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  2. List of ethnic groups in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Culture of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    The Igbo people, commonly and often referred to as Ibo people, are one of the largest ethnic groups to ever exist in Africa; they have a total population of about 20 million people. Most people who are a part of this ethnic group are based in the southeastern part of Nigeria, they contribute to about 17 percent of the country's population.

  4. Nigerians - Wikipedia

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    Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. [22] The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw , who later married Baron Frederick Lugard , a British colonial administrator ...

  5. Kalabari tribe - Wikipedia

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    Kalabari people have one of the cheapest forms of legal marriage in the south-south region of Nigeria, their marriage is cheap compared to the neighbouring cites such as the Ikwerre, Okrika, Ahoada, Ogoni, Bonny, and Opobo. The cheapest form of marriage which is recognized in Kalabari is called "Ari Ibara emi" (meaning she is with me).

  6. Chamba people - Wikipedia

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    The Chamba people, also known as Samba, Tchamba, Tsamba, Daka and Chamba-Ndagan, are an ethnic group found in the Adamawa State of North-East Nigeria and neighboring parts of north Cameroon. [4] They speak two distantly related languages: Chamba Leko , of the Leko–Nimbari languages , and Chamba Daka , of the Dakoid languages , both of which ...

  7. History of Nigeria (1500–1800) - Wikipedia

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    A popular theory that Igbos were stateless rests on the paucity of historical evidence of pre-colonial Igbo society. But, archaeological finds of Igbo Ukwu have revealed a rich material culture in the heart of the Igbo region in the 8th century, but there is little evidence to cover the period from then to the oral traditions of the 20th century.

  8. Ijaw people - Wikipedia

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    The Ijaw people, also known as the Ịjọ people, [6] are an ethnic group found in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria, with primary population clusters [7] [8] in Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers. [9] They also have significant population clusters in Edo, [10] Lagos, Ondo. [11] [12] and small parts of Akwa Ibom [13].

  9. Tangale people - Wikipedia

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    The Tangale people are one of the ethnic groups in Northern Nigeria, situated in Gombe State. They speak the Tangale language (Po Tangle) and derived their name from “ Tangal ”, a chief of Billiri (Western Tangale) in the present day Gombe state in Nigeria .