Niger Delta

==Sub-regions==
'''Western Niger Delta''' consists of the western section of coastal South-South Nigeria which includes Delta, and the southernmost parts of Edo, and Ondo States. The western (or Northern) Niger Delta is a heterogeneous society with several ethnic groups including the [[Itsekiri]], [[Urhobo people|Urhobo]], [[Isoko people|Isoko]], [[Ijaw people|Ijaw]] (or Izon) and [[Ukwuani]]; the [[Bini people|Bini]], [[Esan people|Esan]], Auchi, Esako, oral, igara and [[Afenmai people|Afenmai]] in Edo State; and the Ilaje Yoruba in Ondo State. Their livelihoods are primarily based on fishing and farming. History has it that the Western Niger was controlled by chiefs of the four primary ethnic groups the Itsekiri, Isoko, Ijaw, and Urhobo with whom the British government had to sign separate "Treaties of Protection" in their formation of "Protectorates" that later became southern Nigeria.

'''Central Niger Delta''' consists of the central section of coastal South-South Nigeria which includes Bayelsa, Rivers, Abia and Imo States. The Central Niger Delta region has the [[Ijaw people|Ijaw]] (including the Nembe-Brass, Ogbia, [[Kalabari people]], Ibani of Opobo & Bonny, Abua, [[Okrika]], Engenni and [[Andoni]] clans), the [[Ogoni people]] (Khana, Gokana, Tai and Eleme), the Etche, Egbema, Omuma, Ogba, Ikwerre, Ndoni, Ekpeye and Ndoki in Rivers State, Abia State and Imo State, who are considered as a sub-group of the Igbo ethnic group.

'''Eastern Niger Delta''' consists of Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State. It has the homogeneous [[Annang]], [[Efik people|Efik]] and [[Ibibio people|Ibibio]] people.