₦airaland Forum

Ruggedniggaone:
rubbish yet el rufai won with Muslim Muslim ticket in Kaduna

Kaduna city is different from Kaduna state.

Besides, elections are always rigged in Nigeria.

LabDNA:
Nice facts!

Northern Christians need to come together for their own good.

Yes we really need to and we are working on it.

2) THE DEMOGRAPHY OF THE LARGEST URBAN AREAS.

These are the 10 largest by land area (approx 100km² and above) and arguably the 10 most populated urban areas in the north.

Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, Jos, Maiduguri, Ilorin, Makurdi, Sokoto, Zaria & Bauchi/Jimeta (Yola) at a tie.


1> ABUJA URBAN AREA (predominantly Christian, significant Muslim minority).

Abuja metropolitan area is the biggest in the north and it has surpassed Kano in population as various estimates put the population of Abuja metropolis (which includes 4 major satellite urban areas/towns like Karu, Suleja, Bwari & Gwagwalada) at over 6 million people.
Abuja has maintained it's position as the fastest growing urban area on the African continent for the last 15 years.

Anybody who has lived in Abuja or any of it's surrounding urban areas cannot argue that it is a Christian majority terrain.

Only Suleja/Zuba-Madalla urban area is something like a 50-50.
Karu Urban, which is the biggest and most populated satelite urban area of Abuja is overwhelmingly Christian, while Abuja Municipal, Gwagwalada & Bwari are majority Christian with a significant muslim minority.


2> KANO URBAN (Overwhelmingly Muslim)

Being surpassed by Abuja as the largest and most populated urban area in the last decade, Kano is now the 2nd largest and most populated urban area in the north.
There is a reasonable Christian minority in Kano city, but it is not significant enough because it is dominant in only 1 suburb of the city (Sabon gari).


3> KADUNA URBAN (Half Christian, Half Muslim).

Anybody who has been to or lived in Kaduna urban will definitely agree that Kaduna urban is something like a 50/50 because the Kaduna river divides the city into almost 2 equal parts, Christians on one side and muslims on one side, especially since the Sharia crisis of year 2000.

All the over 20 suburbs south of the Kaduna river are exclusively christian (except Nasarawa, Trikaniya, Kakuri & Barnawa), who have a significant muslim minority population.

All the over 20 suburbs north of the Kaduna river are exclusively muslim except for Kabala west, Sabongida/Mando, Central area & Kurmin Mashi that are predominantly Christian or 50-50. Then Malali, Kawo, Kabala doki, Kabala costain & Angwan Rimi with a significant Christian minority.


4> JOS- BUKURU URBAN (Majority Christian, significant Muslim minority).

Jos, like Kaduna used to be religiously mixed in the past until repeated religious crisis polarized the city along religious lines.
The majority of the over 50 suburbs that make up Jos-Bukuru urban are exclusively christian.
Muslims can be said to be a significant minority in Jos, because they have up to 7 suburbs exclusive to them and like 5 others which they share with Christians.
Most of these muslims are Hausa fulanis, Plateau indigenes, Yorubas and other northern/middlebelt muslims.


5> MAIDUGURI (Majority Muslim, significant Christian minority).

Maiduguri being the largest city in Northeastern Nigeria and the first capital city in the Northeast (old Northeastern state) saw to the immigration of everyone from the Northeast.

Anyone who has been to Maiduguri knows that it is predominantly muslim. However, Christians can be said to have a strong minority population because most of the suburbs in the Western part of the city are either Christian majority or mixed in a 50/50 manner.
E.g of these Western suburbs where Christians abound in large numbers are Maduganari, Damboa road, Dala, Pompomari, Ngomari, Abuja Sheraton, Bulumkutu, Jerusalem Wulari, Gamboru e.t.c
Most of the Christians in Maiduguri are from Southern Borno and Adamawa, then Igbos and other northern christians.


6> ILORIN ( Half muslim, Half Christian).

Anyone who has been to Ilorin knows that it is heavily something like a 50-50 right now.
Ilorin indigenes are majority muslim, but the high immigration of Yorubas from Kwara south, Kogi West and other parts of the Southwest that are predominantly Christian has heavily doused this absolute majority population to become something like a 50-50.
Even if muslims are more, it would be something like a 60-40. It is not a clear majority.


7> MAKURDI (Overwhelmingly Christian).

Makurdi is almost entirely Christian.
Muslims who are mostly Hausa settlers are only found in good numbers around the Modern market.
No suburb is muslim dominated.


8> SOKOTO (Overwhelmingly Muslim)

Sokoto city is Overwhelmingly muslim. Christians are found in good numbers in a few suburbs in the Southeastern part of the city (Filin jirgi, Kwanawa e.t.c areas).
Most of these Christians are Southern Nigerians together with Zurus from Kebbi state and other northern christians.


9> ZARIA (Majority muslim, significant Christian minority).

Zaria is a muslim majority city.
Christians however are a strong minority in the city because they dominate some suburbs like Wusasa, Sabongari, Samaru, Palladan e.t.c

Most the Christians in Zaria are from Southern Kaduna, Hausa indigenes, Igbos and other northern christians.


10> BAUCHI (Majority Muslim, Significant Christian minority).

Bauchi city is Predominantly muslim.
Christians however are a strong minority in Bauchi city cos they either dominate or have half of the population in a few suburbs along Tafawa Balewa road & Jos road.
E.g of these Christian dominated or half christian suburbs are Yelwa, Rafin zurfi, Gudum Sayawa, Kagadama, Tsakani, Gwallameji, Sabon Kaura, Wuntin Dada, New GRA e.t.c

Most of these Christians are Sayawa and other Bauchi, Plateau & Gombe indigenes, then Igbos.


10> JIMETA (YOLA) (Half Christian, Half muslim).

Jimeta is very much of a 50-50 and is clearly observable for anyone who has visited the city.
And this can be very much butressed by the very religiously mixed nature of Adamawa state.
Old Yola town however is muslim majority, while Viniklang is Christian majority. Both towns can be considered part of greater JIMETA URBAN.


Conclusion.
Northern christians even though they are a heavily rural people, they still have strong representation within most northern cities.
This wouldn't have been the case if they were a very small minority as many people falsely and wrongly assume.

Well, for those who would doubt, here are 2 ways you can estimate the true strong population of Northern christians in the 19 northern states.


1) USING MINORITY POPULATION

Northern minority ethnic groups (all ethnic groups in the north that are not Hausa or fulani) are predominantly christian. (65-70% Christian).

And among the 19 northern states, Northern minority ethnic groups dominate 10 states (Borno, Yobe, Taraba, Adamawa, Gombe, Niger, Plateau, Nasarawa, Benue & Kogi).
Hausa fulanis dominate 6 states (Kano, Zamfara, Jigawa, Katsina, Sokoto & Kebbi).
Yorubas dominate 1 (Kwara).
While 2 others (Bauchi & Kaduna) are about a 50-50 between minority groups & Hausa fulanis.
Bauchi is actually and originally a clearly minority dominated state, but a good number of these minorities who are muslims have been Hausanized and this is why it is best said to be a 50-50.

So, Hausas & fulanis combined are actually a minority in the north, if you put all the other minority groups together.
Now, If these minority groups put together have a majority population in the north and they are predominantly Christian, this clearly confirms the strong population of Christians in the north.

Among the over 200 ethnic groups that make up Northern minorities, only Kanuris-Shuwa Arabs, Ebiras, Nupe
-Kakandas, Bariba-Busas, Boghom and less than 10 ethnic groups in Bauchi-Yobe axis are predominantly muslims.
The overwhelming majority of the other approx 200 ethnic groups are overwhelmingly Christians with a significant minority of them who are a 50-50.

So the conclusion is

'Northern minority groups outnumber Hausa fulanis in the north and these same Northern minorities are predominantly Christian'.

myobjective:
Don't mind that guy, he thinks religion is a uniting factor between himself and the Hausa-Fulani.

I can see through the shenanigans of the Hausa-Fulani to them religion is a means to an end for lots of them and they are the most mischievous group here in Nigeria.

The Hausa- Fulani people are the moat backwards group in Nigeria, they exhibit all what is bad about this country. Ills ranging from violence, poverty, intolerance, corruption, lack of know-how etc. They are the major reason this country is a joke.

Thank you very much..

Without Core-northern muslims in Nigeria, Nigeria would have had a literacy rate of like 85% and youth literacy of like 98%.... As opposed to the adult literacy of 59% we currently have and youth literacy of 72%.

Our Human development index would have been quite high... We would have been far more progressive than we are because merit would have been the driving factor of this nation.

Boko Haram, fulani herdsmen, armed bandits, shias, ISWAP, Hausa settlers crisis.... All from one group of people.

You Yorubas do not know how much backwards you guys set all of us by supporting Buhari into power.
I shake my head when I see many of you talking in a way that suggests that Igbos are your biggest problem or the major problem to Nigeria, whereas 90% of Nigeria's problem comes from Hausa fulani people.

0m0nnakoda:
Rather than tell yourselves the truth you live in denial with made up stories and categorisation of others as a means of deflecting attention

What the hell is SW
These days they call themselves Yoruba. Why are you so ashamed to tell us who you are ,preferring instead all these ersatz categories like "north",SW etc
The indigenous groups are Hausa,Kanuri,Jukun,Nupe Tiv,Berom Igala, Zuru,Yoruba,Edo,Ijaw,Igbo Urhobo,Ibibio Ogoni,Efik etc.

What are you? What is this self concealment under the compass points

What the hell is North?

Only the Fulani are ashamed to declare themselves




NOTHING LIKE NORTH OR SOUTH


WHO ARE YOU?


Just Last week Anthony Joshua told Queen Elizabeth 2 . I am Yoruba not I am SW

Hausa fulanis are the biggest parasites known to human creation.

I wonder why these people always like to hide behind religion or region... It is always we NORTH or we MUSLIMS...
Igbos, Yorubas & almost everyone else talks about Yorubaland or Igboland or their ethnic homelands. But you can never hear a Hausa fulani talk about HAUSALAND or FULANILAND. ..
I don't blame them Sha, I blame we the middlebelters and Southerners who have decided to tolerate this madness and refused to put these people where they belong..

You Yorubas better wake up and know that the Igbos are not your problem in Nigeria.
Most of my middlebelt people are now very much becoming aware of this fact.

Modikko:
You are free to have your opinion. We love our North like that. Human Capital Development in the entire Nigeria has been a mirage. We have seen Governors share 10 litres of Kerosene, Wheel Barrow, and termed it Human Capital Development. We have seen Governors that visit markets to cut Kpomo, Fish and so on all in the name of stomach infrastructure. When you talk of HCD all regions are lagging behind

All regions of Nigeria are lagging behind in HCD but that of the core-north is far far worse and we all know it, unless you choose to deliberately lie to yourself.

Modikko:
The same Almajiri voted GEJ out, and will continue to hold voting power in free and fair elections

What you are saying is rubbish.
Without the support of Yorubas & Middlebelters, there was no way GEJ would have been voted out.

Did most core northern states not vote overwhelmingly for Buhari in 2011? Why did he not win?

0m0nnakoda:
They need more Islam, more sharia not Western education but we want a separate country so they can be better Muslims
If I donate money to any body in the so called North it would be one that promotes Sharia

Lol, how did you become so anti-arewa all of a sudden?

Did reality just Dawn on you that Nigeria can never progress as a country with Hausa fulani people in it?

Modikko:
The same people that claim northerner give birth to plenty children anyhow are now claiming the North does not have the number they claim. Oua now

A high birthrate does not necessarily equal to a higher population especially when being compared to others.. There are other indicees that also affect population.

@Arrewa & Modikko

It is a good thing that you are out to promote the image of the North... I was once in your shoes, but I gave up on that quest because I discovered that the Arewa identity is not mine and can never be mine as a Plateau man and as a Christian.

Most importantly, I saw that no matter how much one tries to defend Arewa, the current facts on ground and happenings keep on embarrassing that effort.

Just like most Southerners have told you here and keep on telling you (although in a more angry and bitter way).
There is no development without the development of human capital... Human development comes first before infrastructural development.

Everyone will continue to see your core-northern region as very backwards and retrogressive no matter the roads and buildings being built there.
Everyone wants to dissociate from you guys and if possible Nigeria as a whole.

If you really love your people and want to see to their progress, I will advice you to recruit enlightened like minds like you and see how you can vigorously promote Western education among your people as an activist.
This is the only thing that can make your people better.

You can never change the battered image of the north by posting random selected pictures of a few infrastructures and projects in Kano, Gombe & Kaduna. .... That is not the way to go.

The illiteracy of your people has largely given birth to some of the worst terror groups in the world today... If not that you guys were still in Nigeria, you would have been like Somalia, assuming you were in a country of your own. Only education can change that.

I have met with a few enlightened and exposed Hausa fulani Kanuri people and I shook my head and said to myself, if only at least 50% of you guys were like that, then much of the problems we have been facing in the north and Nigeria as a whole wouldn't have been there.

Albertone:
Thank you very much.Your response is quite insightful.

What do you mean by the bolded?

I meant middle-class. Like an area dominated by educated rich and middle class people.

Excuzeme:
That is a myth! They do not hold a numerical majority and that is why they will never allow a just and open Census!
The Northerners have been perpetuating GEOGRAPHICAL and NUMERICAL FRAUD since the days of the military.
- They have created more states in the arid north, on empty land, since the days of the militayr when they were in power.

- The North has divided their states into smaller, smaller bits and even crate more Local govt out of these empty spaces and then used the fraudulaent "Allocation Sharing Formula" which depends on Number of LGA's, to further perpetuate this parasitic fraud!
This is why the South West should never forgive Obasanjo when he prevented Lagos from having more local Govts, when small states in the North, with less than half the population of Lagos, have twice the number of LGA's of Lagos and collect double its allocation from the Federal Account!

- Everytime we have a Censor, it is always the Northern President that recieves the REPORT, holds it for a lengthy time while it manipulates the figures!

The North may claim a bigger landmass, if we add the Middle Belt to them (and this is becoming a difficult thing in recent times, seeing that the North is all about domination and usurping the lands of the Middle Belt re: Benue, Plateau, Taraba, Zamfara to a lesser extent) but it is not the landmass that is a country, it is the number of people living there.

Lagos alone can account for three to four Northern states, in terms of numerical strength, so where is the numericla strength of the north that you are talking about, just because you live in the North and you are probably "Northernised, mentally"?

Hausa fulanis do not have the numbers as they claim. They have just been using the northern minorities as a base to claim a bigger population. They use religion, then next they claim all 19 northern states.

I actually do not blame them, it is we the Middlebelt people I blame and also Yoruba people for allowing Hausa fulanis to also use their lands in Kwara & Kogi to add to the so called '19 northern states'.

0m0nnakoda:
Move to the North
Do they even speak English ?

I knew you to be very pro-arewa... What happened?
It seems like many Yorubas I knew that were Pro-Arewa drastically took a U-turn since this Amotekun issue.

StreetFight:
Home of Culture? YES!
Home of Hospitality? NO! You people are heartless blood sucking demons. Yoruba land is the Home of Hospitality. That is why you people can come and settle here. What is the percentage of Yorubas in the North? Less than 0.1%. Only Igbos who can do anything for money including risking the the lifes of themselves and their family can live and sleep with you with both eyes opened so that immediately you start one of your numerous senseless killings, they run away only to come back after the hard drugs you took clear in your brains.

I am really sad that you heartless blood sucking demons claim to be Muslims. Are you blood sucking characters what our Prophet Mohammed (SAW) preached? You vampires give Islam bad image through your senseless killings and aggressive behaviours. My friend, get away you. Home of Hospitality ko, Home of Senseless Killing ni.

Actually, the population of Yorubas in the north is very very high. There are exclusive Yoruba neighborhoods in the north.

QuotaSystem:
Why do some of you lie so shamelessly? A simple research will save you these faux pas.

This statistics is based on Arabic/informal education.

90% of Sokoto state is illiterate based on Western education.

Albertone:
Someone should please shed light on this for me!

I've heard good things about the north and i wish to move there. Now I'm being discouraged by family members on these following grounds,some of them have been up north before:

1.The hausas are very tribalistic.I was told they would readily hire a hausa for any job than hire a non hausa like me.
If they manage to hire me,they will readily place a hausa person over me even though he is not as qualified as I am

2.The peacefulness fluctuates.For sometimes there might be peace,later you might hear killings happening here and there especially towards non hausas(Due to Hausa people's temperaments)

3.They are watching you and waiting for you to mess up.They might attack you if you near their ladies,are against their opinions etc

Please people who have been to the north, how true is this? Cc Arrewa

PS:I'm non Muslim

Hello, good day. I am from Jos- Plateau state. I have lived much of my life in the south, but now I am in Jos.

As regards moving to the North. It is not such a bad idea depending on what you want for yourself and what part of the north in specific... Minus Abuja, there are between 5- 10 million Southerners living in the North/Middlebelt in my estimate.

Cost of living is very very cheap in the north. Someone earning 100k in the south is equal to someone earning 50k in the north... This is to tell you how cheap the cost of living is here.

Armed robbery, Police/SARS brutality and extortion from law enforcement agencies is also very low to non-existent over here.
Many other advantages here compared to the South.

To be very honest with you, without being diplomatic, the 3 points you noted are very very true. And that is why as a Southerner, if you want to migrate to the north. It is best you stay and if possible work/do your business in an area where Christians are the majority.
Some northern cities are Christian majority, while those that are muslim majority have Christian majority or Christian exclusive neighbourhoods. Try to stay within these places.
If you must stay or work within a Muslim dominated neighbourhood, make sure it is a middle-income area.

You should be okay with this. Then try as much as possible to be updated with news regularly, so as to know certain routes to avoid, in case there is some form of lingering insecurity affecting that route.

poetictwenty:
that's true,...in Takum, the Jukuns only occupy a small portion of that lga ( Mostly the city centre), the rest of the villages in Takum lga is occupied by the kuteb tribe.

No, you are wrong, that was old Takum LGA, since Ussa LGA was created, most Kutebs were carved there.

Like I said and I repeat, those you are calling Jukuns are actually Wapan & Kpanzu people. Nobody is a Jukun without having a subtribe or sub-identity.
Jukun is the general name for everyone who speaks a Jukunoid language.

Many Kutebs reject Jukun identity today because of the conflict in Takum LGA many years ago that lead to the loss of the Ukwe Takum stool.

scholes0:
Add Bassa Nge to the Nupe cluster at #6... so that is also half of Bassa LGA.
Jukuns are overcounted, they do not constitute a majority in that many LGAs.

Try and se the word 'cluster' when describing multiple distinct but related ethnic groups, so that people know you are talking f a grouping which might include even more members that may or may not be listed.

i.e The "Efik-Ibibio-Oron-Annang" cluster
The "Jukun and related peoples cluster"
The "Afenmai people cluster"

Overall, good job and I salute the hours of research you must have put into this, because I can actually relate.

All Bassa people actually speak a Nupoid language, just that they seem too big and distinct to be classified as Nupes.

They have never identified as Nupes in anyway at anytime. They have never been under a Nupe chiefdom or emirate.


Jukun is an umbrella covering all those groups I listed .. All those groups speak similar languages and understand each other..They have similar cultures and the same ancestry. The only difference is that some of them stress and emphasize on their Jukun identity more than others do. ...It's either all of them are considered Jukuns or no one is actually a Jukun. Because every Jukun man has a subgroup he belongs to. ... Nobody is Jukun just like that.

So you should be wrong by saying 'Jukun and related People's cluster'.

As for the Afemai and the others, you are very correct about the cluster thing.

SlayerForever:
1) Tiv is number 2 after Ibibio. Take it or leave it.

2) Hausa-Fulani are the smallest majority ethnic group amongst the big 3. Take it or leave it.

In the first census that was conducted in the Northern protectorate, Tivs were 350,000 while Kanuris were 450,000.

senatordave1:
Oga,stop this man before you get yourself in trouble.oron is not a sub group of efik or even ibibio,dont ever try that again.are you for real.that is how you claim that uyo is bigger than calabar.you are beginning to enrage me,limit your wild speculations to the northern tribes.even ibibio that is closer to efik in culture is not even seen as a surgeon of efik or vice versa.if you are ready,lets go to oron and interview them personally

Okay, sorry for that.

Most Orons speak Efik as a 2nd language and seem very proud to identity with Efik. But they seem not to be too cool with Ibibio.
I have asked some Orons if they considered themselves a part of Efik and they gave the affirmative.

How about Eket (Ekid) being a subgroup of Ibibio?

The funny thing is that in many colonial documents, all Efiks, Anangs, Oros and everyone else were classified as Ibibios.

pazienza:
Nowenuse.

Good attempt.
You got the Igala position in Igboland right.
Truth is you can never please everyone.

But overall, you did a good job.

Footnote : Maybe you should edit the number 1 to "Annang-Efik-Ibibio-Oron". Oron is too big and distinct enough to be put under Ibibio.

Once again, good job.

senatordave1:
Op,the population of jukuns in taraba is overrated.they mostly occupy wukari and takum and one other lgas.the kuteb and ichens are not jukuns.the fulanis and mumuyes outnumber the jukuns

Every Jukun person has the name of his subgroup! It is either every Jukunoid speaker is a Jukun or nobody is a Jukun..

Even the Wukari & Takum you are talking about are occupied by Kpanzu, Wapan, Kuteb & some Jibu.

All the Jukun subgroups understand each other when they speak... How then can some be Jukuns and others cannot?

Sammy07:
I think he's slightly correct..

Tho there are many towns in Ese Odo LG.
Buh Ijaws too are plenty there

Haywhysat:
Ijaws are not the majority in ese odo local government in ondo, please correct that. Thanks

Apoi & Arogbo people who self identify as Ijaws are the majority in Ese-Odo LGAs.

senatordave1:
Sorry for number one except you include oron and eket or ekid,ibibio and annang do not dominate 31 lgas.the oron people dominate 5 lgas which are okobo,oruko,oron and two other lgas which i cant recall.the ekid of esit eket and ever lgas say there are not ibibios.eastern obolo is mostly non ibibio same as ibeno.

For number 3,a large part of bonny and opobo nkoro are not ijaws.the ogbia's and most part of yenagoa are not ijaws.

Bukuru lg in benue is not dominated by the tiv.

Eket are considered a subgroup of Ibibio and they very well accept this... Likewise Oron is considered a subgroup of Efik and they also very well accept this...

Who dominates Buruku LGA in Benue pls?

Bonny/Opobo (Ibanis) are Ijaws even though many of them speak Igbo as a 1st language. They proudly identify as Ijaw, while Ogbia & Epie-Engenni (Yenagoa) very much accept the Ijaw identity and flaunt it, even though they are not originally Ijaws.
Try and make your inquiries.

Blue3k:
When are we going to talk about doing a real census? It's been over a decade sonce the last one. This issue would be settled if the government did it's job.

T

This list wont be correct since all these people live everywhere. You can find Ibibio in In cross river and Lagos for example.

Like I noted, the list was based on indigeneship and not overall citizenship.

Pazienza, garfield1, gidgiddy, horsepower101, emyogalanya, kotv, edoairways, scholes0

TOP 25 MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS IN NIGERIA BASED ON THE NUMBER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS THEY OCCUPY.


1) IBIBIO-EFIK-ANNANG

- Majority in 35 LGAs

- All the 31 LGAs of Akwa Ibom state.
- 4 LGAs in Cross River south (Calabar municipal, Calabar south, Akpabuyo & Odukpani).


2) KANURI

(including Manga & Shuwa arab)-
Majority in 30-33 LGAs, minority/ half the population in 4-8 LGAs.

- The 18 LGAs that make up Borno north & Borno central.
- 11 LGAs of Yobe north & Yobe east (minus Bade & Jakusko LGAs).
- 4 LGAs of Jigawa east (Hadejia Emirate) and 4 LGAs of Bauchi north (Dambam, Misau, Katagum & Zaki LGAs).


3) IJAWS

Majority in 20 LGAs, minority/half the population in 7 LGAs.

Majority in ;
- The 8 LGAs that make up Bayelsa state.
- 8 LGAs of Rivers state (Asari-Toru, Akuku-Toru, Degema, Bonny, Opobo-Nkoro, Okrika, Ogu-Bolo, Andoni)
- 3 LGAs of Delta state (Patani, Burutu & Bomadi).
- 1 LGA of Ondo state (Ese-Odo)

Minorities/half in ;
- 3 LGAs of Delta state (Warri south-west, Warri north & Warri south)
- 3 LGAs in Edo state (Ikpoba-Okha, Ovia Northeast & Ovia southwest)
- 1 LGA of Rivers state (PH LGA)


4) GBAGYI

Majority in 15 LGAs, minority/half the population in 10 LGAs

- Majority in all the LGAs that make up Niger east (minus Rafi & Suleja) = 7 LGAs
- Majority in all the 6 LGAs that make up the FCT.
- Majority in Chikun LGA (Kaduna state)
- Majority in Karu LGA (Nasarawa state)

Minority/half in
- Suleja & Wushishi LGA (Niger state)
- Nasarawa & Toto LGA (Nasarawa state)
- Kaduna south, Igabi, Birnin Gwari, Kajuru & Kagarko LGAs (Kaduna state)
- Kogi LGA (Kogi state).


5) TIV

Majority in the 14 LGAs that make up Benue zone A & B (Northeast & Northwest senatorial districts).

Minority status in about 10 LGAs of Taraba south, Nasarawa south and Cross River North is highly disputed, as they are regarded as settlers and not indigenes in those places, by all their neighbors.


6) NUPE

(Including Kakanda, Dibo, Ganagana & Kupa) -
Majority in 11 LGAs, Minority/half the population in 5 LGAs.

Majority in
- All the 8 LGAs of Niger south + Mashegu LGA in Niger north.
- 2 LGAs in Kwara north (Edu & Patigi).

Minority/half in
- Lokoja & Kogi LGAs (Kogi state)
- Wushishi & Borgu LGAs (Niger state)
- Kwali LGA (FCT).


7) URHOBO/ISOKO

Majority in 10 LGAs, Minority/half the population in 4 LGAs

Majority in;
- The 8 LGAs that make up Delta central.
- Isoko north/south LGAs (Delta south)

Minority/half in;
- Warri south, Patani & Ndokwa east (Delta state)
- Sagbama LGA (Bayelsa state).


8. IDOMA- IGEDE- AGATU- YALA

Majority in 10 LGAs, minority/half in 3 LGA.

Majority in
-The 9 LGAs that make up Benue south
- Yala LGA of Cross River north.

Minority/half in
- Doma & Nasarawa LGA (Nasarawa state).
- Igbo-eze north LGA (Enugu state).


10) JUKUN
(Wapan, Kpanzu, Wanu, Ichen, Kuteb, Chamba Donga, Jibu, Kona, Akyekura, Abinsi, Wase Tofa, Wurbo, Tigun, Yukuben, Ndola, Kam, Pindiga e.t.c).

Majority in 9 LGAs, minority in 8 LGAs.

Majority in
- The 5 LGAs of Taraba south.
- Gashaka, Bali & Kurmi LGAs (Taraba central).
- Awe LGA (Nasarawa state).

Minority/half in
- Gassol, Jalingo & Ardo kola LGAs (Taraba state)
- Jada & Mayo Belwa LGAs (Adamawa state).
- Makurdi LGA (Benue state).
- Wase LGA ( Plateau state).
- Akko LGA (Gombe state).

11) IGALA

Majority in 8 LGAs, Minority/half in 7 LGAs

Majority in
- 8 LGAs of Kogi east (minus Bassa LGA).

Minority/half in
- Bassa & Ajaokuta LGAs (Kogi state).

(Disputed category)
- Oshimili north LGA (Delta state)
- Anambra west LGA (Anambra state)
- Igbo-eze north LGA (Enugu state)
- Esan southeast LGA (Edo state).

(This category is disputed because some of the Igala speakers here have been assimilated and no longer identify ethnically as Igalas, but Igbos or Esan).


12) BINI (EDO)

Majority in the 7 LGAs that make up Edo south.


13) EKOI/EJAGHAM
(Including Yako, Etung, Mbembe e.t.c)

Majority in 6-8 LGAs of Cross River State.

(Etung, Akamkpa, Biase, Boki, Yakurr, Obubra, Ikom & Ogoja).

(The definition of who is an EKOI is not very clear in Cross River State. It is an ethno-linguistic identity that loosely applies to many related and similar Bantoid tribes within Central Cross River).


14) AFEMAI
(Etsako, Owan & Akoko-Edo)

Majority in the 6 LGAs that make up Edo north.


15) ESAN

Majority in the 5 LGAs that make up Edo central.


16) KAMBARI

Majority in 5 LGAs, minority/half in 1 LGA.

Majority in
- Agwarra, Magama, Mariga, Kontagora (Niger state north).
- Ngaski (Kebbi state south).

Minority/half in Rijau LGA (Niger state north).

(Many Kambaris have become Hausanized, especially the Kambari muslims in Kontagora, Mariga and Ngaski LGAs).


17) EBIRA- EGBURA
(Tao, Koto, Opanda & Mozum)

Majority in 4 LGAs, minority/half in 5 LGAs

Majority in the 4 LGAs of Kogi central (minus Ogori-Magongo LGA).

Minority/half in
- Kogi, Lokoja & Bassa LGAs (Kogi state)
- Abaji LGA (FCT)
- Toto LGA (Nasarawa state).


18) OGONI/ELEME

Majority in 4 LGAs of Rivers state
(Eleme, Tai, Khana & Gokhana).


19) KARE-KARE

Majority in 4 LGAs, Minority/half in 2 LGAs.

Majority in the 4 LGAs that make up Yobe south.
Minority in Misau & Dambam LGAs (Bauchi state).

(Many Kare-Kares have been Hausanized, especially the Kare-kare muslims of Bauchi state north).


20) LELNA/ZURU (DAKARAWA)

Majority in 4 LGAs of Kebbi state south

(Zuru, Danko/Wasagu, Fakai, Sakaba).


21) BURA-BABURR

Majority in 3 LGAs, minority/half in 3 LGAs

Majority in Biu, Hawul & Kwaya Kusar LGAs (Borno state south)
Minority in
Bayo LGA (Borno south).
Gulani LGA (Yobe east).
Gombi LGA (Adamawa central).


22) MUMUYE

Majority in 3 LGAs, minority/half in 5 LGAs

Majority in Zing, Yorro & Lau LGAs (Taraba state north)

Minority/half in
- Jalingo, Ardo kola & Gassol LGAs (Taraba state)
- Jada & Toungo LGAs (Adamawa state south).


23) BWATIYE
(Bachama, Batta, Mbula)

Majority in 3 LGAs, Minority/half in 3 LGAs

Majority in Numan, Lamurde & Demsa LGAs (Adamawa state south).

Minority/half in Girei, Fufore & Song LGAs (Adamawa central).


24) BEROM

Majority in 3 LGAs, Minority/half in 2 LGAs

Majority in Jos south, Barkin ladi & Riyom LGAs (Plateau state north).

Minority/half in
Jos north (Plateau state north)
Jema'a (Kaduna state south).


25) CHAMBA

Majority in 3 LGAs, minority/half in 2 LGAs

Majority in Ganye, Jada & Toungo LGAs (Adamawa state south).

Minority in Bali & Zing LGAs (Taraba state).



Note/Disclaimer*

1) This statistics is in no way indicative of the population of these ethnic groups. Rather it is just a show of their political spread and classifications.

2) Some related ethnic groups classified together here have a controversial stance on either being together or being very distinct from one another.
However, for the sake of ease of putting this piece together, similar ethnic groups who have been classified together one way or the other in the past were classified together.

3) This research was done based on indigeneship, not overall population outside the native homelands of these ethnic groups.

4) This piece was compiled after a lot of research, however it is certainly not likely to be 100% correct.
Corrections are highly welcomed.

Blackking98:
True man true. I don't see what people gain by further subdiving people unnecessarily, yesterday I was watching a program on NTA about languages and culture, while interviewing people on the streets of yaba and asking where they're from and to speak their language, all the "Calabar" people encountered were Akwa ibomites, just one Efik person, and the Akwa ibomites were very happy and comfortable being referred to as Calabar, yet one jobless online researcher is subdividing people in her imagination, cus in reality the Barriers separating Akwa Ibom and Efik is getting slimmer and disappearing by the day, I'm an ibibio man, but I speak Efik way better than ibibio, I use Efik most of the time, not only me, so many of us use it and are happy with it, vice versa for efiks, annangs and oron who speak ibibio cus it's understood on both sides of the river dividing Akwa Ibom and Cross river. No need diving ourselves into splinter groups unnecessarily, I support you too, you guys really need to come together and form an identity on your own because it seems like the hausa fulani Always want to overshadow and dominate u guys then shout one north when elections are around

Thank you... It is high time Africans, especially similar groups of people come together to form ethnic nation states .. Only then can Africans rise above the level of tribalism and think of other progressive things. .... Europe had their own times when they fought and eventually evolved into ethnic nation states and now they have peace and everyone respects each other.

I have never seen any Akwa Ibom or Efik person who emphasizes on the difference and divides between Ibibio-Efik people like that Ibiogrl or whatever she calls herself. ....

The funny thing is that all other Nigerians including your own Igbo, Ijaw & Ogoni neighbors cannot be able to differentiate between Efiks, Ibibios, Anangs e.t.c.... We all see you people as one Calabar people. ... Why then it the hell will you guys divide yourselves?

The only people I think can be differentiated are the Ogoja/Ikom people, cos they obviously have a very different culture and language. ...

The British people were not really interested in having too many majority ethnic groups in Nigeria for the sake of administrative convenience, hence they failed to unite some other group of similar tribes like they did with the Yorubas & Igbos. ... Otherwise we wouldn't have had so much acclaimed ethnic diversity as we have today.

nsiba:
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I feel you the middle-belt has never been defeated and not in this era will they be..they r d uniting factor n we will always stand with them

Blackking98:
but they need to be more outspoken and stand up for themselves more

Yes! The major problem we have is ethnic diversity, that is why we are working to unite the tribes. And also religion too, cos some middlebelters who became Muslims are being manipulated through religion... However, those of us who know who we are and are in the majority will leave behind those who are not ready to be politically free because of religion.

Agboriotejoye:
That part in ur map is jebba south which is in Kwara state. Jebba north is where Montgomery was buried. It's more or less a tiny town about 15-20km from jebba south. Both are separated by that River Niger.

If this is the case, then Jebba cannot be compared to Kaduna.
Take a good look at Kaduna below can you see how the river cuts directly through the city?

If Southern Kaduna becomes a different state and they decide to name their part of the city IGBO.... Will that make 'Igbo city' an entirely different city from the Kaduna city on the north of the river?

Your second question, suleja would most likely become a capital of a state due to adjoining towns and villages which will come under it

... Lol. Who told you so? And who made you that judge to decide the outcome of Suleja if Nigeria divides?
As someone from that part of the country, I think we will put Suleja-Abuja-Karu in the same political entity and make it a federal city or something of sort.

Anyway, the point I want to make to you and others like Grgton & forgiveness is that using political units to define urban areas is a very wrong approach and that is why the world does not use that... Because political boundaries can change anyday and anytime.... Do you keep naming and renaming urban areas to suite these politcal classifications?

Agboriotejoye:
What exactly are you about?
Do you mean to say Christians are anti-apc?
Kaduna south voted massively for APC in 2015. Besides, I don't even understand how you've managed to turn dis to APC/PDP matter. You no dey tire?

Yes, Christians are predisposed towards PDP, especially in that part of the country.

forgiveness:
Longtime. No worries.

I have gone through the link, but from what I deduced from your link, there is difference between Metropolitan and Urban areas. Which of these two are you talking about?


Unlike an urban area, a metropolitan area includes not only the urban area, but also satellite cities plus intervening rural land that is socio-economically connected to the urban core city, typically by employment ties through commuting, with the urban core city being the primary labor market.

The only difference between a metro and urban area or let me use the word 'Greater urban area' is that a metro includes surrounding rural areas that are economically tied to the urban core.

forgiveness:
Please, see the official Urban area of Lagos. Badagry, Ikorodu, Ota, Ifo and even Lekki are not included.

You are mistaking the definition of Lagos city for Greater Lagos urban area. Ikorodu, Badagry & Lekki are not part of Lagos city, but they are part of Greater Lagos urban area or Lagos metropolitan area.

I guess I should have just included METROPOLITAN AREA to the topic of this thread to avoid these confusions, just that I knew most Nigerians will not understand the word METRO.

When urban areas (town & cities) are merged together, they are usually identified as one Greater urban area or Metropolitan area... This is the common definition all over the world.

Sometimes for the sake of politics and inclusiveness, multiple names may be used to describe one urban area e.g Ottawa-Gatineau urban area... But in most cases, the popular name or largest city within that connurbation ends up swallowing the rest.

senatordave1:
Manipulated how and to what end? How can areas across the river be in kaduna south? Lastly if kaduna south is mostly christian how come apc wins there by a large margin but lose chikun by a large marhin

Lol you are asking a question and answering yourself at the same time.

APC wins in Kaduna south LGA because Muslim dominated areas north of Kaduna river were included in Kaduna south LGAs, while Christian dominated areas of Kaduna south where taken into Chikun LGAs.

This was done to ensure that muslims dominate both Kaduna north & south LGAs.

Something similar was done for the senatorial districts.
Look at this map of Kaduna state below. Look at the 4 yellow LGAs in the central area (Chikun, Kajuru, Kauru & Lere)... These 4 LGAs are Christian dominated and ought to be the ones in Kaduna central senatorial district, but Lere LGA was taken to Kaduna north senatorial district while Kauru LGA was taken to Kaduna south senatorial district, leaving only Chikun & Kajuru in the central, then LGAs from the north up to Giwa LGA that shares boundary with Katsina state were included in Kaduna central senatorial district, just to ensure that muslims end up dominating Kaduna north & central senatorial districts, thereby always producing 2 senators.