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The Ijaw people, also known as the Ịjọ people, [2] are an ethnic group found in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria, with primary population clusters [3] [4] in Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers. [5] They also have significant population clusters in Edo , [ 6 ] Ondo .
The Ibani people are an Ijaw ethnic group who live along with other Ijaw speaking peoples in the Bonny and Opobo areas of Rivers State, Nigeria, on the Atlantic coast. [citation needed] Bonny town is the tribal seat of the Ibani, and is located on the bight of Bonny River .
The Egbema tribe, also called Egbema Kingdom, is a sub-clan of the Ijaw people. They are of Ijaw ethnicity from the Delta and Edo States. The Egbema have a strong Ijaw cultural identity, despite their location on the western fringe of Ijawland. The Kingdom traces its origins to several migrations from the Ijaw heartland centuries ago.
Nigeria is a very ethnically diverse country with 371 ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Hausa, Yoruba and the Igbo. [1] Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation.
The people of Ogbia are part of the Ijaw (Ijo, Izon) Tribe. Ogbia has an area of 695 km 2 and a population [4] of over 179,926. It is well known for its historic value to the today Nigerian state economy mainstay. Crude oil was first discovered in Nigeria, at Oloibiri Town on Sunday 15 January 1956. [5] The postal code of the area is 562. [6]
The NDDC was created largely as a response to the demands of the population of the Niger Delta, a populous area inhabited by a diversity of minority ethnic groups. During the 1990s these ethnic groups, most notably the Ijaw and the Ogoni established organizations to confront the Nigerian government and multinational oil companies such as Shell.
Although linguistically related to the Yoruba and Igala ethnic groups, modern day Itsekiris, through centuries of intermingling, are of mixed ethnic origins. They are most closely related to the South-Eastern and South-South Yorubaland sub-groups - Ijebu, Akure, Ikale, Ilaje, Ondo and Owo, and also Edo, Urhobo and Ijaw. The Itsekiri today are ...
The Obolo people, [1] also known as the Andoni [2] or Doni, is an ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. [3] [4] Obolo people are of Ijaw ansestry and are primarily found in Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State. They are also present in the states of Cross River, Abia, and Enugu. [5]