Skip to main content

Read: Taraba State and it 40 Plus Tribes; Which Tribe do you belong to?

Taraba State was created in 1991 out of the old Gongola State by the Military Administration of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on 27th of August, 1991.

The first governor of the state was Rear Admiral Adeyemi Ambrose Afolahan who was a Military Administrator. And the first Civilian Governor was Rev. Jolly Nyame. And its current governor is Arc. Darius Ishaku who has been the governor since 2015.

Taraba State is blessed with both Natural and Human Resources as it nickname is Nature Gift of the Nation. Taraba State has the highest number of tribes in Nigeria but this claim is unconfirmed.

Below are the 40+ list of tribes in Taraba State you don't know.

1. BABUR

2. BAKULUNG

3. CHAMBA

4. BANDAWA

5. BAMBUKO

6. BETSO (BETE)

7. BOBUA

8. DANGSA

9. DIBA

10. PULBE

11. GENGLE

12. GORNUN (GMUN)

13. GONIA

14. GWOM

15. HAUSA

16. IDOMA

17. JIRU

18. JAHUNAWA JAHUN

19. JONJO

20. JOLE

21. JUKUN

22. KABAWA

23. KADARA

24. KANURI

25. KARIMJO

26. KENTON

27. KONA

28. KUNINI

29. KUTEB

30. KWANCHI

31. KUTIN

32. LAU

33. LAMA

34. LAMJA

35. MAMBILA

36. MUMUYE

37. NDORO

38. PANYAM

39. PKANZOM

34. POLL

35. POTOPO

37. SAKBE

38. SATE

39. SHOMO

40. TAROK

41. TIRAK

42. TIV

43. WAKA

44. WURKUM

45. YANDANG

46. YOTT

47. MUNGA

My tribe is number 39 on the list which is "Shomoh" or "Shomo". The Shomoh people could be found in Wukari (Gidin Doruwa), Lau (Shomoh Sarki, Shomoh Kila), Karim Lamido LGA (Usumanu, Shomoh Ngbai, Tonga), Ardo Kola LGA (Shomoh Gali and Shomoh Tawa) etc.

Shomoh people are farmers, hunters, and fishermen. They are predominantly, Muslims and Christians with a proportion of them being traditionalists.

Let's eliminate all forms of tribal, communal and religious crises in order to move our state forward.

Which tribe are you from in Taraba State and which tribe wasn't included? Please drop your comments?

Thanks for reading.

Please like, follow, share and comment.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/full-list-of-all-371-tribes-in-nigeria-states-where-they-originate


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Meet The Three Shareef Brothers of Kannywood: Umar M Shareef, Abdul and Mustapha

It is amazing and exciting when you see siblings or members of thesame family sharing a profession. An example are the Williams sisters in Tennis, the Hazard brothers in football, Jude, Peter and Paul Okoye in music etc. The Shareef brothers in Kannywood are no exception. The three Shareef brothers are popular Kannywood actors and music stars who are indegines of Kaduna State, Nigeria, Rigasa to be precise. They lost their father about two months ago, may Allah Grant him Jannatul Firdaus. There is no doubt that these guys are household names with Umar being the most popular and prominent amongst the three brothers as he began his Kannywood career through Hausa Music and debuted in a movie titled "Mansoor". See their profiles and pictures below: Abdul M Shareef Abdul just like his brother started as a singer but worked his way into Kannywood Movies in 2012. He has been working as an actor, screenwriter and a producer before venturing into acting. One of Abdul's...
Post a Comment
»

Professor V.N. Parthiban the Man with 145 Degrees

Image: Hunter.com Professor V.N. Parthiban, an Indian professor, has 145 academic degrees under his belt.⠀ Image: Historyville The 58-year-old academician collected all these degrees within thirty years (30) plus. Prof. Parthiban, who is from the state of Chennai, India said that there is no Sunday that passes by without him having an exams, or a research paper to write. Parthiban, has taken Education with an extra ordinary level of seriousness. Image: Indiantimes He acquired these degrees over three and a half decades of hard work and commitment. So far, Mr. Parthiban has garnered about, 12 M.Phil Degrees, 9 MBA Degrees, 8 ML Degrees, 10 MA Degrees, 8 Masters in Commerce Degrees, and 3 M.Sc Degrees, and many more. He said that he's from an ordinary family, he struggled to finish his first college degree, got employment with the Indian Judiciary Department and since then he would apply for any available course wherever he could in the last thirty...
Post a Comment
»