NewStats: 3,264,862 , 8,184,921 topics. Date: Thursday, 12 June 2025 at 03:41 PM 1e495y

Naija_PR is the blog with the highest number of followers on Nigeria Twitter:

They conducted a poll asking people about their ethnic group, below the response from over 20k people:

—Yoruba: 50%
—Igbo: 23%
—Other Ethnics: 21%
—Hausa: 5%

Source: https://x.com/naija_pr/status/1875621245187977485?s=46

I am on Twitter, and I never even saw the poll, let alone got the chance to vote. How pathetic can statistics in Nigeria get? If you need help with such a headcount, ask for it instead of resorting to this botched attempt at revisionism.

kettykin:
I am on Twitter, and I never even saw the poll, let alone got the chance to vote. How pathetic can statistics in Nigeria get? If you need help with such a headcount, ask for it instead of resorting to this botched attempt at revisionism.

That’s why it’s called a poll. No one gives a bleep if you’re on Twitter or not.

20k polling number is enough to reach a conclusion. Many Yoruba will still be on Twitter that won’t see the poll.

Also Naija_PR is not d with any tribe so the sample distribution makes sense.

Even telecom data give credence to that fact.

Source: https://x.com/naija_pr/status/1875621245187977485?s=46

Each time South West, especially Lagos, ranks first in bad things, some people blame Igbo people in Lagos for the ranking. Now that the same South West, especially the same Lagos, has ranked first in internet usage, I hope that the same people will credit the ranking to the Igbo people that live in Lagos.

Toh

The results are fair enough.

The Yoruba have by far the highest number of internet whether on IG, Twitter, TikTok, or Facebook.

If that poll had been only Yoruba and Ibos, most of the minority tribes would have poll for Ibos and that is why we usually have skewed data before.

If you spell out the ethnicities, the Yoruba will always trump in every metrics.

immortalcrown:
Each time South West, especially Lagos, ranks first in bad things, some people blame Igbo people in Lagos for the ranking. Now that the same South West, especially the same Lagos, has ranked first in internet usage, I hope that the same people will credit the ranking to the Igbo people that live in Lagos.

Lol you guys and your delusion.

So Ibos also contribute to Ogun and Oyo that ranked second and fourth? I wonder why Anambra which is an Ibo populated state was not featured in top 10 and miraculously Ibos suddenly give Lagos the number.

I have always said it, Ibos don’t qualify to be called majority tribes. Only God knows what the founding father drank to suddenly say we have three major ethnic group. They probably counted the minority as Ibos too.

tundegan:
Naija_PR is the blog with the highest number of followers on Nigeria Twitter:

They conducted a poll asking people about their ethnic group, below the response from over 20k people:

—Yoruba: 50%
—Igbo: 23%
—Other Ethnics: 21%
—Hausa: 5%

Source: https://x.com/naija_pr/status/1875621245187977485?s=46

That means majority of the followers of that page are Yoruba.Thatsall.
Nairaland should conduct their own poll make we check something.

LegendHero:
Lol you guys and your delusion.

So Ibos also contribute to Ogun and Oyo that ranked second and fourth? I wonder why Anambra which is an Ibo populated states was not featured in top 10 and miraculously Ibos suddenly give Lagos the number.

I have always said it, Ibos don’t qualify to be called majority tribes. Only God knows what the founding father drank to suddenly say we have three major ethnic group. They probably counted the minority as Ibos too.

Why are you trying so hard to deviate from the topic? Don't twist my question. If you are among those people who usually make that claim against the Igbo people whenever Lagos or South West ranks first in bad things, answer the question on behalf of your colleagues. Otherwise keep quiet instead of twisting the question.

By the way, do you sound this way when Lagos ranks first in bad things and those people blame the ranking on Igbo people that live in Lagos?

Ojiofor:


That means is majority of the followers of that page are Yoruba.Thatsall.
Nairaland should conduct their own poll make we check something.

Majority on which page? A page with over 6m followers. You mean only Yoruba dominate the 6m followers?

immortalcrown:
Why are you trying so hard to deviate from the topic? Don't twist my question. If you are among those people who usually make that claim against the Igbo people whenever Lagos or South West ranks first in bad things, answer the question on behalf of your colleagues. Otherwise keep quiet instead of twisting the question.

By the way, do you sound this way when Lagos ranks first in bad things and those people blame the ranking on Igbo people that live in Lagos?

What ranking is blamed on the Ibos? Give me three example.

The only thing we call out Ibo for in Lagos is fraud, drug trafficking, and fake goods.

In of socio economic statistics, no sane person will blame Ibos for the numbers in Lagos. Give me three example of such cases.

LegendHero:
What ranking is blamed on the Ibos? Give me three example.

The only thing we call out Ibo for in Lagos is fraud, drug trafficking, and fake goods.

In of socio economic statistics, no sane person will blame Ibos for the numbers in Lagos. Give me three example of such cases.

This your question is very laughable. Maybe you ed this forum today. The recent one I can is when Lagos was ranked the unsafest city or the place with highest rate of crime in Nigeria. Those people started claiming that the people living in Lagos are the ones committing the crimes that gave Lagos the ranking.

Ojiofor:


That means is majority of the followers of that page are Yoruba.Thatsall.
Nairaland should conduct their own poll make we check something.

The poll is anything but standard. It's a chaotic, unregulated non standard poll where anything goes. These people thrive on unreliable, non-standardized data, turning it into a way of life—a disturbing culture of statistical absurdity -
To cap it up , they will rope in igbos on all these

LegendHero:


Majority on which page? A page with over 6m followers. You mean only Yoruba dominate the 6m followers?

From the poll the result shows Yoruba are majority followers of that page.
The result reflect people who are more on that page nothing else.Probably a Yoruba man is the of the page.

immortalcrown:
This your question is very laughable. Maybe you ed this forum today. The recent one I can is when Lagos was ranked the unsafest city or the place with highest rate of crime in Nigeria. Those people started claiming that the people living in Lagos are the ones committing the crimes that gave Lagos the ranking.

Yes they are right about the crime. Committing the highest crime per capital does not have a direct relationship with population number.

Blacks commit more crime and go to prison per capital in USA and yet they are only 13% of the population.

Fulani herdsmen commit more kidnapping crime per capital in Nigeria and yet they are less than 7% of the total population of Nigeria.

Ibos commit more drug trafficking crime per capital in Nigeria yet they are the third largest ethnic in Nigeria.

That’s why I said you should tell me the socio economic metrics you influence in Lagos that you can’t replicate in the SE where you have far more numbers.

Na Statistics we go chop?

kettykin:


The poll is anything but standard. It's a chaotic, unregulated non standard poll where anything goes. These people thrive on unreliable, non-standardized data, turning it into a way of life—a disturbing culture of statistical absurdity -
To cap it up , they will rope in igbos on all these

That poll means nothing than probably it is Yoruba owned page.

LegendHero:
Yes they are right about the crime. Committing the highest crime per capital does not have a direct relationship with population number.

Blacks commit more crime and go to prison per capital in USA and yet they are only 13% of the population.

Fulani herdsmen commit more kidnapping crime per capital in Nigeria and yet they are less than 7% of the total population of Nigeria.

Ibos commit more drug trafficking crime per capital in Nigeria yet they are the third largest ethnic in Nigeria.

That’s why I said you should tell me the socio economic metrics you influence in Lagos that you can’t replicate in the SE where you have far more numbers.

You are obviously shooting yourself on the leg. Why do you give the credit to Igbo people when Southwest or Lagos ranks first in bad things but you don't the Igbo people when the same Southwest or Lagos ranks first in good things?

kettykin:


The poll is anything but standard. It's a chaotic, unregulated non standard poll where anything goes. These people thrive on unreliable, non-standardized data, turning it into a way of life—a disturbing culture of statistical absurdity -
To cap it up , they will rope in igbos on all these

What are the criteria of a standard poll? Then tell me why that poll is not standard enough.

Twitter is designed in such a way that even people that don’t follow you will have access to your tweets. So it is very open.

Also, 20k polling number is enough sample size and because that page is a blog page non d with any ethnic, it made it more representative and fair.

How is that page different from Instablog?

immortalcrown:
You are obviously shooting yourself on the leg. Why do you give the credit to Igbo people when Southwest or Lagos ranks first in bad things but you don't the Igbo people when the same Southwest or Lagos ranks first in good things?

Why do you attribute kidnapping in the South East to Fulani herdsmen but never attribute good thing to the Fulanis?

Not all bad thing are attributed to the Ibos in the SW. They have their own area of specialization.

Rituals for example is done by Yoruba in the SW. Drug trafficking by Ibos, baby factory by Ibos, kidnapping by Fulanis, fake drug by Ibos, and this is a fact!

If we bring our 10 news about any of the above in Lagos/SW beside ritual, Ibos will lead their categories and Fulanis will also lead their category.

It does not necessarily mean that have the highest population to maintain the lead. It’s just per capital.

kettykin:
I am on Twitter, and I never even saw the poll, let alone got the chance to vote. How pathetic can statistics in Nigeria get? If you need help with such a headcount, ask for it instead of resorting to this botched attempt at revisionism.

I saw it and voted. As you can see, over 20,000 s participated.

LegendHero:
Why do you attribute kidnapping in the South East to Fulani herdsmen but never attribute good thing to the Fulanis?

Not all bad thing are attributed to the Ibos in the SW. They have their own area of specialization.

Rituals for example is done by Yoruba in the SW. Drug trafficking by Ibos, baby factory by Ibos, kidnapping by Fulanis, fake drug by Ibos, and this is a fact!

If we bring our 10 news about any of the above in Lagos/SW beside ritual, Ibos will lead their categories and Fulanis will also lead their category.

It does not necessarily mean that have the highest population to maintain the lead. It’s just per capital.

Why are you trying so hard to deviate from the topic? Neither the post nor my comment that you attack is talking about any of the things you listed here.

Why do you give the credit to Igbo people when Southwest or Lagos ranks first in bad things but you don't the Igbo people when the same Southwest or Lagos ranks first in good things?

LegendHero:


What are the criteria of a standard poll? Then tell me why that poll is not standard enough.

Twitter is designed in such a way that even people that don’t follow you will have access to your tweets. So it is very open.

Also, 20k polling number is enough sample size and because that page is a blog page non d with any ethnic, it made it more representative and fair.

How is that page different from Instablog?

I have over 20,000 followers on Twitter, but relying on that to determine how many igbos or Yorubas or Hausa-Fulanis are on the platform would be outright foolish. It would turn polling into a complete mockery.

Aside that the poll lacks the very basic requirements for a good poll.

Twitter polls are not eligible for some reasons below.
1. Lack of Representative Sampling: Twitter polls rely on voluntary participation, meaning the sample is self-selected. This introduces bias, as only certain s (e.g., your followers, or those who randomly see the tweet) participate.


2. Open Access: While Twitter is open, the participants are not controlled, meaning anyone—even those outside the intended audience—can vote. This dilutes the relevance of results.


3. No Control Over Demographics: There’s no way to ensure that the poll reflects a balanced cross-section of the population (e.g., by age, gender, tribe, etc.).

immortalcrown:
Why are you trying so hard to deviate from the topic? Neither the post nor my comment that you attack is talking about any of the things you listed here.

Why do you give the credit to Igbo people when Southwest or Lagos ranks first in bad things but you don't the Igbo people when the same Southwest or Lagos ranks first in good things?

I asked you about the bad thing and you said crime.

That does not depend on population. That was why I asked you for the other bad socio-economic statistics that we attribute to the Ibos in Lagos.

All what you mentioned is crime.

LegendHero:
I asked you about the bad thing and you said crime.

That does not depend on population. That was why I asked you for the other bad socio-economic statistics that we attribute to the Ibos in Lagos.

All what you mentioned is crime.

The role population plays in internet usage is also the role that population plays in crime rate. So, what exactly is your point?

kettykin:



I have over 20,000 followers on Twitter, but relying on that to determine how many igbos or Yorubas or Hausa-Fulanis are on the platform would be outright foolish. It would turn polling into a complete mockery.

Aside that the poll lacks the very basic necessitates required for a good poll.

Twitter polls are not eligible for some reasons below.
1. Lack of Representative Sampling: Twitter polls rely on voluntary participation, meaning the sample is self-selected. This introduces bias, as only certain s (e.g., your followers, or those who randomly see the tweet) participate.


2. Open Access: While Twitter is open, the participants are not controlled, meaning anyone—even those outside the intended audience—can vote. This dilutes the relevance of results.


3. No Control Over Demographics: There’s no way to ensure that the poll reflects a balanced cross-section of the population (e.g., by age, gender, location, etc.).

You have to understand Twitter. If you have 20k followers, only just 1 -10% of those are going to vote eventually if you have a poll.

For you to see 20k people that will vote, it is enough statistical data to reach a conclusion.

Every other data the polling number.

—In population, Yoruba trump Ibo based on NBS
—In data penetration, Yoruba trump Ibo based on network stats.
—In of voting strength, Yoruba trump Ibo based on INEC data.
—In of diaspora numbers in the West, the Yoruba trump Ibo. Mind you, lot of Western diaspora are on Nigeria twitter community.

There are some question that outsiders won’t interfere with much, one of them is ethnicity question. No sane person will go and vote he is Hausa when he is Zulu even if he sees the poll in another country.

Even if they vote, their numbers will be very negligible. You will never have a 100% foolproof polling, even if you go and carry paper to people to vote manually.

immortalcrown:
The role population plays in internet usage is also the role that population plays in crime rate. So, what exactly is your point?

Nope, it is not.

People will low population can commit the highest number of crime per capital. This is a self evident truth.

Men for example commit the highest number of crime per capital, yet they are not statistically more (2x) than women in Nigeria.

Ibos commit the highest number of drug trafficking in Nigeria and yet they are not the majority.

Blacks are more in prison in USA but yet they are just 13% of the population.

Southerners have the highest number of internet fraudsters in Nigeria but yet we are not more populated than the North.

immortalcrown:
This your question is very laughable. Maybe you ed this forum today. The recent one I can is when Lagos was ranked the unsafest city or the place with highest rate of crime in Nigeria. Those people started claiming that the people living in Lagos are the ones committing the crimes that gave Lagos the ranking.

Leave that one to be clowning

LegendHero:


You have to understand Twitter. If you have 20k followers, only just 1 -10% of those are going to vote eventually if you have a poll.

For you to see 20k people that will vote, it is enough statistical data to reach a conclusion.

Every other data the polling number.

—In population, Yoruba trump Ibo based on NBS
—In data penetration, Yoruba trump Ibo based on network stats.
—In of voting strength, Yoruba trump Ibo based on INEC data.
—In of diaspora numbers in the West, the Yoruba trump Ibo. Mind you, lot of Western diaspora are on Nigeria twitter community.

There are some question that outsiders won’t interfere with much, one of them is ethnicity question. No sane person will go and vote he is Hausa when he is Zulu even if he sees the poll in another country.

Even if they vote, their numbers will be very negligible. You will never have a 100% foolproof polling, even if you go and carry paper to people to vote manually.

Do you even realize that in the census conducted by the colonial government, the Igbo were recorded as the most populous tribe?
.igbos were the most populous tribe until Nigeria started doing census themselves.

In figures published by NYSC and UME (before Dibu Oerinde stopped releasing the UME data), the Igbo consistently produced more graduates, more doctors, and more engineering students than any other group.

Inec doesn't release data by tribe rather they do so by state.

The data from telecommunications switches and data center doesn't also reflect tribes but on a state wide and it still doesn't take onto subscribers that on transit.


I’ve traveled extensively, and in countries like China, India, and the UAE—especially Dubai—the Igbo outnumber other Nigerians combined. In Dubai and China, the Igbo are the only Nigerians with retail shops. No other Nigerian tribe comes close. The respect for the Igbo in Dubai was so profound that Arab traders would sing Igbo songs to me when they realized I was Igbo. No other Nigerian tribe carries that energy or global recognition.

In the United States, many Igbo remain undocumented and avoid official recognition, which skews any numbers. Across Africa, Igbo communities thrive, from Sierra Leone to Liberia and Equatorial Guinea, where the Igbo are recognized as an official tribe. For European countries like , , and the United Kingdom, I don’t have current data, but the Igbo presence is undeniable. No other Nigerian group replicates this global dominance and influence.


.

LegendHero:
Nope, it is not.

People will low population can commit the highest number of crime per capital. This is a self evident truth.

Men for example commit the highest number of crime per capital, yet they are not statistically more (2x) than women in Nigeria.

Ibos commit the highest number of drug trafficking in Nigeria and yet they are not the majority.

Blacks are more in prison in USA but yet they are just 13% of the population.

Southerners have the highest number of internet fraudsters in Nigeria but yet we are not more populated than the North.

I have been waiting for you to justify why Lagos ranking in bad things should be credited to Igbo people but Lagos ranking in good things should not be credited to Igbo people.

kettykin:

Do you even realize that in the census conducted by the colonial government, the Igbo were recorded as the most populous tribe? In figures published by NYSC and UME (before Dibu Oerinde stopped releasing the UME data), the Igbo consistently produced more graduates, doctors, and engineering students than any other group.

Which of the pre colonial census? 1911, 1921, 1931, 1953, or 1941 census? How exactly does a census conducted 80 years ago influence today’s data?

In all the jamb numbers, Yoruba still churn out the most figures comprehensively so what exactly are you talking about. How does that invalidate the population of Yoruba or imply Ibos have more numbers?

I’ve traveled extensively, and in countries like China, India, and the UAE—especially Dubai—the Igbo outnumber other Nigerians combined. In Dubai and China, the Igbo are the only Nigerians with retail shops. No other Nigerian tribe comes close. The respect for the Igbo in Dubai was so profound that Arab traders would sing Igbo songs to me when they realized I was Igbo. No other Nigerian tribe carries that energy or global recognition.

How much is the population of Nigerians in the countries you mentioned compared to the Western nations of USA, Canada, and the UK? What is their combined wealth compared to Nigerians diaspora in the West.

Do you guys just talk without thinking? When we talk about population numbers, wealth, achievements, Nigerians in the West far trump any diaspora Nigerians other regions of the world
.

In the United States, many Igbo remain undocumented and avoid official recognition, which skews any numbers.

Bro you’re conversing with Legendhero, which Ibo remain undocumented? You’ll always have excuse for to give. I did my masters here, connected with black people network in school like NSBE and etc, work in corporate America, and have exposure with the blue collar here. I swear, no Nigeria ethnic group have the numbers of Yoruba in USA. Even the official government data here say so. The same thing is true of Canada and the UK.

Across Africa, Igbo communities thrive, from Sierra Leone to Liberia and Equatorial Guinea, where the Igbo are recognized as an official tribe. For European countries like , , and the United Kingdom, I don’t have current data, but the Igbo presence is undeniable. No other Nigerian group replicates this global dominance and influence.

Don’t go through this route. Aside the Hausa, Yoruba have the highest number outside Nigeria that are indigenous to other countries.

No other Nigeria ethnicity group replicate the dominance, wealth, and influence of the Yoruba whether home or diaspora.

The first time I went on a vacation to Puerto Rico, that was when I understood Yoruba reach. All their YouTube is about Orisa. No to talk of Yoruba in the carribean, Yoruba in Benin, and the rest of the globe.

In wealth, power, and cultural reach, Igbo can’t lace Yoruba shoe on the global stage. This is a fact!

immortalcrown:
I have been waiting for you to justify why Lagos ranking in bad things should be credited to Igbo people but Lagos ranking in good things should not be credited to Igbo people.

Maybe you don’t understand English much cos I’ve explained multiple times. Let me try to learn how to type in Igbo, probably that might help.