₦airaland Forum

raumdeuter:
Most Ibos stay together in the North while many of the Yorubas blend into the Northern population they change their names adopting religious names and sometimes claim North, E.g Amos Adamu of NFF officially is from Kebbi State but he is actually a Yoruba man from Oyo state

garfield1:
Yes.the se peeps are usually loud, ceremonious, ubiquitous,love showing off and making their presence felt making it look as if they are so numerous.two of them in an area can make you think they are up to 50 there.but the yorubas and other tribes usually go low key,operate under the radar and you won't notice them except you go closer.when you do,you find out that they are more than igbos in a given area

ImmaculateJOE:
Okay..

I know you are from the North and hates anything Igbo..

But in your honest opinion, do you believe that the population of Yorubas in the North, equals that of Igbos population in the North..?
Like the OP and other commenters suggested..?

Ttalk:
This is another lie. There are more Edo in Abuja than the Igbo population, you can continue to lie to yourself it is your right

Flathead8:
So you sincerely and truthfully believe Ibos own 90% of those businesses in the north?

Northerners that are about 100m in population, that means we are all beggars be that

garfield1:
Let's not deviate.the topic is about the population of the top three tribes not the population of igbos and yorubas up north.

ImmaculateJOE:
It constitute part of what you wrote up there..

You equated Yoruba population in the north to that of Igbos..

But we that have lived all our lives in the North are saying you told a fat lie..

garfield1:
It is not important.what is important is that yorubas outnumber igbos in Nigeria primarily

Ttalk:
These people are deluded I swear, that's how the other one said 75% properties in Abuja are owned by Igbo, haba! Imagine such a ridiculous statement

Ttalk:
These people are deluded I swear, that's how the other one said 75% properties in Abuja are owned by Igbo, haba! Imagine such a ridiculous statement

Armaggedon:
yea. premises don't matter again. it's your self reassuring utopia of a conclusion that matters. get well soon.

garfield1:
It is not important.what is important is that yorubas outnumber igbos in Nigeria primarily

Ttalk:
Am not interested in your competition flaunting but your guys' arrogance is nauseating and ridiculous.

Yes, Igbo travels a lot, but other Nigerians too do.

For your information, we have more Yoruba in the north than Igbo.

Let me break it down for you, Yoruba have been trading with the North even before the amalgamation of Northern and Southern protectorates. That is why you have some Yoruba that have almost completely assimilated with the Hausa culture in the North

Where you have a large presence of Yoruba include
1. Kebbi
2. Sokoto
3. Kaduna
4. Niger
5. Kogi
6. Kwara
7. Abuja

The lies you guys dish to yourself at village square does not translate to truth and it only exposes your ignorance and myopic mindset.

Just because Nigerians have allowed you to continue in your bullying should make you be dishing out lies on social media.

garfield1 it is better to remain silent and be thought a fouoool than opening your mouth and quickly remove all doubts whatsoever:
It is not important.what is important is that yorubas outnumber igbos in Nigeria primarily

ImmaculateJOE:
igbos in the North is 4mil...?

Wonderf..!
The population of Igbos in Adamawa state alone will hit above 300k.. They will hit 500k and above when you get to Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa..

Igbos are no less than 7mil in the north.

Ttalk:
You can believe all the lies you are told its none of my business, am just here to put record straight so you won't deceive innocent nairalanders seeking information on the internet.

The bolded is one of the lies you tell yourself

The people that own major properties in Abuja are the Civil Servant and politicians.

Early settlers that we're transferred when FCT was moved from Lagos to Abuja have more of Yoruba.

The next people are the politician and by virtue of 5states in the SE you have the lowest representation.

If we have to narrow landed properties in Abuja based on state, Kastina comes first.

The only area you have concentration of Igbo is around Dei-Dei area.

Coming to Estates in Abuja where do you have Igbo concentration?

Even in the suburb area tell me where do we have Igbo in large concentration?Gwagwalada, Yanyan, Kubwa, Kuje or Lugbe?

Akaegwu:
Deluded mind. Twue.

Christistruth03:
They don't know that the Yoruba and the Nupe are Siblings
As far back as in the 13th Century the Alafin of Oyo had a Nupe Mother
We have not mentioned the 100 years until the 15th Century when Oyo was under Nupe rule until Alafin Orompomto. The only female Alafin defeated the Nupe in battle and threw off Nupe hegemony

maestroferddi:
Oga no dey misyarn...

The Nupes and the Yorubas are two distinct people...

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Christistruth03:
Kwara and Kogi with indigenous Yorubas are part of the North

So you already have about 4 Million Yorubas indigenous to the Middlebelt North to contend with without even counting the others

Christistruth03:
The Yoruba and the Nupe are Siblings

Just like the Yorubas and the Edo are Siblings

Your not liking it is Irrelevant

Many Yoruba Igbomina Towns of Kwara State are of Nupe Ancestry

garfield1:
This will be based on the 2006 population census.

State population. Ethnic population
Kebbi 3.5 mil. Hausas 2.5 mil
Sokoto 3.5 mil. Hausas 3 mil
Zamfara 3 mil. Hausas 2.5 mil
Katsina 5.5 mil. Hausas 4.5 mil
Kano. 10 mil. Hausas 8 mil
Kaduna 6 mil. Hausas 3 mil
Jigawa 4 mil. Hausa 2.5 mil
Bauchi 4.5 mil. Hausas 500k
Gombe 2 mil. Hausas 300k
Niger. 4 mil. Hausas 500k
Nasarawa 2 mil. Hausas 300k

Population of hausa settlers in plateau,kwara,kogi,benue,taraba,yobe,adamawa,borno etc 3 mil.
Population of hausas in south west 3 mil
Population of hausas in ss/se 1 mil.
Total population of hausas 31.5 mil

Yorubas
Lagos 10 mil. Yorubas 5 mil
Ogun 4 mil. Yorubas 3.5 mil
Ondo 3.5 mil. Yorubas 3 mil
Osun 3.5 mil. Yorubas 3.5 mil
Ekiti 2 mil. Yorubas 2 mil
Oyo 5 mil. Yorubas 4.5 mil
Kogi 3 mil. Yorubas 600k
Kwara 2.5 mil. Yorubas 1.8 mil

Yorubas in the north 4 mil
Yorubas in se/SS 1 mil...total population 29 mil

Igbos
Anambra 4 mil. Igbos 3.6 mil
Imo. 3.6 mil. Igbos 3.4 mil
Abia 3 mil. Igbos 2.8 mil
Enugu 3 mil. Igbos 3 mil
Ebonyi 2 mil. Igbos 2 mil
Delta 4.5 mil. Igbos 1.3 mil
Rivers 5 mil. Igbos 2.5 mil
Igbos in other parts SS 1 mil
Igbos in south west 4 mil
Igbos in the north 4 mil....total population 28 million.





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ImmaculateJOE:
Lol..

Oga, the days of Lagos-Ibadan expressway media propaganda are long gone..
Everyone now has a phone and have access to the Internet.. They will tell the stories first hand and fresh from the buying..

For this my Adamawa state, Yorubas no reach 20k people..

DeOTR:
And I should believe you because I don't know the road that leads to Adamawa?
You can believe whatever nonsense that makes you sleep well at night.
I've been to all the major settlements in the North. For every Igbo person in the North, there's at least, an equal number of Yoruba person. There are many Yoruba people in the North that you can't even differentiate from the indigenes. That your people are mostly seen in markets doesn't make you more in numbers.
You for talk say Yoruba people no reach 2k for Adamawa na. Even in my Mom's family alone, we have more than 20 people living in Jimeta alone.
I'm married to someone in So'o in Adamawa state, just so you know you're not talking to someone who taking his information just from the internet.

mandarin:
Yes igbo move and trade all over the North but to say they are more than the Yoruba is doubtful.
A town of Funtua in Katsina state was said to have been started by Kolanut trading Yoruba traders. I don't think there is any state in the north that Igbos can be more than Yoruba.
There are 19 Northern states. Kogi and Kwara are out because Yoruba are indigenous to those two states. ANiger is out because the Tapa and Yoruba are kinsmen and Yoruba have settled there for a long time leaving us with 16 states in contest.
I recalled when crisis happened in Jo's and people jumped into the conclusion that Igbos would have the highest loss but alas when the report came out, it was the Yoruba.
Many will be shocked if the actual census with all bio data is allowed to hold. Two things am sure may show are:
That Nigeria has more Christians than Muslims
That Yoruba would probably be the largest single ethnic group in Nigeria if the Fulani ethnic group is classified differently.

lawani:
I agree withost if your submission but there is practically no wholly Fulani enclave in Nigeria maybe Gombe to an extent and you have to count them with the Hausa. Only the Bororo who are cattle rearers are distinct and we have Yoruba among them who have nowhere else to call home. The total number of Bororo in the country is negligible. Maximum is one hundred thousand if uo to that. So it is the rulers of the Sokoto caliphate you will count and they are Hausas. There is nothing like a separate Fulani identity from Hausa in reality. I can not say that Christians will outnumber Muslims in Nigeria as it is more like 50/50. Yoruba is almost exactly 50/50. Hausa is almost 100 percent Muslim while Igbo is almost 100 percent Christian. It cancels out at that point. Kaduna most probably is slightly majority Christian. Adamawa might be majority Christian like Kaduna. Benue is almost 100 percent Christian. Taraba, Plateau too and the rest in the North are majority Muslims. Adamawa and Kaduna are debatable but it will be close. In the South south, only a place like Auchi can be said to have a substantial Muslim population and the rest are Christians. If you are counting the cities, it will be
Lagos
Ibadan
Kano
Kaduna
Benin
Ogbomosho
Zaria
Port Harcourt
Maiduguri
Jos
Enugu/Ilorin/Onitsha/Ilesa/Ile Ife/Akure/Calabar/Warri/,Aba/Abakaliki/Owerri/Okene/Lokoja/Oyo/Iwo/Ede/Ila/Ado Ekiti/Umuahia/Sokoto/Katsina/Yola

So if you check all those cities by yourself by indigenes and residents, it will be hard to say that Christians or Muslims are larger in population than each other in Nigeria but official population figures are definitely wrong. I think SW, SS, NW, NC, NE and SE is the descending order of population size It is something around 50/50. In the North, only the NC will be split between the two religions and the largest ethnicity in the NC are the Yoruba then maybe the Igala, Tiv, Idoma etc Yoruba and Igala are split while Tiv and Idoma are Christians and the groups in Plateau like the Berom are Christians, so NC will have a slightly more Christian population. So it is very close indeed and I will not stake money either way

lawani:
When Nigeria was founded, eighty percent of cities were on Yoruba land and others were villages and we still have Yoruba villages as well. Anywhere there is real census in the North like in the universities, you find more Yoruba. The largest union in ABU was Ondo state union. If you go to Unijos, Futminna, unimaid etc you find more Yoruba. Igbos have their trade in markets and Yoruba men are more of artisans and they also trade. Where then are you going to have more Igbo than Yoruba in any Nigerian city? Even PH if not counting Ikwerre. Ladoke Akintola, Bola Ige, first Miss Nigeria and many others were born in the North. Therefore Yoruba are more than Igbos in the North and people should stop scaring Igbos. Hausas control the trade in onions, cattle, pepper, beans etc. Are those small trades?. Are they less profitable than Igbo trades. So everybody have what they control. When Nigeria breaks up then everybody will see as each new nation will come up with real data. Yoruba land without affiliates is containing up to 70 million people presently. ,20 million in Lagos, 50 million in other SW and over ,5 million in Kwara, Kogi, Niger leaving out lands in Delta and Edo state. Everybody in Yoruba land is counted as Yoruba to account for the Yoruba in diaspora who outnumber them by far. In the SE alone is over two million Yoruba including civil servants, oil workers, taxi drivers, agbo sellers, tailors, bricklayers and etc. They are not less than two million and SS can be up to double while North will be more than the sum of SS and SE by far. So it is who you have on your land that will be counted for you before the struggle for people begin. It will then become obvious that Yoruba are the number one group in West Africa or Aftica. I am not yet adding Bariba territory that will definitely join the Yoruba country and you can be sure that Southern Kaduna will be sovereign not to talk of Kanuri, Tiv Berom and etc as they have people on their lands surpassing many sovereign nations. Only Ethiopia will be able to contend with a Yoruba country in population.

lawani:
I agree withost if your submission but there is practically no wholly Fulani enclave in Nigeria maybe Gombe to an extent and you have to count them with the Hausa. Only the Bororo who are cattle rearers are distinct and we have Yoruba among them who have nowhere else to call home. The total number of Bororo in the country is negligible. Maximum is one hundred thousand if uo to that. So it is the rulers of the Sokoto caliphate you will count and they are Hausas. There is nothing like a separate Fulani identity from Hausa in reality. I can not say that Christians will outnumber Muslims in Nigeria as it is more like 50/50. Yoruba is almost exactly 50/50. Hausa is almost 100 percent Muslim while Igbo is almost 100 percent Christian. It cancels out at that point. Kaduna most probably is slightly majority Christian. Adamawa might be majority Christian like Kaduna. Benue is almost 100 percent Christian. Taraba, Plateau too and the rest in the North are majority Muslims. Adamawa and Kaduna are debatable but it will be close. In the South south, only a place like Auchi can be said to have a substantial Muslim population and the rest are Christians. If you are counting the cities, it will be
Lagos
Ibadan
Kano
Kaduna
Benin
Ogbomosho
Zaria
Port Harcourt
Maiduguri
Jos
Enugu/Ilorin/Onitsha/Ilesa/Ile Ife/Akure/Calabar/Warri/,Aba/Abakaliki/Owerri/Okene/Lokoja/Oyo/Iwo/Ede/Ila/Ado Ekiti/Umuahia/Sokoto/Katsina/Yola

So if you check all those cities by yourself by indigenes and residents, it will be hard to say that Christians or Muslims are larger in population than each other in Nigeria but official population figures are definitely wrong. I think SW, SS, NW, NC, NE and SE is the descending order of population size It is something around 50/50. In the North, only the NC will be split between the two religions and the largest ethnicity in the NC are the Yoruba then maybe the Igala, Tiv, Idoma etc Yoruba and Igala are split while Tiv and Idoma are Christians and the groups in Plateau like the Berom are Christians, so NC will have a slightly more Christian population. So it is very close indeed and I will not stake money either way

Usenokpevbo:
there are no 50 million in other parts of the west. Ondo and Osun are not more than 5.million each and that’s a stretch. Ekiti would not be more than three million. Oyo cannot be more than 8 million. Ogun should be around that mark. The entire population of south west would be at most 50
Million.

Usenokpevbo:
you pitting Yoruba and Igala above Tiv shows you don’t have an idea of the composition of the people in the north central. Tivs are the largest group in the north central follow by Yorubas because of their presence in Kwara and Kogi obviously then Igala