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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 ] Lagos , Ondo .
The Kalabari are a sub-group of the Ijaw people living in the eastern Niger Delta region of Nigeria. [1] Originally, they were known as the Awome. The name Kalabari was derived from their ancestor Perebo Kalabari who was a son of Meinowei. [2] Their original settlement was spelt as Calabar by the Portuguese which was pronounced Kalabari. This ...
Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the entire country because other languages have been around for over a thousand years making them the major languages in terms of numbers of native speakers.
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 Boma tribe (Bumo) of the Ijaw people live in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The thirteen Bumo settlements are: Diebu, Ekowe, Emette, Eniwari, Fonibiri, Igbematoru, Ikianbiri, Kainyanbiri, Ozezebiri, Peremabiri, Polobugo and Seibiri (also known as Opuama). [1] Their Boma identity derives from their tradition of common origin and a common dialect of ...
The Kalabari Kingdom, also called Elem Kalabari (Kalabari: New Shipping Port), is the independent traditional state of the Kalabari people, a sub-group of the Ijaw tribe, eastern ijo, in the Niger River Delta. It is recognized as a traditional state in what is now Rivers State, in southern region of Nigeria.
For convenience, the migration traditions of the Kula people can be briefly viewed in two broad angles as narrated below. [citation needed] One group comprising a set of ijaw (ijo) settlers were traced to the Iselema area in the western Niger Delta in the present day Delta State of Nigeria. Some writers even refer to an earlier movement from ...
The Nkoro tribe' of the Ijaw people lives in southeastern Rivers State, Nigeria. Nkoro Kingdom The Nkoro people, a subgroup of the Ijaw ethnic group, inhabit the Niger Delta region of Rivers State, Nigeria (Williamson, 2012). They are primarily located in the Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area, with Nkoro Town serving as a District Headquarter.