₦airaland Forum

sirade:
It is only on nairaland you hear of Ijaw.

Infact in a place like Lagos you can stay upto 2years without seeing an Ijaw man or woman.

Fact; jonathan brought ijaw nation to federal limelight.

You are talking shit.

NDPVF:
you must be a madt Slowpoke. Keep living in self delusion with ur phantom Ijaw here.

What do you expect from people who had distorted the history of their lineage and misspelled their names to sound something goofy. The Ijo people have even removed “Offori” from their names because it correctly linked them to Akwapim-Togo range.

Tinubutoto:
u r suffering from Amnesia. There is Ijaw in Akwa Ibom, the Eastern Obodo people are Ijaw people. currently, the treasurer of Ijaw National Congress is from Eastern Obodo of Akwa Ibom. go n ask about it. I was with one guy from Eastern Obodo on Friday.

Don't mind them. is it because Ijaws don't make noise anywhere they are found?And we hardly speak our languages outside our domain.

Ijaws are more than Tivs in population..
#QuoteMeAnywhere

NDPVF:
[s][/s] you are madt. Ask that use.less thing called Tonyebarcanista, i have school him on that. THERE ARE IJAW "SETTLERS" HERE.THERE ARE NO IJAW "ABORIGINS" HERE. The same way their are ghana settlers here.

You are yanning shit. Settlers ke? go and drive them away from their lands na. Just come online and be talking nonsense. smh

oikechukwu:
Nigga I'm from delta, delta north precisely. None of the lands in delta south belongs to ijaw. Half of the land you people claim as part of ijaw belongs to itsekiri precisely. You people are settlers fighting the original land owners their lands. So Bleep out of here with that rubbish. Iteskiri outnumber you people FACT!!!! I've actually met more itsekiri than I have ijaws even though we all from the same state yet you claim you people outnumber them? F2k out of here

You are just a hater... Seems the Igbos are beefing the Ijaws now. I like the Igbos and I support their collective dream but I'm beginning to see a pattern I don't like.

NDPVF:
Th.under de.stroy you there for this useless post.

Fire you back for this useless reply.

Ugomba:
Ijaws Are NOT the 4th largest tribe.
- The Oil Rivers and Toru-Ibe states that they are agitating for is Controversial, because many lands they put in the map of these proposed two agitated states DO NOT BELONG TO THEM.

nwanne you re on point even the minor ijaw at ibeno,akwa ibom, the people of eket said the same thing, the lands does not belong to them.

EteEdoho:
[s][/s] you are sick in the head.what NDPVF told u is how it is. Ijaws are settlers here who we will push back to Bayelsa in no distant time. Stop talking trash.There are NO ijaw here. THANKS NDPVF FOR RESPONDING TO THIS SLOWPOKE.

You are very stupid. come and chase them na. nonsense.

joeprince23:
you forget one thing,there is a huge disconnect between bamadi,burutu ijaws and gbaramatu ijos. The former is highly primitive with no political muscle

And so what? All of us are Ijaws.

EteEdoho:
[/s].YOU MET WITH DEMÖN.let him come to here and say that trash. BTW why do u Ijaws like trouble?

Silly question. It is you people that likes trouble. You want re write our history and people for us?

Kyase:
Isn't that obvious?
Some people never heard of ijaw tribe in some part of this country, not until Jonathan became president, even at that some referred to him as IBO.

I guess you re right cos majority of the yorubas and hausas see him as an igbo man. Ijaw become popular because of jonathan.

spanishkid:
shut up your mouth there. You're not from Akwa ibom. We know your type here on nairaland.

This guy your lunacy is really getting out of hand.
Help yourself with this before it becomes too late

EteEdoho:
[s][/s] land grabbering slowpoke.

Shut up.... Are Ijaws your problem in Nigeria?

tobimillar:
There is a bit of falacy in ur statement...

First ogbia is not I mean NOT in any way related to the igboid.. they are not under the same family... as a matter of fact, ogbia is in the same larger family as the efik and ogoni. From odua in ogbia, to otuasega, to imiringi, to otueke to kolo that u mentioned, to opuama and other ogbia communities, their ogbia is not related to the igboid, stop mis informing nairalanders. Ogbia is central delta subgroup which is part of the cross river language classification

Secondly, how dare u call the ekeremor people isoko/ urhobo? Indeed u know nothing about the ijaws and South south as a whole

Don't mind all this slowpokes here.

NDPVF:
[s][/s] Ask people here, i don't hide from challenge. I already told the other guy Eteedoho that i travelled out of the state. Am in Abuja right now for something very import.i would have loved to drive down there and met ediot like u. Those people are ijaws who settled in eastern obolo. Stop looking for trouble.u ijaws are troublesome. U fight itsekiri and urhobo in Delta state. You trouble Bini's in Edo, you grab igbo peoples properties in PH,you quarell with yorubas in Ondo.you fight with Ogoni people. Now you want to bring ur madtness here. You will be demolished here,lets be.

You are a fool. Come and drive us away na. It is our home and land. Settlers my foot.

TonyeBarcanista:
@OP this isn't a question pls!

How can you compare the population of Tiv and Ijaw? Ijaw that is present in Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Delta and Ondo states? The reason behind this argument(non argument really) is because Ijaws have been balkanised by the Nigeria State into different states(some states as minorities). This is why we are agitating for Toru Ibe and Oil Rivers states. Ijaws deserve 3 exclusive Ijaws states to tell its status.


In fact, it shall not be well with the British

Ijaw were not Balkanised @Barcanista. Ijaws are largely fishermen who like the Fulani moved from one place to another with many eventually settling down. Ijaw were not originally indigenous to Ondo and Edo states and their northernmost boundary was around Forcados. The acceptance or claim of Kalabari as Ijaw due to Niger Delta movements for self determination increased their population. Ijaw are not more than 6million as,said by a poster. The Fulani was the pre independence fraud used by the north and accepted by colonial master to put the North in majority as Hausa/Fulani putting the Hausa/Fulani at 10million while Igbo and Yoruba were put at 6million each neglecting Yoruba in Kabba province , kwara, and Akoko Edo.
Barcanista, kindly provide us with veritable data on Ijaw population and don't be like those who always think they are better than everyone in everything.

Olabestonic001:
Ethnic groups: Nigeria, Africa's most
populous country, is composed of more
than 250 ethnic groups; the following are
the most populous and politically
influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba
21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%,
Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
Definition: This entry provides an ordered
listing of ethnic groups starting with the
largest and normally includes the percent
of total population.
Source: CIA World Factbook - This page
was last updated on June 30, 2015



www.indexmundi.com/nigeria/ethnic_groups.html

To be honest, I don't know who the 4th largest ethnic group are. I used to think it was Ibibio. However, going by the above. If Ijaws make up 10% of the population, that would mean that there are about 17 million Ijaws. That I do no believe

JANK23H:
Ni
Close that slit you call a mouth! Where did you get these rubbish from?
There is no where in Bayelsa igbo language is spoken as a lingua-franca. Besides any urhobo/isoko you find on Ijaw soil are settlers and have no claim to land,there are lots of them in my LGA Sagbama.Ekeremor is purely Ijaw and so are other parts of Bayelsa.

The Ijaw ethnic group is made up of over 20 clans and kolokumo is our central language. Don't say what you don't know.

Don't reply that guy. Very soon they will say there are Igbos in bayelsa

spanishkid:
at least they're better than you and your tribesmen that always cry of marginalization. See this one. Stop whining and go and save your Ijaw masters.

hahaha..
We cry marginalisation so that we can get govt attention on time. We cry and cry till we get what we want.

you that stop crying marginalisation just to claimed big boi remains backward, no international airports, no govt project present in ur enclaves.
We shall keep on crying till seaports is built in the east,2nd river niger bridge and quality projects attain.
my friend keep on being silent.
Igbos re very rich and very hard-working cos we re crying to kicked out poverty out of our ways every blessed day we shout marginalisation .

Hahahaha. You don't know who the igbo re until you come close to us, you will learn.
Keep hating why we move you backward and progress.


Onye edoom.

This is one of the reasons why Africa is backward.
Youths from Other Continents are discussing on their social media on how to develop their countries technologically, economically, socially etc and Nigeria youths are here discussing ijaw this, tivi that.
Are we not the same African race with Black skin?
SMH. what is wrong with the black race?

Sincerely i do not think the Ijaws in all the states of the federation they find themselves to be more than 6million.

Bayelsa is the assumed 100% ijaw state. Bayelsa isnt more than 2.5million persons.

In Rivers, Ijoids do not make up more than 30% of Rivers population. That is like another 2million max.

I do not know much about Delta state ijaws but they cant exceed 1.5million.

Ijaws are spread over a large swampy area where only themselves have come to call home.

Anticabal:
Igbos are the largest ethnic group combined using scientific data.

1.) There are Indigenous Igbos in 8 states- Rivers,Delta, Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Benue, Abia. FACT

2.) Igbo are second most populated in other region/states away from their homes. FACT

3.) They are the most visible and have the highest diaspora population. There is at least One Igbo man in 195 countries of the world. From Micronesia to the Isle of Man. FACT.

These are scientific realities that have made it impossible for the current fulani government to sanction a census on Ethnic group, they know the truth but find it difficult to agree with.

Your facts are not the truth.Igbo are not usually the second largest ethnic group in all the states in Nigeria. If Igbo are in eight states, at what proportions? In Benue, Rivers at what percentage .
The contest of the largest single ethnic group in Africa is between Yoruba and Hausa.
Looking at Hausa, they are predominant in Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, they are huge population in Northern Kaduna, Kebbi, Bauchi and significant in Yobe and Gombe. When you add the Fula group you will see their settlements as far as Adamawa. This is the group with high birth rate made swift by religion.
The Yoruba are majority in six states of the Soutwest and Kwara and 3rd largest in Kogi and significant in Edo, and Delta.
The Igbo are often visible because they do not melt into communities they reside, they are largely employed in the same sector of the economy-trading which make them visible. In the North, I think there are more Yoruba than igbo whether in terms of investments or population lots of them being Muslims and even Christians among them largely live like and speak Hausa language.
People should provide verifiable data before make undue claims here.

Anticabal:
Igbos are the largest ethnic group combined using scientific data.

1.) There are Indigenous Igbos in 8 states- Rivers,Delta, Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Benue, Abia. FACT

2.) Igbo are second most populated in other region/states away from their homes. FACT

3.) They are the most visible and have the highest diaspora population. There is at least One Igbo man in 195 countries of the world. From Micronesia to the Isle of Man. FACT.

These are scientific realities that have made it impossible for the current fulani government to sanction a census on Ethnic group, they know the truth but find it difficult to agree with.

you are 100% coreect

mandarin:
Ijaw were not Balkanised @Barcanista. Ijaws are largely fishermen who like the Fulani moved from one place to another with many eventually settling down. Ijaw were not originally indigenous to Ondo and Edo states and their northernmost boundary was around Forcados. The acceptance or claim of Kalabari as Ijaw due to Niger Delta movements for self determination increased their population. Ijaw are not more than 6million as,said by a poster. The Fulani was the pre independence fraud used by the north and accepted by colonial master to put the North in majority as Hausa/Fulani putting the Hausa/Fulani at 10million while Igbo and Yoruba were put at 6million each neglecting Yoruba in Kabba province , kwara, and Akoko Edo.
Barcanista, kindly provide us with veritable data on Ijaw population and don't be like those who always think they are better than everyone in everything.

you made a point, kalabari is not ijo and will never be(forget politics) visit degema or bille kingdom to find out

joeprince23:
the difference between me and you(and most nairalanders) is i talk based on facts on ground and experiences where I have travelled(that's why I don't argue on SW affairs because I lack the expertise) but you talk based on online and imaginary popular literarry. ogbia is not in any family as ogoni and certainly not efik(do you even know what efik is?) Secondly large parts of ekeremor is actually isoko commnities so I'm not wrong. FYI: there are ethnic ekpeyes in bayelsa(and in ogbia lga, not kolo,) you don't have to say SS while we are arguing about bayelsa(yes BY state is in ss) but remember that SS is homogenous so even if I know nothing about bayelsa I might be a professor in akwa-ibom affairs(pls where are u from?)

I am an expert in yoruba affairs. I have been to the yoruba state capitals and some other towns. That's why I get angry when they come here and lie about themselves

[quote author=TonyeBarcanista post=42695661
In fact, it shall not be well with the British[/quote]But Sir its well with them already their economy is always smiling.

ANTONINEUTRON:
What is the population of tivs in benue state nd d minorities in taraba

Ijaw or kanuri are d real fourth

it can't be Kanuri. Population of Kanuri speakers in 1987 (let's give room for population growth) is 4 million. And that includes nigeria, Chad (Chad has a large number of Kanuri people), Niger, southern Sudan and northern Cameron. It's only spoken in Borno and Taraba in nigeria. So it can't be the 4th largest.

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bolanto24:
You are a fool. Come and drive us away na. It is our home and land. Settlers my foot.

[/s] hey a*s,i don't talk what i can't do.

[s]

bolanto24:
Fire you back for this useless reply.

[/s]am not ur mate.

telim:
The fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria should be Nupe and not Ijaw or Tiv. Tiv population can never be larger than the Nupes' except the Tivs include the Idomas and Agatus in their head count.

oh yea. Nupe has a very dense population. Occupying one large senatorial zone in Niger State. And have large population in Kwara and kogi states.

Pwayne2016:
Ijaw what People wey no dey travel.. Is very hard to see a man from Ijaw...Fulani is de 4th largest followed by Kanuri,even hausa people dey refer Ijaws as Igbos

fulani is so interwoven with hausas in nigeria. They call them hausa-fulani ethnic nationality. U can't tell one from the other. Don't mean d cattle rearers o