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 ...

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 ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said the ancient Igboland community covered 13 Nigerian states ... other ethnic groups, IPOB reaffirmed ...

(photo: KOLA SULAIMON / AFP via Getty Images) Tyler Arnold/CNA World September 3, 2024 A new report has found that ethnic and religious violence in Nigeria ... groups.” However, the report ...

Nigeria is a deeply divided state in which major political issues are contested along complex ethnic, religious and regional divisions. Three major identity-group ... to states and local governments.