Nowenuse:


[s]Bro, Fulanis are many in Nigeria if you count the Hausanized Fulanis as Fulanis. They are up to 15 million.
However, if it is just the Pure Fulanis, then they are like 5-7 million.[/s]

JonDon12:



Muslims are a majority in Nigeria, That is a fact. You are a citizen of a muslim country. One of the most backward ones too. Not only is Nigeria a muslim mahority country, They are our defacto rulers. They rule in the North and amongst the Yoruba, They are first class citizens. In Yorubaland, most of their Obas are Muslim, the otunbas as well. The state governers are muslim as well as the political, afenifere and OPC chieftains. This is Nigerias reality. The British made sure the Muslims remained in charge because they are easier to control.

Iamgrey5:
Oyo state govenor is christian, Ogun state governor is christian, Ekiti state governor is christian, Ondo state governor is christian and Lagos state governor is christian, only Osun i believe has a Muslim governor.

The Oni of ife and head of Afenifere are Christians.

Please say something else.

scholes0:


Everywhere there. Even if they are tiny, theya re still present.
In many places within this obodo Nigeria ,igbos are tiny but prominent component of the fabric of towns. That is what many people don't know. prominent is not the same as populated That is how one of you was arguing that migrant Igbo Communities were more than the Ibibios in A/Ibom state and he was telling you guyz the reality oon ground.

scholes0:


Population density of Igboland between the Central Anambra and the Central/Imo to Umuahia axis, as well as the central Enugu ridge between Ezike and Udi, I agree. But overall population is still a big toss up to be honest. And by overall population I am also including the Ikwerres, Ikaz, Ogbas, Kwales and all other igbo affiliated groups, even Ekpeye.
Igbo settlement pattern is the same as that the Fon of Southern Benin, still all Fon within Benin cant be more than 4 million.

Density x Landmass is what will result in eventual population not just density alone.

Nowenuse:


Delta central is more cosmopolitan than Kogi east because places like Uvwie & Udu have merged with Warri and have many tribes living there. Same with Ughelli & Sapele towns.
Delta central is far far more urbanized unlike Kogi east.
How many immigrants are living in Ankpa or Anyigba? Everybody is Igala.

Yes, you also have Urhbos in Warri south and a small minority in Patani & Sagbama LGA in Bayelsa. However, Igalas have up to 6 towns in the SE/SS and some communities in Apa LGA of Benue state.

Lastly, Igalas migrate more than Urhobos as of today. Igalas are becoming intimidating in Abuja, they are also very many in Kaduna, Jos & Kano, they are in Igbo land too.
Urhobo migrants on the other hand only have strong populations in Benin villages & Ajegunle (Lagos).
Both tribes should be something very close to equal.

Yujin:

You're correct. We still have to consider the proportion of the densities when comparing both regions. The density in Igboland was about triple the average in other areas hence the earlier census done by the British showed Igboland as having the biggest population in Southern Nigeria.

scholes0:


Ibibio land is also dense. Denser than tiv land, but Ibibios are not more than Tivs.
I think that is a fair analogy that roughly also equates to the dynamics between Yoruba and Igbo with Igbo being Ibibio and yoruba being Tiv.

Yujin:

It is not a fair analogy and you know it. Colonial records show Igbos with more population than Yorubas. Is it not so?

GODMALE:
All these ethnic groups without real social media plaform, if you go to YouTube, Facebook , instagram. You'll see hausa-fulani,igbos and Yoruba's movies, music's,wedding pages and other social forum stuffs.

The only ethnic group to have something similar is Benin, their Instagram wedding page is top 3 after Yoruba's, Hausa and Igbo's and Ibibio comes 4th.

They have their own movie production and you can even view i on YouTube, I tried to check if ijaw, urhobo etc have something similar but I was stunned, I tought ijaw has 15 million population so they can't act movies in ijaw language?

Even in diaspora forum, after the 3 major tribes Benin comes next in hosting occasions

Iamgrey5:
Oyo state govenor is christian, Ogun state governor is christian, Ekiti state governor is christian, Ondo state governor is christian and Lagos state governor is christian, only Osun i believe has a Muslim governor.

The Oni of ife and head of Afenifere are Christians.

Please say something else.

GODMALE:
I dare anyone to bring any ijaw, urhobo and other ethnic groups you people claim have more population than Benin's and show us their movies or songs.

FulaniJihadists:



I jaw don't travel outside the country much,
Only people outside Nigeria are interested in watch/listening movie/song on Youtube,
You can't compare the entire Edo to Ijaw let alone Benin.

GODMALE:
this ijaw population figure is fake, they join all the ethnic groups similar to ijaw as one even if they have diverse origin and different language.

That explains why their online presence are low and why their language in Nigeria is almost known existence, the real ijaw won't be more than a million.

So you claim because before that travel out only view YouTube?

GODMALE:
igbos have big population before but not now, remember millions were used for suya so they are relegated to 3rd, if they dare try such nonsense again, there won't be tribe call Igbo's in this world

oilPUSSY:



Its obvious that its still a mystery to you that Igbo's still maintained their position in Nigerian population even after the war..

How dft one can be.. You think that casualties were one sided ?
Or only Igbos died during the war ?

You should focus more on the reason why you people are dying like chicken in this 21 century even when no war is going on hence your decline..

You were even closer to Igbo's in population in 1930's which is the ist picture I attached, now the gap Igbo's have given you is getting wider despite the fact that your people are practicing polygamy due to Islam.....


Sit down and have a sober reflection.

Is it a punishment or carelessness ?

FulaniJihadists:


The idiot you quoted is a Benin man from Edo,
Though, half of them are Muslims just like the Yorubas, they are pro Islam.

JonDon12:



Muslims are a majority in Nigeria, That is a fact. You are a citizen of a muslim country. One of the most backward ones too. Not only is Nigeria a muslim mahority country, They are our defacto rulers. They rule in the North and amongst the Yoruba, They are first class citizens. In Yorubaland, most of their Obas are Muslim, the otunbas as well. The state governers are muslim as well as the political, afenifere and OPC chieftains. This is Nigerias reality. The British made sure the Muslims remained in charge because they are easier to control.

scholes0:


But how is it an unfair analogy? the conditions mirror each other perfectly well. The land area-density dichotomy.
colonial documents also show igbos more than hausa-fulani. Even if it were true at the time, a lot has since changed from the era of the 1920s.

mandarin:
Quite impressed by a couple of factual contributions here.
Let me chip in something, which of Yoruba or Igbo is the largest in the North, people should stop the misconception of Igbo being more.
Also of importance is the fact that Hausa would lose majority should Hausa Fulani tag be splitted, that's the truth.That would probably make Yoruba the largest single ethnic group in Nigeria and Igbo comes second..

pazienza:



Very true. People don't know this, or they want to play the ostrich. But Yorubas are predominantly Muslims.
Don't let their commercialized pastors in Lagos-Ogun express road deceive you, those lots seek out mainly Igbo Christians to milk. They know most of their people are Muslims.

I have lived in rural Yoruba before and was shocked by that discovery. Too many mosques and Muslims everywhere. I was shocked.

Now do the maths, of the three dominant Ethnic groups in Nigeria, Hausa-Fulani are overwhelmingly Muslims, Yoruba are like 60% Muslims. Only the Igbo are the Christian core.

It's wishful thinking Nigeria is not a predominantly Muslim country, because it is.

GODMALE:
igbos have big population before but not now, remember millions were used for suya so they are relegated to 3rd, if they dare try such nonsense again, there won't be tribe call Igbo's in this world

Yujin:

Igbos in the north are within the range of 7-10million. In the West, maximum 7 million. In the SE, 21million and SS- 6million.

scholes0:


The mind of the average okun is not in kogi, it is stuck in Ilorin, Ibadan, Ile-Ife or Lagos.lol funny but 'it is a true something'. Even during elections their turnout is usually the lowest. They are not enthused about the entire prospect of 'Kogi' at all.. To the Igalas, Kogi is nirvana. The state na their papa property, an avenue to finally develop their land after years of shackling under Benue-Plateau to Benue then to Kwara (Where they were jokingly called 'abroad kwarans' because there was no bridge between Itobe and Ajaokuta at the time like it does now, they had to use Canoes to even get to their own capital in ilorin and other parts of the state) nd then again under Benue before they finally landed in Paradise Kogi

Ebiras are the ones in a dicey situation here, because left to the Okuns they won't even be Kogites. Igalas are happy where they are. Ebiras however will never share a state alone with Igalas and don't want to return to a state where they would be an even smaller minority under a heavy yoruba majority (Kwara). I just feel it is because of them that Kogi was even brought together as an entity cos Igala population alone can't sustain a state so the western half were brought over from Kwara to join, together with the centrally located and historically significant town of lokoja.

The truth is that Okuns and Ebiras have different political agendas but they can still come together if they really want to. They just have to come by a rotation agreement and Igala domination will be history.