.

I told someone that if igala were to be in benue by now, Tiv for don see as e de be. Those ones won't let tiv rule them; it will be a shifting or zoning arrangements, unlike what obtains between them and the idoma right now.

The '79 population census wasn't fair to the igalas, hence the misconception that ijaw and tiv have the imaginary number.

If you check their ancestral or tonal link to the igbo, Yoruba, itsekiri , jikun, you'd know they have the numbers.


Minorities are not treated right by the majorities in Nigeria, but some minorities suffer this more.

servercodes001:

I just saw they're 1.5m

1.5m out of 180m? Bro do the maths!

servercodes001:

I just saw they're 1.5m

that wrong population figure?

I read a book about them last time and was shocked to see their numbers and spread. They have the number to produce governor and deputy in kogi state. Roughly 60% of the population. Kogi is falsely seen as 4 million+
(they're more than though). So, igala are estimated to be 3 million now.

I pity minority tribes in Nigeria.

Caseless:
igala is a majority among the minorities. Among the minority tribes, igala has the trait of the igbo people - they travel alot; they can stay anywhere.

The way I see them outside their state, sometimes, I feel you won't find them at home. By the time you visit their region, you'd see them as if no one left the land.

I told someone that if igala were to be in benue by now, Tiv for don see as e de be. Those ones won't let tiv rule them; it will be a shifting or zoning arrangements, unlike what obtains between them and the idoma right now.

The '79 population census wasn't fair to the igalas, hence the misconception that ijaw and tiv have the imaginary number.

If you check their ancestral or tonal link to the igbo, Yoruba, itsekiri , jikun, you'd know they have the numbers.


Minorities are not treated right by the majorities in Nigeria, but some minorities suffer this more.

nice analysis but i dissagree with the fact that igalas are populous than Tivs of benue state...even Ibibio is bigger than igala

Caseless:
that wrong population figure?

I read a book about them last time and was shocked to see their numbers and spread. They have the number to produce governor and deputy in kogi state. Roughly 60% of the population. Kogi is falsely seen as 4 million+
(they're more than though). So, igala are estimated to be 3 million now.

I pity minority tribes in Nigeria.

3million is not a big population to make the top 5 in Nigeria with the population of about 180m

The most populated in a country like Nigeria is a curse. The most populated are the poorest, less educated and most violent.

So the population has become a curse to Nigeria.

Jboyossai:

3million is not a big population to make the top 5 in Nigeria with the population of about 180m

That's a huge number, that's the population of Djibouti, Mauritius and Swaziland combined.

mekaboy:
The most populated in a country like Nigeria is a curse. The most populated are the poorest, less educated and most violent.

So the population has become a curse to Nigeria.

don't go tribal bro, thats not what the OP asked

Jboyossai:

1.5m out of 180m? Bro do the maths!

Yeps. I don't know how I took them as a populous tribe but I'm now aware
They're few

gidgiddy:


That's a huge number, that's the population of Djibouti, Mauritius and Swaziland combined.

doesn't matter bro, you've got to rank with respect to the total population and tribes in the country, even Iceland isn't upto 400k in population!

Jboyossai:
For me being realistic it will go in this order:

1. Hausa

2. Igbo

3. Yoruba

4. Ijaw

5. Kanuri


what's your take?
No room for tribal entry!

but you all agree that the Igbos has more population than the Yorubas?

Jboyossai:

but you all agree that the Igbos has more population than the Yorubas?

I honestly don't know but I think Igbo and Yoruba should come first before Hausa.

Jboyossai:
don't go tribal bro, thats not what the OP asked

He did not ask but that's the hidden motive .

Jboyossai:

nice analysis but i dissagree with the fact that igalas are populous than Tivs of benue state...even Ibibio is bigger than igala

it's still based on that false assumptions. We need that true population figure that reflects what's on ground, but our leaders won't allow that because of the fear of the west.

We plan our economy and budget on an imaginary population figure , so you can see why the impact of our 'growing economy" in those days was not felt and it seemed we were in recession even when the growth was "7%".

The 1972 census dealt a blow to the igalas cos they refused to come out and be counted because they felt when they know your true numbers of those in a household, you'll pay more taxes. This is what led to that erroneous figure you have today.

It took gej become a president before people started accepting the figure you peddle for ijaw today. Apart from bayelsa , outside here, you don't have up to 5 monolithic LGs belonging to the ijaws . But they have the mouth, the media presence - you have to accept the figure they bandy around. Igala are really quiet on the national stage, hence the "no voice" status . Just wait until they have a president by luck(no one thought gej or ijaw could... lol) , you'd see how their number will be forced up.

I even heard ogbia people are not ijaw - so gej by implication is not ijaw . Bayelsa sef is not purely ijaw .


Minorities deserve better.

Jboyossai:

3million is not a big population to make the top 5 in Nigeria with the population of about 180m

what's the population of Belgium, Finland, Netherlands, Croatia, etc?

servercodes001:

Yeps. I don't know how I took them as a populous tribe but I'm now aware
They're few

as long that's more than a population of some countries, they're big. That's the figure in 2006, after 12 years, you still expect that to be the case today at 3.3% annual growth rate?

Among the "minorities" , they're in the majorities.

I refer to them as "minority-majority".


Where is my igala wife sef?

Tallesty1:
I honestly don't know but I think Igbo and Yoruba should come first before Hausa.

lol...really? Are you in Nigeria at all?

Caseless:
what's the population of Belgium, Finland, Netherlands, Croatia, etc?

you shouldnt judge like that, its just like saying Hausas of about 40m is a majority in a country like China with over a billion population...ofcourse they will be minority!

Jboyossai:
lol...really? Are you in Nigeria at all?

Oh yes I am, and I currently reside in a northern state.

Thing is this, down south, it is believed that Hausa is the largest tribe in Nigeria but truth is that it appears so because they all speak Hausa.

There are so many tribes up here that some of you may have never heard of, and they will stone you if call them Hausa.

Igbo remain the largest ethnic group. Igbo is larger than hausa but hausa always merge with other tribes in the north especially the fulani.





Edited: This 1933 document says that Hausa is largest even when Fulani is seperated followed by igbo. Meanwhile Igala is nowhere here

Caseless:
igala is a majority among the minorities. Among the minority tribes, igala has the trait of the igbo people - they travel alot; they can stay anywhere.

The way I see them outside their state, sometimes, I feel you won't find them at home. By the time you visit their region, you'd see them as if no one left the land.

I told someone that if igala were to be in benue by now, Tiv for don see as e de be. Those ones won't let tiv rule them; it will be a shifting or zoning arrangements, unlike what obtains between them and the idoma right now.

The '79 population census wasn't fair to the igalas, hence the misconception that ijaw and tiv have the imaginary number.

If you check their ancestral or tonal link to the igbo, Yoruba, itsekiri , jikun, you'd know they have the numbers.


Minorities are not treated right by the majorities in Nigeria, but some minorities suffer this more.

Check out this 1933 data. Igala is a minority among minorities. They could not enter first ten

Jboyossai:
For me being realistic it will go in this order:

1. Hausa

2. Igbo

3. Yoruba

4. Ijaw

5. Kanuri


what's your take?
No room for tribal entry!

Another Flat head statistics -

Just wait for census.

AlhajaChinyere:


Another Flat head statistics -

Jeez! Really bro? I think you should just post your own oppinion and not going tribal

igbo shd be number1


imagine,even after losing over 3million in the war (which is about 18million in todays ratio)...yet,hardly any town,city,village and hamlet in the whole africa,nay the world u wont see igbos in their numbers...

mightyhazell:
igbo shd be number 1

your reason with facts!

Jboyossai:
For me being realistic it will go in this order:

1. Hausa

2. Igbo

3. Yoruba

4. Ijaw

5. Kanuri


what's your take?
No room for tribal entry!

You are spot on on Ijaw being 4th largest!

Jboyossai:
lol...really? Are you in Nigeria at all?

Igbo and Yoruba should definitely come before Hausa. Most of us makes the mistake of tagging all northerners "Hausa".
They are lots of tribes in the north, especially Kaduna.

If you call my friend that's from Kaduna, Hausa, he will correct you immediately that he is not Hausa.