₦airaland Forum

AdaFonju:
Assumptions or positions can't be made without being able to site adequate references from sources that have the capacity to determine the population figure

South south state
Akwa-Ibom

Cross rivers



Edo state

Delta


Rivers state


Bayelsa state


Source:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html

Population:
190,632,261
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
Nationality:
noun: Nigerian(s)
adjective: Nigerian
Ethnic groups:
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%

statistically the Ijaws occupies only the Niger Delta

Eggcelent:
Given Their Spread, I Will Go With The Izons (Ijaw)

Bayelsa Is Over 90% Ijaw.

Similarly, The Kalabaris, Okrikans & Bonny People Of Rivers State Are Ijaws

They Are In Ondo, Delta & Edo States Too.

If The Various Subgroups In Calabar Will Agree To Come Under One Umbrella, Then I Will Have They Have Second Largest Population

Please, Above Is My Humble Opinion, Though Without Any Statistical Backing

In as much as i would love to support your claims, I will still render your opinion baseless because you lack data to validate your opinion. thanks though

BlaqCoffee109:
what truth the only truth there is... Ijaws are land grabbers... Do you even know your {Izon} own history at all? I mean pre-Tompolo your demi-god who has had to suck it up to Buhari... Coward is he... isn't he? Hmm?

r u dat pained?

OceanmorganTrix:
I lack answers to this

i am also confused. so I want to know today.

I have been hearing tales from different Ethnic Groups in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria (Preferably the Niger Delta) each claiming to be the largest ethnic group in the region, with recently, the Ishekiris attacking the Ijaw nation concerning their status in the region.

As someone who loves knowledge and all the benefits it brings.
I have tasked my self today to.

"What Ethnic Group Constitutes the Largest In The Niger Delta?"

notes: the floor is open for arguments and counter arguments with facts..

cc: Lalasticlala : Mynd44 : TonyeBacarnista. Adafonju.

EternalTruth:
Oyo or Uyo?

Lol. my brother na uyo ooh

Datazone:
This daughter of a fisherman is here again. Politics in Delta (Nigeria at large) is divide and rule. The Ijaws, Itsekiri and Isoko in Delta South are into divide and rule - whilst Itsekiri has been the governor and claimed chairmanship in Warri LGA, the Ijaws were agreed to come in for house of rep. So, shut up, we are more than Delta Ijaws.


Here's an Urhobo website which corroborate the fact that Ijaws are inflating figures and Itsekiris are more than all tribes in Warri.


Excerpt .."Here are the official 1963 population census figures and the ethnic distribution pattern for Warri Division (now the 3 Warri Local Government areas.)

Ethnic group Population % of Total

I. Itsekiri 92,711 64%

II. Ijaw in 3 enclaves 20,702 14%

III. Urhobo of Agbassa 2,000 1.4%

IV. Urhobo of Idimi Sobo of Okere 480 0.3%

V Others – Urhobo, Edo, Hausa,Ibo 29,167 20%

Total 145,060 100%"
"
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Why has he not excluded the huge figures for Egbeoma Ijaw (about 1/3 ) nullified by the Abuja Census Tribunal in 1991 in his computation of the Ijaw figures? Why has he overlooked all Government figures from 1975 to 1990? "

"And besides the fact that the 10 years restriction imposed on ward creation bars any tampering with these wards created in 1997, there is no rational or logical basis for Ijaw claim to be regarded as a majority group in Warri South West Local Government Area, a part of Itsekiri homeland."

Read the full story from the website of a 3rd party (Urhobo) so you won't say they are the machinations of Itsekiri

http://www.waado.org/UrhoboHistory/WesternNigerDelta/Danjuma/Itsekiri/PositionPaper.html

if u r indeed an Ishekiri person den indeed u r a disgrace

LGDON:
Shut up there

What do you know

I live in bayelsa for 6 years

DSP Alams is from Amasoma ....and they are Ijaw

Goodluck Jonathan is an Ogbia man....that is why there was a combination that time ..Alams governor and goodluck deputy

Ijaws are not the only tribes living in bayelsa and i doubt they are the majority because i don't have statistics

living in bayelsa for over 6 years and you say Ogbia is not an Izon clan? hahahahahahahaha.. abeg shift go dat side.

I love the Ijaws and how firmly they stood up to challenge the Oba of Bini and his egocentric claims. making a governor voted by even the Ijaws to be his servant... thanks to thr Gov for following the path of peace.

ijaws I know have tasted their bitter days and hence will never keep quiet to be marginalized and assaulted like slaves....

long Live the Niger Delta and all the tribes that makes up the region.

long live the people that always fought for the recognition of the Niger Delta.

Long live to all those who fought for peace in the Niger Delta.

Long Live to anyone who has the best interest of the Niger Delta at heart.

long Live Warri City
Long Live Bini City
Long Live PH CIty
Long Live Uyo City
Long Live Calabar City
Long Live Yanagoa City.

Long live to all those who love truth on Nairaland.
long Live to those realers who are factual in their arguments and not blinded by tribal sentiments..


God punish all those who claim to be who they are not on nairaland in other to cause trouble.

mightyhaze:
it takes only a mature, stable and progressive mind to sue for peace..

stop the unnecessary victory lap. binis are peace loving ppl

see u.

AdaFonju:
Peace loving people? Iin okor? Cc Afriifa EternalTruth Tonyebarcanista jesse01

don't mind him

AdaFonju:
Peace loving people? Iin okor?
Cc Afriifa EternalTruth Tonyebarcanista jesse01

don't mind him.
I love the Ijaws and how firmly they stood up to challenge the Oba of Bini and his egocentric claims. making a governor voted by even the Ijaws to be his servant... thanks to thr Gov for following the path of peace.
ijaws I know have tasted their bitter days and hence will never keep quiet to be marginalized and assaulted like slaves....
long Live the Niger Delta and all the tribes that makes up the region.
long live the people that always fought for the recognition of the Niger Delta.
Long live to all those who fought for peace in the Niger Delta.
Long Live to anyone who has the best interest of the Niger Delta at heart.
long Live Warri City
Long Live Bini City
Long Live PH CIty
Long Live Uyo City
Long Live Calabar City
Long Live Yanagoa City.
Long live to all those who love truth on Nairaland.
long Live to those realers who are factual in their arguments and not blinded by tribal sentiments..
God punish all those who claim to be who they are not on nairaland in other to cause trouble.

mightyhaze:
everybody losses in a conflict. ut takes gifted leaders to avoid one.


stop being childish

Ijaws will never keep quiet again. never.

SuperS1Panther:
Basket mouth and hollow head, read up and educate yourself and stop disgracing whoever paid your school fees.

and your point is?

LGDON:
Goodluck Jonathan is not an ijaw man, there are other tribes in bayelsa

Ijaw people are not the only tribe in bayelsa and i doubt if they are the majority

Jonathan is an Ogbia man

Ogbia people historically migrated from Edo

i faint ooh. yur brain is sick I swear. have u ever heard of DSP? Alams is also an Ogbia man.

verydark:
then ijaws have to come with us too.ijaws are binis too.your statement dont make sense.

ijaw aren't binin. they can never be binin bro.

verydark:
why are ijaws making so much noise and threathning another tribe.?

did you read the post at all?

SicilianMafia:
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At the end of the day , ijaw history nor still pass one page hahaha hahaha
Discarded Edo Descendants

u wish bro.

BlaqCoffee109:
Mr man where did you get your information that ijaw almost eliminated the Itsekiri's... You were making sense about the divisive nature of this government until your erroneous submission about the Itsekiri's...

he just said the bitter truth.

AdaFonju:
Don't mind those Yoruba ppl claiming Bini people we are not their mate if they try rubbish we will send dem back to ile ife, the most Popupar ethnicity known in Niger delta is Ijaw,
Delta state bu izon apu imi
Rivers state bu Izon apu imi
Ondo state bu Izon apu imi
Akwa Ibom bu Izon apu imi
Edo state bu Izon apu imi
Bayelsa state bu Izon apu imi

Nni ndee apu?

n those fowl think we r mate.

EternalTruth:
because you bear a rugged moniker doesn't mean u are as tough as u claim u are just a faceless earthworm behind a keypad. U are welcome to try but don't cry back that i didn't warn u sharap ignoramus. IJAWS are majority and are found in six states.
You Edolites are minorities and by the time they handle una. Na ur body go tell u.

Ijaws are the lords of Niger Delta.

Bobby808:
I so much like the Ijaws. These people no longer take all amouth of oppressive act. They now fight all the oppressors. They are fast becoming very promnent in the country and across the world. They now disallow all those other tribe to milk as before. They are now as wealth others hence so much hatered against them. Their chiefs are all recognised.

gbam.

Afam4eva:
.
To be fair, i'll say Ijaws are somewhere between 2.5 and 3 million.

ur opinion.

jolomiurenyi:
If the Itsekiris do not have a member in the national assembly, then who's DANIEL REYENIEJU, the member representing WARRI FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY? guy, reason before you yan ooo, or else thunder go fall on you.....

so dat made u believe d shekiris r More than d Ijaws in Delta state?

AdaFonju:
Itsekiri is more than Delta Ijaw, can you provide links to population figures, does itsekiri have a single house of rep member or senator. Why can't your population give you a single house of rep member? Be deceiving your afonja soul

don't argue with fools

EternalTruth:
Asawana i'm Ibibio from Akwa ibom state but mum from Eastern Ijaw (Obolo/Andoni) in Akwa Ibom state.
My fiancee Is Apoi Ijaw from Ondo State.
cc Diadem10 becareful how u marginalized the Ijaws in Ondo State because it is because of them and their indigenous land made Obasanjo include Ondo State as part of the Niger Delta cos their oil boosts the economy of Ondo.
Ijaws are the Nation feeders.
Cc Afriifa nengibo

don't mind dem

AdaFonju:
Bina owei, Tamuno i boma , we no be their mate in anyway, when next the presidency comes to the south south it must be an ibibio man.

no mind dem

SuperS1Panther:
So Igbokoda is the Ijaw speaking part of Ondo or Ilajes are Ijaws?

Wonders shall never end. Some drunks will just sit behind their lappie and be typing rubbish like a drunk fish.

OK, mr nation feeder, the oil producing part of Ondo is around Igbokoda, a fully yoruba land and even the Ijaws cannot lay a claim to a grain of sand of it.

I am sure they will not dare to see a replica of the 2003 testing testing annihilation they saw again. We do not shout. We warn before taking the battle to your sitting room. Ask the Ijaws in Ondo and let them be in peace jejely.

speak with facts and stop running yiur mouth like tap

valirex:
Lol, I laugh in ijor Your ijor people will soon be tamed

by who?

rheether:
Archeology.

planning to discover what?

StarBukola:
Literature

take kiss honey.

Duru009:
Is even called Criminology and Security Studies

gbam. even their courses get fine names wey fit enchant u.