Ijaw
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The Ijaw Youth Council, which represents local people, said it expected thousands more cuts as other oil majors retrench.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2020
Likewise, Ijaw - widely spoken in the restive oil-producing Niger Delta area of southern Nigeria - is not compulsory.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2017
A short boat ride up the creek, Mr Ekpebide took me to the seat of the traditional Gbaramatu Kingdom, a prominent Ijaw group in the region.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2016
A resurgence of militant activity would be a blow to President Goodluck Jonathan, who helped to negotiate the amnesty and who is from the same Ijaw ethnic group as most of the militants.
From Reuters ● Apr. 7, 2013
She was an Ijaw and could not understand Arize’s Igbo.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
There had long been conflict between the Itsekiris and the Ijaws, some of it caused by British colonialists’ divide-and-rule tactics.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2021
The Ijaws thought the Itsekiris were trying to use the investigation to lay claim to their lands.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2021
Ibos, indeed, are in the majority, yet there are millions of Ijaws, Ibibios, Efiks, Ekois, Annangs and others living in the former Eastern Region.
From Time Magazine Archive
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