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Ethnic groups in Nigeria

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Tuareg Amazighs
Amazigh (Berber) people of the Sahara desert with a nomadic pastoralist lifestyle
Yoruba people
ethnic group of Nigeria, Benin and Togo
Fulbe people
ethnic group in the Sahel and West Africa
Hausa people
ethnic group in West Africa
Igbo people
ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria
Fon people
West African ethnic group, largest in Benin
Kanuri people
ethnic group
Ibibio people
ethnic group in southern Nigeria
Edo people
ethnic group in southern Nigeria
Ijaw people
ethnic group
Efik people
Nigerian ethnic group found in present-day Cross River state and Akwa Ibom state
Tiv people
ethnic group in Nigeria and a few more in Cameroon
Igala people
ethnic group in Nigeria
Bargu people
ethnic group in Benin and Nigeria
Ogoni people
ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria
Nupe people
ethnic group in Nigeria
Zarma people
ethnic group of westernmost Niger, Nigeria, Benin and nearby countries
Eket
Eket is one of the 31 local government areas in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The name Eket or Ekid also refers to the indigenous people of the region who are the Ibibio people of the southern part of Ibibioland and to their dialect which is Ekid. The Eket people use the endonym Ekid for themselves and their language, but Europeans spell and pronounce the name as "Eket".
Wodaabe
The Wodaabe (, , 𞤏𞤮𞤯𞤢𞥄𞤩𞤫) is a name that is used to designate a subgroup of the Fula ethnic group who are traditionally nomadic and found primarily in Niger and Chad. All Wodaabe people should not be mistaken as Mbororo as these are two separate subgroups of the Fulani people. It is translated into English as "Cattle Fulani", and meaning "those who dwell in cattle camps". The Wodaabe culture is one of the 186 cultures of the standard cross-cultural sample used by anthropologists to compare cultural traits. A Wodaabe woman, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, was also chosen to represent civil socie
Urhobo people
Ethnic group in southern Nigeria
Jukun people
ethnic group in the Benue River region in central Nigeria and northwest Cameroon
Nigerians
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. 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. Nigeria is composed of various ethnic groups and cultures and the term Nigerian refers to a citizenship-based civic nationality. Nigerians are derived from over 250 ethno-linguistic groups. Though there are multiple ethnic groups in Nigeria, economic factors r
Ebira people
ethnic group in Nigeria
Kotoko people
ethnic group in Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria
Gbagyi people
ethnic group in central Nigeria
Ekoi people
ethnic group in Cameroon and Nigeria
Berom people
ethnic group in Plateau State, Nigeria
Itsekiri people
Nigerian people
Mandara
Central African ethnic group
Chamba people
ethnic group in Cameroon and Nigeria
Buduma people
West African people
Mumuye people
Cameroonian and Nigerian people
Mambila people
ethnic group in Cameroon and Nigeria
Atyap people
The Atyap (Tyap: A̱tyap, singular: A̱tyotyap; exonyms: Jju: Ba̱tyap; Hausa: Kataf, Katab) are an ethnic group found majorly in Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema'a Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State and Riyom of Plateau State, Nigeria. They speak the Tyap language, one of the Central Plateau languages.
Iwellemmedan people
ethnic group
Dendi people
ethnic group in West Africa
Esan people
ethnic group in Nigeria
Isoko people
Ethnic group in the Niger River Delta region of Nigeria
Anang people
ethnic group in southern Nigeria
Kirdi
The Kirdi () are the many cultures and ethnic groups who inhabit northwestern Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria.
Egba people
clan of the Yoruba people living in western Nigeria
Anlo Ewe people
ethnic group in Ghana and Togo
Gun people
ethnic group in Benin and Western Nigeria
Mafa people
African ethnic group
Abraka
Boki people
ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria
Abam
Abam is a populated Igbo clan in Abia state. It is located in Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency of Nigeria. Abam is the biggest clan by population and landmass in Arochukwu LGA, and one of the biggest clan in Abia North senatorial district.
Maguzawa Hausa people
ethnic group
Aro people
Igbo subgroup in West Africa
Anga people
ethnic group in Nigeria
Abiriba
Abiriba pronounced [/E`biriba`/] is an ancient Enuda kingdom in Abia State, in southeastern Nigeria, traditionally an Igbo speaking region. It is in the Ohafia local government area.
Longuda people
West African ethnic group living in Adamawa and Gombe States in northeastern Nigeria
Hausa-Fulani
thumb|upright|Hausa-Fulanis during Eid Mubarak ceremony in Nigeria
Yako people
ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria
Mundang
ethnic group
Igede
Nigerian ethnic group
Oron people
ethnic group located primarily in Southern Nigeria and Cameroon
Kurtey people
ethnic group in Niger
Agbassa
Agbassa is the name of Otovwodo Community under Agbarha-Ame Kingdom which is one of the two Urhobo kingdoms in Warri South Local Government, Delta State, Nigeria, the other being Okere-Urhobo. The name 'Agbassa' is of British origin derives from its original name 'AGBARHA', which is still in use. The current king is H.R.M Kingsley Orereh (Igbi II), (Ovie of Agbarha-Ame Kingdom Warri South).
Koma in Adamawa
ethnic group