Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the most populous and politically influential are: Hausa and the Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
Nairalandooo: It gets me angry when people who knows nothing about the ijaw people come here and say rubbish . ijaw is amongst the largest ethnic group, and the most cooperative. During the war in delta state, the ijaws from ondo, bayelsa, rivers, akwa ibom, edo etc, came to warri to cause the disaster warri is suffering till today. Ask any warri man, and he will tell you what the ijaws did in 2003. Bini is too small to withstand the wrath of the ijaw nation. Secondly, egbesu is one of their most respected shrine. Destroy the egbesu shrine and get the ijaw nation wrath. The ijaws are the Fulanis of the SS.
The binis that wer crying over fulani killing them in their farms and couldn't do anything are now threatening Ijaws, *sighs
kells4u: Why waste time threatening the Bini's the landlord of the ijaw people. Abeg ijaw militant attack the Bini people for gelegele and environ na, lol. Hmmmm ijaw go learn new thing because Edo guys will annihilate all ijaw pple for that region.
gelegele is Ijaw land, there is no bini man in gelegele, so the burden is on you to go to gelegele and protest or collect rent like you always say
Jesse01: broda don't sweat,it dis Edo traffickers are jokers, if dey think d other ijaws will just fold dere hands and wash dere brothers push by dis edo traffickers, den dey are living in pretence.
Don't mind the evil set of people, they're so jealous of Ijaw people, especially Dr Goodluck Jonathan, because he and other IJAWS are attaining heights they can only dream of. The Niger delta is now synonymous with Ijaw while they are still taking pride in an imaginary empire that has been relegated to the pages of dusty worm-ridden books
Jesse01: wat are u even saying, ijaws can be found in Rivers State Akwa Ibom, Ondo and so on stop behaving like someone who just came back frm yaba left
I minabo balafama, the entire Edo state Ijaw isnt on their own, I thank God this is coming at a time the entire Ijaw nation is united.
AxxeMan: Enogie dey gelegele to oversee the whole community for centuries they didn't have a problem until one bastard from gbaramatu for delta con dey pump mind give dem say make dem do coup- d'tat now they have lost it all they have to go back to bayelsa..
How will the ijaws wanto fight with thier elder brothers the Edo's?
When the time reach, I pray that you will be ready
Lugar14: What went wrong, the two ethnic group use to live peacefully with each other. Which way Nigeria
Stinginess my brother, the bini man wants to take the Ijaw mans land because there is oil and sea route, and since the governor is now an extension of the obas palace hes trying to implement Anti-Ijaw policies, now the bini are calling Ijaw(the oldest group in the Niger delta) settlers.
IamaNigerianGuy: I have noticed you. You speak foolishness with great confidence online. Do you know the difference between Ijoid and Edoid language families ? Educate yourself. Ogbia is derived from Edoid and not Ijoid family of Niger Congo languages. Just because GEJ's tribe is in Bayelsa does not make them Ijaw people. You might as well say everybody in Kaduna is Hausa. Stop engaging me online with your ignorance. I want to discuss with people who have knowledge.
AxxeMan: We can as well say Jonathan was an Edo man...... Cas e closed!! Nor mind dat jobless niggaa
Hahaha attacheee go and tell goodluck hes an edo man or you think any edo person will understand ogbia a central delta language not an edoid language, the founders of Ogbia wer Ijaw men Okoroma and Oloi Goodluck speaks Ijaw fluently , well success will always have friends
ernieboy: the other ethnicities in edo south are settlers, it does not matter how long they have been allowed to settle, it does not change the fact that the land belongs to the Binis, Edo south does not have other ethnicities, only Bini people.
You keep saying settlers, where they also settlers in The old western Nigeria or its after the creation of edo state they became settlers?
IamaNigerianGuy: I have noticed you. You speak foolishness with great confidence online. Do you know the difference between Ijoid and Edoid language families ? Educate yourself. Ogbia is Edoid and not Ijoid family of Niger Congo languages. Stop engaging me online with your ignorance. I want to discuss with people who have knowledge.
Read the linked article.
You are wrong again, ethnicity isnt only based on language its based on ancestry thats why an Akoko man will still be Yoruba despite the fact they have a distinct language, most Ogbia-Ijaw people speak the central-delta language Ogbia alongside the IJAW language(nembe dialect ), the founders of ogbia wer an Ijaw men Okoroma and Oloi , Goodluck Jonathan has never identified as any other thing apart from Ijaw, another popular Ogbia-Ijaw man was melford Okilo who was the first elected Rivers Ijaw governor in the old Rivers state.... try another one
What I don't understand is why Egbesu has so many homes. Everytime the Ijaws want to claim land, they mention Egbesu. How many Egbesu shrines are there anyway ?
Ogbia is his clan, Ijaw is his tribe, its like calling obj an Ijebu man and not a yoruba
Ogbia is an Ijaw clan, don't disgrace yourself everybody belongs to a clan before an ethnic group, its like saying Obasanjo is an Ijebu and not a yoruba
ernieboy: because the ijaws suddenly woke up and wanted to establish a kingdom inside Benin kingdom, that is unacceptable.
You are wrong, Ijaws and bini people are two different ethnicities, the oba of bini isnt the oba of edo state, the Pere of olodiama has been there since the creation of edo state
Duru1: Please tell the court that adjudicated a case based on object that does not exist to go to hell. Bini Empire ended more than century ago and so-called Oba is an object of delusion.
There is no such case, dats why all bini can do is protest in benin city, notice how they cant step foot in gelegele-ijaw to protest, the governor of the state is a weakling and an extension of the obas palace
middlebelter: As you may deduce from my moniker, I am am from. Middle Belt. If the claims above that three Court Judgement has been wọn by the the Benin Kingdom on this matter is true, why then are the Ijaws fomenting trouble? The best way, in a civilized society to prove your case and win especially when land is involved is to approach the court and after you have been defeated in the court you are still not interested in abiding by the Judgement, you should be ready to face the wrath of the law.
It is completely absurd and unfair for you to claim you own all the coastal land from Bayelsa to Ondo State because you are Fishermen. Ijaw, please give peace a chance, we don't need another brand of Herdsmen in Southern Nigeria, but our experience in the Middle Belt is Asad one.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the most populous and politically influential are: Hausa and the Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
PEOPLE AND DEMOGRAPHY The main ethnic groups in Edo State are: Edos, Afemais, Esans, Owans and Akoko Edos. Virtually all the groups traced their origin to Benin City hence the dialects of the groups vary with their distance from Benin City. The Bini speaking people who occupy seven out of the 18 Local Government Areas of the state constitute 57.54% while others Esan (17.14%) Afemai compirising of Etsako (12.19%), Owan (7.43%), and Akoko Edo (5.70%). However, the Igbira speaking communities exist in Akoko Edo as well as Urhobos, Ijaws, Itsekiris communities in Ovia North East and South West Local Government Areas especially in the borderlands. Also, Ika speaking communities exist in Igbanke in Orhionmwon LGA.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the most populous and politically influential are: Hausa and the Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the most populous and politically influential are: Hausa and the Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
davidnazee: The most TRUEST fact in the world is ; Ijaws are settlers in Edo lands. No amount of rain or fire can ever change that truest fact to lie. Ijaws settled in Edo lands a few years ago. Ijaw population in the so called olodiama kingdom is not more than 5,000. How can u be in a place for hundreds of years and be only 5,000 in number?
PEOPLE AND DEMOGRAPHY The main ethnic groups in Edo State are: Edos, Afemais, Esans, Owans and Akoko Edos. Virtually all the groups traced their origin to Benin City hence the dialects of the groups vary with their distance from Benin City. The Bini speaking people who occupy seven out of the 18 Local Government Areas of the state constitute 57.54% while others Esan (17.14%) Afemai compirising of Etsako (12.19%), Owan (7.43%), and Akoko Edo (5.70%). However, the Igbira speaking communities exist in Akoko Edo as well as Urhobos, Ijaws, Itsekiris communities in Ovia North East and South West Local Government Areas especially in the borderlands. Also, Ika speaking communities exist in Igbanke in Orhionmwon LGA.
AxxeMan: [s]Name one more successful ijaw man apart from the ineffectual Buffon ..... Hahaha ijaw bastard[/s]
I never knew a simple question could be so hard, just to give me a name dead or Alive, even if na scripture union president atleast there must be someone in bini the tribe of 100billion people , na only to open nyash for italian prick una sabi
AxxeMan: [s]Una too small , go and do. Your research .the fact is una too small and just too damn uneducated to match the Edo's ... Badluck Jonathan the only semi successful ijaw goat ever[/s]
You haven't answered the question which man born of bini woman and Libyan father can match Goodluck Jonathan
The last election na 500k votes he got from bayelsa.... Una too small abeg... Too too small [/s]
he won Edo state an Apc state, showing he's a god to the oba and binis What then will you call aigbe and that other failure who couldn't win party primaries or Dokpesi the renowned failure who can you call to match Goodluck Jonathan