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Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by garfield1(op): 10:01am On Apr 16, 2024
1) HAUSAS; they do not occupy any state alone but they dominate the 7 north west states numbering 35-40 million in the region.theu are the largest ethnicity in Nigeria and west Africa.

2) FULANIS: they are second to the HAUSAS numbering about 8 million in the northwest.they do not form a majority in any north west state but have a good number in katsina and sokoto.they are the second largest ethnicity in West Africa and 4th in Nigeria.

3; KANURIS: they are the third largest ethnicity here forming over 2 million.they are principally in jigawa and kano.they are the fifth largest tribe

4) GBAGYI: the are about 1 million in the north west mainly found in kaduna and kebbi.

5) ADARA: they are the third largest tribe in kaduna and are almost a million.they are mostly in kaduna,zamfara and kebbi

Notable mentions include kambari,gwandara,kamuku etc


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Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by forgiveness: 10:11am On Apr 16, 2024
Hmmm
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by fuckJones(f): 11:01am On Apr 16, 2024
what of Tiv people in north central? the fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria?
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by melodyogonna(m): 11:07am On Apr 16, 2024
Is that the dominant location of the Fulanis? I didn't know they are so many in Nigeria
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Dream25: 11:30am On Apr 16, 2024
Who gave Fulani the second largest ethnicity in West Africa?..

Yoruba are more than Fulani, so how's Fulani the second largest?..
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by garfield1(op): 11:32am On Apr 16, 2024
fuckJones:
what of Tiv people in north central? the fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria?
North west please not north Central
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by garfield1(op): 11:33am On Apr 16, 2024
Dream25:
Who gave Fulani the second largest ethnicity in West Africa?..

Yoruba are more than Fulani, so how's Fulani the second largest?..
Fulanis are all over west Africa unlike yorubas that are in Nigeria,Benin and Togo
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Biafrannuke: 11:52am On Apr 16, 2024
Tonyebacarnista have you treated the bloody nose you got from the South south thread?

I love how they put you to your place.
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by slivertongue: 1:07pm On Apr 16, 2024
fulanis are fewer, Kanuri's are negligible. No mention of Gobirawa etc
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Dream25: 2:14pm On Apr 16, 2024
garfield1:
Fulanis are all over west Africa unlike yorubas that are in Nigeria,Benin and Togo
Stop saying what you don't know, that Fulani are all over West Africa doesn't mean they're more..

What's their population in those countries?..

Apart from Guinea, Fulani is not the largest group in any country.. And even Guinea is just 14m.

Hope you know Nigeria population is larger than the rest West Africa countries combine?..
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by garfield1(op): 2:36pm On Apr 16, 2024
Dream25:
Stop saying what you don't know, that Fulani are all over West Africa doesn't mean they're more..

What's their population in those countries?..

Apart from Guinea, Fulani is not the largest group in any country.. And even Guinea is just 14m.

Hope you know Nigeria population is larger than the rest West Africa countries combine?..
Ok,they are the third largest after HAUSAS and yorubas
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Dsimmer: 2:36pm On Apr 16, 2024
This Fulani dolt with the usual gibberish. Always spewing gibberish. Fulani isn't indigenous to Nigeria. Something you need to sink into your brain if you've got any..
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Svoboda(m): 2:39pm On Apr 16, 2024
garfield1:
1) HAUSAS; they do not occupy any state alone but they dominate the 7 north west states numbering 35-40 million in the region.theu are the largest ethnicity in Nigeria and west Africa.

2) FULANIS: they are second to the HAUSAS numbering about 8 million in the northwest.they do not form a majority in any north west state but have a good number in katsina and sokoto.they are the second largest ethnicity in West Africa and 4th in Nigeria.

3; KANURIS: they are the third largest ethnicity here forming over 2 million.they are principally in jigawa and kano.they are the fifth largest tribe

4) GBAGYI: the are about 1 million in the north west mainly found in kaduna and kebbi.

5) ADARA: they are the third largest tribe in kaduna and are almost a million.they are mostly in kaduna,zamfara and kebbi

Notable mentions include kambari,gwandara,kamuku etc


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The fulanis may be ubiquitous in west africa, but they certainly do not constitute the 2nd largest ethnicity in the subregion. The hausas still outstrip the fulanis in west africa. The major tribes in Nigeria are the largest in west africa by population, though only only the hausa and yoruba tribes find indigeneship in other countries apart from Nigeria.

Assimilation in the north has made it a bit difficult to seperate the hausa affiliated tribes from the fulani, but the fulani seem to dominate narratives more even though the 1st fulani president came in 19 yrs after independence.
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by garfield1(op): 2:47pm On Apr 16, 2024
Svoboda:
The fulanis may be ubiquitous in west africa, but they certainly do not constitute the 2nd largest ethnicity in the subregion. The hausas still outstrip the fulanis in west africa. The major tribes in Nigeria are the largest in west africa by population, though only only the hausa and yoruba tribes find indigeneship in other countries apart from Nigeria.

Assimilation in the north has made it a bit difficult to seperate the hausa affiliated tribes from the fulani, but the fulani seem to dominate narratives more even though the 1st fulani president came in 19 yrs after independence.
According to wikipedia,the fulanis are about 38 mil in West Africa while I put the Igbos at 34 mil
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by garfield1(op): 2:48pm On Apr 16, 2024
Dsimmer:
This Fulani dolt with the usual gibberish. Always spewing gibberish. Fulani isn't indigenous to Nigeria. Something you need to sink into your brain if you've got any..
If fulanis are not indigenous,then no tribe is indigenous to Nigeria as all of us migrated here
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by forgiveness: 3:02pm On Apr 16, 2024
garfield1:
Fulanis are all over west Africa unlike yorubas that are in Nigeria,Benin and Togo
You are a novice. Yorubas are in Gambia and Sierra Leone known as Oku or Aku.
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Svoboda(m): 3:11pm On Apr 16, 2024
garfield1:
According to wikipedia,the fulanis are about 38 mil in West Africa while I put the Igbos at 34 mil
I believe the igbos are more in population than the fulanis in west Africa. The yorubas too. But I agree with you that the fulanis are no2 in the nw. Unless you are adding up fulanis in central and north africa.
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by garfield1(op): 3:13pm On Apr 16, 2024
Svoboda:
I believe the igbos are more in population than the fulanis in west Africa. The yorubas too. But I agree with you that the fulanis are no2 in the nw. Unless you are adding up fulanis in central and north africa.
Let us work with facts not beliefs please.i clearly know the countries in West Africa and outside
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by christejames(m): 3:13pm On Apr 16, 2024
No Tiv, Jukun, Idoma, Igala, Nupe? undecided
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by garfield1(op): 3:13pm On Apr 16, 2024
forgiveness:
You are a novice. Yorubas are in Gambia and Sierra Leone known as Oku or Aku.
Only a novice will insult someone rather than correcting them.
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Lordsonn: 3:18pm On Apr 16, 2024
This is far from truth. Fulani is one of the most smallest tribe in the north.
All these tribes are bigger than Fulani:
Idoma
Tiv
Igala
Ebira
Kagoro
Igede
Babur
Angas, etc
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Svoboda(m): 3:20pm On Apr 16, 2024
forgiveness:
You are a novice. Yorubas are in Gambia and Sierra Leone known as Oku or Aku.
The oku were not naturally indigenous to the countries you mentioned. They are slave returnee descendants. The igbos had returnee slaves settled in sierra leone too. Their respective populations are now negligible.

Its like me claiming that some igbos are from equatorial guinea, whereas any igbo equatoguinean is a product of 20th century migration.
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by forgiveness: 3:23pm On Apr 16, 2024
Svoboda:
The oku were not naturally indigenous to the countries you mentioned. They are slave returnee descendants. The igbos had returnee slaves settled in sierra leone too. Their respective populations are now negligible.

Its like me claiming that some igbos are from equatorial guinea, whereas any igbo equatoguinean is a product of 20th century migration.
So, it's fula that's naturally indigenous to Nigeria and other countries, abi?

Mr man, Oku people have their own towns in Sierra Leone and Gambia.
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by FiftyFifty(m):
Dsimmer:
In your delusional head.

Ode, name the local government which is in Fulani name or shut your unintelligent brain.
Asking this glaringly unintelligent question tells everything about you IQ level.

Aleiro
Dukku
Funakaye
Fune
Jajere
Yusufari
Yunusari
Mayo Belwa
Karim Lamido
Jalingo
Jama'are
Fufore
Girei
Bali
Gassol
Sardauna
Akko
Toro
Darazo
Misau
Tambuwal
Issa
Ibbi
Kalgo
Bodinga
Goronyo
Shagari
Wamakko
Bagudu
Yauri
Are some of the local govt' areas that quickly came to my mind. They're spread across the North. I'm also Fulani. So?
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Dsimmer: 3:30pm On Apr 16, 2024
FiftyFifty:
Asking this glaringly unintelligent question tells everything about you IQ level.

Dukku
Funakaye
Jajere
Mayo Belwa
Karim Lamido
Jalingo
Jama'are
Fufore
Girei
Bali
Gassol
Sardauna
Akko
Toro
Darazo
Misau
Tambuwal
Issa
Ibbi
Bodinga
Goronyo
Shagari
Wamakko
Bodinga
Are some of the local govt' areas that quickly came to my mind. They're spread across the North. I'm also Fulani. So?
All are Hausa community. Or you've thought we've forgotten how the murderous criminal Uthman Dan fodio came to the Hausa land in 1808's?
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Svoboda(m): 3:30pm On Apr 16, 2024
garfield1:
Let us work with facts not beliefs please.i clearly know the countries in West Africa and outside
Then you are as well wrong for putting the igbos at 34m when wikipedias figure is around 37m.

Even the fulani population is ambiguous from wikipedia.
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by Svoboda(m): 3:36pm On Apr 16, 2024
forgiveness:
So, it's fula that's naturally indigenous to Nigeria and other countries, abi?

Mr man, Oku people have their own towns in Sierra Leone and Gambia.
Whats the big deal about having streets, dont both the yorubas and nupes have streets in the east? Are they from the east?
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by forgiveness: 3:37pm On Apr 16, 2024
Svoboda:
Whats the big deal about having streets, dont both the yorubas and nupes have streets in the east? Are they from the east?
Street or towns? Go and find a dictionary.
Re: Top Five Largest Ethnicities In The North West by FiftyFifty(m): 3:38pm On Apr 16, 2024
Dsimmer:
All are Hausa community. Or you've thought we've forgotten how the murderous criminal Uthman Dan fodio came to the Hausa land in in 1880's?
You unintelligently asked of a local govt' bearing Fulani name and now you're shamelessly shifting the post again. Why do you like roaming around confusedly like a headless chicken? Only a swaggering incompetent brainless baboon does that. Well, Uthman Danfodio's left bathroom slipper is far greater than all the members of your tribe dead or alive and those that will be unluckily born in the future.
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