The Gbari or Gbagyi (plural - Agbari/Agbagyi)[1] are an ethnic group found predominantly in Central Nigeria, with an estimated population figure put at 5.8 million, spread in four States, including the FCT, and located in thirty local Government areas, according to the 2006 National Population Census figures. It is also the name of their language. Members of the ethnic group speak two dialects. While speakers of the dialects were loosely called Gwari by both the Hausa Fulani and Europeans during pre-colonial Nigeria[2] they prefer to be known as Gbagyi/Gbari. They live in the Niger, the Federal Capital Territory - Abuja, and Kaduna State.[3] They are also found in Nasarawa central Nigeria Area. Gbagyi/Gbari is one of the most populated ethnic groups in the middle belt and indigenous in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. This means Gbagyi people are the bonafide owners of the Nigerian capital city, Abuja.[4][5]
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^Chigudu Tanko Theophilus (2008), A brief History of the Gbagyi Speaking People, an unpublished Article
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Territory of Nigeria. This means Gbagyipeople are the bonafide owners of the Nigerian capital city, Abuja. Historically, the Gbagyi/Gbari practice a patrilineal...
spoken by the Gbagyipeople, which make up over a million people in Nigeria. There are two principal varieties, Gbari (West Gwari) and Gbagyi (East Gwari)...
its name from a Gbagyi village named Chikun in the southeastern part of Kujama. The area was originally populated by the Gbagyipeople but is now being...
depicted on the 100 naira note. It was used for a defensive retreat by the Gbagyipeople against invading neighbouring tribes during intertribal wars. Zuma Rock...
to Zumbo (meaning 'gorgeous place'). Another wave of settlers, the Gbagyipeople, arrived from Bauchi and established themselves in Kurunduma. Some Igbira...
markets e.g. mararaba market etc. The indigenes of Mararaba are the Gbagyipeople. Mararaba is a densely populated area, and this population has directly...
thousands of people from Abuja by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). Most of the inhabitants of New Nyanya belong to the Gbagyipeople. "Archived...
century. The proximity of Nupe to the Yoruba Igbomina people in the south and to the Yoruba Oyo people in the southwest led to cross-fertilization of cultural...
The Yoruba people (/ˈjɒrʊbə/ YORR-uub-ə; Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group who mainly inhabit parts...
Jaji, a village in Igabi. The indigenous people of Igabi are predominantly Muslims with the exception of Gbagyi who were non Muslims or traditionalist and...
land of the Gbagyi, Bassa, Egbira, and Ganagana people. There is also a notable Hausa population. The first settlers in Abuja are Gbagyi, Bassa, Egbira...
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Abdulsalami Abubakar, two of Nigeria's former military rulers. The Nupe, Gbagyi, Kamuku, Kambari, Gungawa, Hun-Saare, Hausa and Koro form the majority of...
Territory in Nigeria. The original inhabitants of the town are the Gbagyi speaking people. The paramount ruler is the Esu who is otherwise known as Sa-bwaya...
(Wogon) districts. The people are predominantly farmers. The Batinor (Koro) people is the dominant group in the area. Others are Gbagyi, Ham, Hausa and Adara...
that: The people of the Middle-Belt are not in the North and cannot therefore be northerners...Since it pleases God to distinguish the people he created...
native speakers. Over 500 languages are spoken among its about 230 million people. This is a result of the number of existing ethnic groups. Some of the popular...
warm and partly cloudy wet seasons. Most of the people of Kachia include the Adara, Tinor-Myamya, Gbagyi, Ham. Others include the Bajju, Bakulu, and the...
Another version of the etymology of the name is a narrative linked to the Gbagyi word/name 'Odna' for the Kaduna River. Zazzau, a traditional state which...
inhabited for years by various ethnic groups, including the Igala, Ebira, Gbagyi, and Nupe (mainly the Bassa Nge, Kakanda, and Kupa subgroups) in the state's...
Kanuri-speaking), and the Gbagyi at Lemu. Nupe-Tako (meaning ‘The Nupe Below’; also known as Bassa Nge) is spoken by the Bassa Nge people who also speak the...
(Panda and Koto), Gbagyi and Igala. To the west of Okun land are the Igbomina and Ekiti Yoruba subgroups. Historically, Okun people lived in small social-political...
south; the Tiv in the southeast; the Idoma in southwest; and the Gade and Gbagyi in the west while the Hausa and Fulani live throughout the state. Nasarawa...
to be over 4.5 million people out of the estimated 8.5 million population in Kaduna state in 2016. Predicted 5.1 million people out of 12 million predicted...
Wogon (Kagarko), Ajure (Kajuru) and Kachia as bases to raid the Adara, Gbagyi, Atyap, Koro, Bakulu and Anghan. The next Emir of Zaria Yero (1890–1897)...
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