DRANOEL:

the middle belt people found mostly in central nigeria,the majority people being the tiv who are found in benue,nassarawa,taraba,cross rivers,other big tribes in the region include the igala's and the nupe"s. most of the tribes in the middle belt can be classified as follows:

1.kwararafa = igalas,idomas,jukun,chamba,kuteb,bassa e.t.c
2.banza tribes = nupes,ilorin ,egbirra
3.tiv
4.yoruba = okun and co
5.nok = berom,angas,southern kaduna e.t.c

most of the middle belt people speak hausa except the tiv,idoma yoruba and theyare predominantly christian

Pls get your facts straight before posting on a public forum.
How can you call Ilorin banza or whatever you call it. even though the website u quoted to back this up doesn't look too reputable, i will nevertheless refer to it. http://www.teachyourselfhausa.com/ Here it is said hausa is a language spoken there but you can see them defined as Yoruba(its the fulani minority there that speak hausa).Now if you had said Kwara had banza people without specifying ilorin town , it would have been a credible post.

DRANOEL:

let me indulge your ignorance and educate some of you since you cant use google search for research

heres a qoute from c.i.a fact book

"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% "

you can get further info from here https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html

those of you having issues of idoma being a kwararafa tribe might want to read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idoma

as for those needing info on banza tribes read this http://www.teachyourselfhausa.com/

as for the igbiras i admit they are not part of the banza tribes

Since these links were put together to educate us, i would suggest that for your subsequent references , you only put forward those which fully support ur arguments and not ones which contradict one another.Take for instance your CIA link claiming the TIVs are the 7th largest and your Thisday Online link claiming they are the 4th.

My peeps ! Its a nice evening and am hollering at y'all
What's good?

hi every body

wishing you all a wonderful day ahead

tubabie:

Pls get your facts straight before posting on a public forum.
How can you call Ilorin banza or whatever you call it. even though the website u quoted to back this up doesn't look too reputable, i will nevertheless refer to it. http://www.teachyourselfhausa.com/ Here it is said hausa is a language spoken there but you can see them defined as Yoruba(its the fulani minority there that speak hausa).Now if you had said Kwara had banza people without specifying ilorin town , it would have been a credible post.


Since these links were put together to educate us, i would suggest that for your subsequent references , you only put forward those which fully support ur arguments and not ones which contradict one another.Take for instance your CIA link claiming the TIVs are the 7th largest and your Thisday Online link claiming they are the 4th.

madam whether 7th or 4th(if i can recall it said arguably) one thing is clear,the tiv are the largest in the middle belt.

as for ilorin,history is not always fair to us when we realise that that which we loathe is actually part of us. here is a short reading for you,

"The Hausa Kingdoms were a collection of independent city-states situated between the Niger River and Lake Chad.

Contents [show]
1 Hausa Bakwai
2 Banza Bakwai
3 Zenith
4 Fall
5 Sources



[edit] Hausa Bakwai
The Hausa Kingdoms began as seven states with a shared mythology with its founders being the sons of a Queen. They are known as the Hausa Bakwai meaning Hausa Seven. The states included:

Daura ? - 1806
Kano 998 - 1807
Katsina c. 1400 - 1805
Zazzau (Zaria) c. 1200 - 1808
Gobir c. 1000 - 1808
Rano c. 1000 - 1800s?
Biram c. 1100 - 1805

[edit] Banza Bakwai
The growth and conquest of the Hausa Bakwai resulted in the founding of additional states with rulers tracing their lineage to a concubine of the Hausa founding father, Bayajidda. Thus they are called the Banza Bakwai meaning Bastard or Bogus Seven. The Banza Bakwai adopted many of the customs and institutions of the Hausa Bakwai but were considered unsanctioned or copy-cat kingdoms by non-Hausa people. These states include:

Zamfara
Kebbi
Yauri (also called Yawuri)
Gwari (also called Gwariland)
Kororafa (a Jukun state)
Nupe (of the Nupe people)
Ilorin (a Yoruba state)

you can get the full text here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_Kingdoms

you should take time and do further reading here http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52280/Banza-Bakwai

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1624_story_of_africa/page84.shtml

history is not always what we think

Whatever u call urself u must have a big problem i wonder wetin carry madman like live hospital and for that stipid history u are giving why not keep it to urself.

Mr Dranoel
Your little history is not helping in anyway so i guess u just let go tubabie has raised a good point which is which is the credibillity of ur source ok.

@Tubabie
ba wo ni eshe? Jarus kno.
@pinklady
Ete me ya?
@Geo
pls say smtin to this history prof.

@ temi

i dey fine oh,
long time no post, hope no prob

@oyiza_mi

dude you dont have to insult,the essence of such forums is for learning,now i raised a point you guys dismissed,i replied by posting sources from the net to buttress my point(cause i cant start uploading history books and documents for you) you resulted to insults! what i expected from a learned person like you(i assume you are) was simple,you could have easily replied "the tiv are not the largest ethnic group in the middle belt,so so and so ethnic group is - here are my facts! ilorin is not part of the banza states - here are my facts! as simple as that! insults dont make you right they only show your level of intellect,why not do yourself a favour by picking up history books/relevant documents relating to hausa kingdom and nigerian country facts cause believe from what i have read of you it will do you a whole lot of good!

@temi 4 real

credibility of my source? i posted links from thisday,bbc,britannica,c.i.a and you are still talking about credibility? why not help yourself and do a little research on the net while you are browsing,its quite easy go to any of the search engines and you are just a click away!

it's all about learning and i expect to learn from you instead of getting insults for saying something 13year olds of these days know

@Dranoel
Well i might be older than 13 but i dont see you giving us details like someone up to 13.
Your stupid sources were something written by a fool like you too,
and what in Gods name are u doing on this here if u are really up to 13 you will know we are not here to talk all the larger or smaller part of the middle belt ok.

Hi Oyiza
Long time no chat. how was ur weekend and i hope u're kul. hope to hear from you.

@oyiza_mi

read all my responses to you and yours to me and then see who really is the fool. typical dullard waiting for me to provide sources before learning on your own! didnt you do history in school? or dont you read papers? intelligent illiterate!

DRANOEL:

@oyiza_mi

read all my responses to you and yours to me and then see who really is the fool. typical dullard waiting for me to provide sources before learning on your own! didnt you do history in school? or dont you read papers? intelligent illiterate!

why the insult noa, it doesn't have to get to all this

I dey here o. I am a member. Kogi.

Gadols:

I dey here o. I am a member. Kogi.

oya introduce yaself noa

pinky lady:

oya introduce yaself noa

Tell him pls. pinkyLady how u dey?

I dey fine, long time

Hey Pinky,
happy Nu month.

@ goe
thanks and i wish you the same.

where is temi and the rest in the house

May be Temi no get money browse again. Pls don't quote me

Hello! i just dey too busy or better stl i no get money to come online again.

Pinklady where that u buzuru friend friend dey?

@geo
so u don flirt openly for internet na wa o.

I miss u all!

hi temi

abeg oh over work urself, hope ur weekend was cool

temi 4 rea:


Pinklady where that u buzuru friend friend dey?

i no know where she dey oh, tired sendin her mails but no response

@Pinklany
omo iya ba wo ni? dat yab na for me not for temi seriously i no get pepper to go internet for browsing na my boyfriend system i dey use now.
u know how we go am i go cm ur office as in neqar daula hotel round abt cm see u.

@temi
sori o just take am easy wth wuk u hear how ur omos and oko.

@Geo
how far now, them don pay u salary i need cheez quick quick, give me binahmed num mk i call see if anything go drop.

@the house

where una run go,where tubabie and ify,macteejay and jarus.
abeg mk we go NTA b4 e go too late.

oyiza_mi:

@Pinklany
omo iya ba wo ni? dat yab na for me not for temi seriously i no get pepper to go internet for browsing na my boyfriend system i dey use now.
u know how we go am i go cm ur office as in neqar daula hotel round abt cm see u.

@temi
sori o just take am easy wth wuk u hear how ur omos and oko.

@Geo
how far now, them don pay u salary i need cheez quick quick, give me binahmed num mk i call see if anything go drop.

@the house

where una run go,where[b] tubabie[/b] and ify,macteejay and jarus.
abeg mk we go NTA b4 e go too late.

*Raising her long arms . . . . . . . PRESENT*

Haba dont go to NTA yet o! We are not lost
Whats happening now?
The thread was dry so me, myself and I run comot too.

oyiza_mi:

@Pinklany
omo iya ba wo ni? dat yab na for me not for temi seriously i no get pepper to go internet for browsing na my boyfriend system i dey use now.
u know how we go am i go cm ur office as in neqar daula hotel round abt come see you

ok now no probs i'll be waiting for you oh

House how una dey?

Haba dont go to NTA yet o! We are not lost
Whats happening now?
The thread was dry so me, myself and I run comot too.

Thank God. I don google you many times. Where macteejay2 and Jarus and Binahmed run go?

Na wa for all of una. Are u guys sleeping or what

Jarus dey like Dele o.

How is everybody? Our bankers, how una dey?

nawah oh where is every body oh

i've missed u all for real.

abeg make una show b4 i go faint oh

my close friend is idoma

Na wa o na wetin this beautiful and fun filled thread turn to !

Na wa o so n action person to wake una up.

Anyway i dey posted to marketing so to browse now no easy at all

At every body mo miss eyei kon.

@Jarus
How far now i hope say ur auditors no disturbe u toomuch, i miss u well well.