Nigeria, with its 140 million inhabitants, comprises of more than 250 ethnic groups speaking nearly 400 different dialects. English is its official language, widely used in all the large cities.

Broadly speaking, Nigeria’s territory can be split into a Y using the flow of its two large rivers,  Niger and BenueThis division rhymes with the territorial distribution of the three major ethnic and linguistic groups:

YORUBAS in the South-west  

IGBOS (pronounced Ibo) in the South-east

HAUSAS in the North

Les YORUBAS dans le Sud-Ouest.

Les IGBOS (prononcer Ibo) dans le Sud-Est.

Les HAUSAS dans le Nord.