Nigeria is made up of several ethnic groups, the majority of which are the Igbo, Hausa, and the Yoruba. Within these ethnic groups are several tribes numbering 371. Here is a full list of the 371 ...

Nigerian politicians have criticized a call to expel members of one of the country's main ethnic groups from the north ... governors of 19 northern Nigerian states. Kashim Shettima, the governor ...

In this article, we explore Nigeria’s ethnic diversity, listing the ethnic groups within each state.

The Igbo, the main ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria, has represented some of the staunchest opponents of Sharia law. In many northern Hausa-Fulani-dominated states, minority populations of ...

Major ethnic groups across ... to abrogate states that we have presently. “The Regions would form the Federating units to make the country to be known as United Regions of Nigeria, URN or ...

In 1804, Islamic purist, Uthman dan Fodio (a Fulani) launched a holy war or jihad which saw him conquer the ancient Hausa city states ... among the ethnic groups of central Nigeria," Ike Onyekwere ...

The governors of ... to allow their states the right to form their own police forces. In 1954 a constitution was drawn up which created three regions: Northern, western and eastern. The regions ...

Former Nigerian president ... as representatives of the entire nation rather than their individual states or ethnic groups. "You are a member of the Nigerian National Assembly, either the Senate ...