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Shegzy8:
You just spoke my mind...they aren't more than 15%..how can they say 40%% plus other tribes and other foreigners who aren't Yoruba's then Yoruba's have just 30 to 35% niyen lol...they just bloat figures anywhere....the indigenes yoruba are like 20-25% while the none indigenes Yoruba are like 40%..then other groups like the Hausa's, Igbo's, idomas,igbirra, etc also other non-nigerians

FisifunKododada:
Don't mind them. They don't care about logic or reason. Anything (no matter how irrational or illogical) that makes them feel good must be correct. Trying to reason with them is like trying to teach a monkey how to play 3D chess.

scholes0:
Lol ... talking from someone who has never lived in Lagos for any extended period of time, i’ll rather ‘leave it”

FisifunKododada:
Don't mind them. They don't care about logic or reason. Anything (no matter how irrational or illogical) that makes them feel good must be correct. Trying to reason with them is like trying to teach a monkey how to play 3D chess.

bigfrancis21:
I've been to Lagos a couple of times and I know what I observed. A proper census in Lagos will shock you.

There's a reason Oba Rilwan and Yoruba alike were shaky and scared when they thought Igbos would vote massively for Agbaje. They knew we had the population, coupled with SS groups, to topple the ruling class, for a free and fair election. Go figure.

Once again, anywhere between 30% to 45% is more like it.

bigfrancis21:
I've been to Lagos a couple of times and I know what I observed. A proper census in Lagos will shock you.

There's a reason Oba Rilwan and Yoruba alike were shaky and scared when they thought Igbos would vote massively for Agbaje. They knew we had the population, coupled with SS groups, to topple the ruling class, for a free and fair election. Go figure.

Once again, anywhere between 30% to 45% is more like it.

Toluobaeko11:
I'm from Ondo state. the population of Ebira in Ondo-state and in Ekiti is more than any other tribe, but the problem is that the ebira people are scattered in various villages and farms, while the Igbo are always seen in the markets.

scholes0:
Being in Lagos as an Igbo and a non-permanent resident means you will mostly be within your circle, which again will be mostly Igbos, i.e the person who offered to host you, their family and friends, their friends friends, probably their neighborhood acquaintances and so forth . Same logic applies to all those other people from the east who claim lagos is 45% Igbo..lol
Your reason defies logic, sorry but it is true. Places like Ikorodu and Alimosho which are the two largest LGAs in Lagos Metro both by population and landmass are less than 13-15% Igbo. Epe is still there.. Igbos of Epe are like less than 10% And then the places that are heavily igbo like Amuwo-Odofin LG are still at least 40% Yoruba, and we haven't even deducted the other tribes from the totals there- meanwhile it is one of the smaller LGs population wise.

Secondly you are quoting a very large range there. 30 to 45% is a huge difference of a whooping 15%. 15% in Lagos translates to millions of people, hope you know. I can't possibly take YOU serious if you are swinging anywhere between 30 and 45%, which is from less than a third to 5% shy of half of Lagos state....lol

bigfrancis21:
Lol....without knowing who I am you 'assumed' I was in the presence of other Igbos to think they are everywhere?

Igbos are only 15%, possibly 5% if you will, but Oba Rilwan nearly peed in his pants because he thought Igbos would vote in Agbaje? If Igbos were only 5%, in your 'best estimate', why was Oba Rilwan so frightened?

Once again, anywhere between 30% to 45% is more like it.

scholes0:
Oh puleeese i’ve known you long enough on this forum to know that if at all you have ever been to lagos for any EXTENDED period of time to begin with, you weren’t there to rent a self contain in shangisha or okomomaiko ....
even those who do that, find friends or relatives or acquitances and start life in Lag from those base points FIRST.
You keep harping about what Oba of Lagos said that year ... after which all the Igbos swore by Ala the earth godess that they would make him eat his words... guess what they couldn’t do nada. Don’t tell me they took the insult and refused to vote for Agbaje of the PDP.

You are still in your 30-45% lol There are some major cities bordering Igbo states in this Naija that aren’t even 45% Igbo.. Warri, Uyo, Calabar, Yenagoa e.t.c are nowhere nearly that Igbo but it is Lagos that is much more cosmopolitan that will be 45% Igbo .. what’s the point of even arguing with you.
:-/

bigfrancis21:
Igbos are not excessively sizable in most of those cities you mentioned because economic opportunities are not plentiful compared to Lagos (former nation's capital) where 6 or 7 out of 10 migrating Igbos would go to. That explains the difference.

You are yet to tell us, for the sake of history, why Oba Rilwan nearly peed in his pants over '5% Igbos' choosing to vote in Agbaje. The lion isn't scared of a cat, is it?

Aunty scholes0 is getting worked up like her twin sister sisiekoorioda....sorry ma o. But once again, 30% to 45% is more like it, ma.

bigfrancis21:
Igbos are not excessively sizable in most of those cities you mentioned because economic opportunities are not plentiful compared to Lagos (former nation's capital) where 6 or 7 out of 10 migrating Igbos would go to. That explains the difference.

You are yet to tell us, for the sake of history, why Oba Rilwan nearly peed in his pants over '5% Igbos' choosing to vote in Agbaje. The lion isn't scared of a cat, is it?

Aunty scholes0 is getting worked up like her twin sister sisiekoorioda....sorry ma o. But once again, 30% to 45% is more like it, ma.

Probz:
I’m with you for the most part but calling someone female shouldn’t be used as an insult.

bigfrancis21:

Probz:
Otherwise I’m in 100% agreement.

scholes0. I noticed you haven’t really said much as far as most populous tribe in Nigeria goes once it was established that Hausas are actually the smallest. You running out of ways to degrade Igbos?

bigfrancis21:
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Investbrooker:
This one is a mod? Is someone kidding me?
No wonder people complain about him. Seun, how did this ibo guy become a mod? Care to explain? This guy has distroyed the cultural section.

scholes0:
How has it been established?

Hausas - 1
Yorubas - 2
Igbos - 3
Fulanis - 4

YonkijiSappo:
cry cry baby.
Igbos are the smallest major ethnic group in Nigeria.
In the 1960s the Eastern region had the number 3,4 and 7 largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, )Igbos, Efik-Ibibios, Ijaws) and other large ethnicities like Ogonis. Plus al the other tribes of the northern cross river. YET it was only slightly more populated than the Western region that was almost exclusively Yoruba at the time. And the Yorubas of the then northern region divisions of Kwara and Kabba were not even part of the maths.
You do the maths.

[img]http://1.bp..com/-macfowKxUog/VEkEeSprO9I/AAAAAAAABec/LZQjMRLFHOo/s1600/pic.png[/img]

out of that 23%, by the time you remove the heavily populated Ibibios, Efiks, Annangs, Ijaws, Ogonis, Bokis, Yallas...... Just imagine what you will have left.

YonkijiSappo:
Which Igbos, edos, urhobos and Itsekiris and Ijaws?
can't you see the midwest there clearly? DO I need to teach you history, or don't you know that was the region created exclusively for the minorities of the old west (Western Ijaws, Itsekiris, Urhobos, Binis, Afemais, Western Ibo, Isokos) ?

Nigeria sef na funny state, they removed 4% from the western population to create an antire region? 4%! and left the other regions intact lol... Anyways.

So I am the one arguing with emotions abi? clap for yourself.

YonkijiSappo:
Which Igbos, edos, urhobos and Itsekiris and Ijaws?
can't you see the midwest there clearly? DO I need to teach you history, or don't you know that was the region created exclusively for the minorities of the old west (Western Ijaws, Itsekiris, Urhobos, Binis, Afemais, Western Ibo, Isokos) ?

Nigeria sef na funny state, they removed 4% from the western population to create an antire region? 4%! and left the other regions intact lol... Anyways.

So I am the one arguing with emotions abi? clap for yourself.

YonkijiSappo:
An interesting observation for you.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2905/33730601526_ec4e902275_b.jpg

The Edos were estimated to be 955,000 at the time or 1.7% of the country. By 2006 census, the Edo population had reached 3.218 million. A 3.37 fold Increase. Their 2016 population was estimated to be 4,235,595 or a 4.435 fold increase.

If I consider the Edos and Eastern Yorubas as people of similar culture and outwork towards life generally and extrapolate the figures to the Yorubas (Note that the Western Yoruba groups might have higher birth rates, given the more pronounced presence of Islam etc)

The Yoruba who were 11.320 Million then would have been at LEAST (using the ondo/edo ballpark figure) 38.148 Million in 2006. and 50.20 Million in 2016.

Not surprising to me at all.

darfay:
I never knew urhobos were more than igalas. And ogonis more than isoko people. I have never met an ogoni fellow before.
@Nowenuse that means berom are actually not that large @ all

Assuming the stats are credible

Nowenuse:
These stats are very unreliable and useless.

Imagine Alago people being more than Bura people. Alago that do not even have a single LGA in Nasarawa state that they make up the overwhelming majority of the population being compared to Buras that dominate 3 LGAs entirely without another tribe and are significant minorities in like 3 other LGAs.

In the 1st census of Northern Nigeria around 1910, Beroms had the largest population besides Kanuris, Benue & Kogi tribes and Gbagyis.

Gbagyis outnumbered Nupes, Idomas & Igalas in the 1910 census but see where they are on that list. These things are highly inconsistent abeg.

You know this list is useless with the Edo numbers. That numbers for Edo, is it for the whole Edo state or for only Benin people?

If it is for the whole Edo state, how on Earth can Tivs, Ijaws & even Ibibios outnumber all Edo state indigenes combined?

If it is for only BINI people, then why are Esan & Afemai people not on the list? It's not possible for Esan people to be too small to make the list while the likes of Isoko & Chamba make the list.


As for Igalas. Okpoto & Ogugu people were sometimes not counted into Igala population. Especially Ogugu. They used to be counted as a separate ethnic group.
Also, Igala speakers in the SE & SS are not counted into Igala population.

darfay:
Where are bura people from?

It seems you are right, annang shouldn't outnumber urhobo people. What is a truly truly realistic number for berom in her estimation, recently met with someone online from plateau who claimed to be berom, The giant of the state

Maybe you should do something ethnic minorities or northern tribes one of these days