Top 10 Nigerian Tribes With Faithful Husbands

If you’re of marriageable age and you’ve set your sights on finding a Nigerian husband that’s a good choice! Nigeria is a country that is rich in culture and tradition, and you’re sure to find many handsome down-to-earth men here. As a lady you would want your man to be good-looking, hardworking, kind, romantic etc… (the list is endless) but above all of this you want him to be faithful to you. A faithful man is a man who maintains sexual loyalty to one lover or spouse.

Nigeria has 371 tribes with different languages, although the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba tribes are the most popular in the country mostly because they contribute a high percentage to the country’s population. Marriage is a lovely institution that should be well thought out. Every tribe in Nigeria is distinct and has qualities that may draw people from one tribe or away from another when it comes to marriage.

At this point, you are beginning to wonder what tribe has to do with love and marriage. It is important to look into tribe before marrying a man because it can give you an idea of what the person is like. It can also help you understand the culture and traditions of the person. The tribe can also help you determine if the person is compatible with you. The tribe would give you an insight into what to expect from a certain man.

Despite the fact that all tribes have their own good qualities, few are rated to have more faithful qualities than others. This is not to say men from other tribes that were not mentioned are unfaithful or make them look inferior.

Without further ado, let’s dive into the topic – Top 10 Nigerian Tribes With Faithful Husbands.

10. Itsekiri

The Itsekiri tribe are one of the Yoruboid subgroup of Nigeria’s Niger Delta area, They speak a Yoruboid language and can be found in Delta State. The Itsekiris presently number 2.7 million people and live mainly in the Warri districts of Delta State on the Atlantic coast of Nigeria. Significant communities of Itsekiris can be found in parts of Edo and Ondo states and in various other Nigerian cities including Lagos, Benin City, Port Harcourt and Abuja.  The Itsekiris are closely related to the Yoruba of South Western Nigeria and also close to the Okpe people and Edo people. Good men with a good conscience make a faithful husbands, and so are men from the Itsekiri tribe.

9. Eket

Eket, apart from being a local government area in Akwa Ibom State is one of the three geopolitical zones in the state. The geopolitical zones are the Uyo senatorial district, Ikot Ekpene senatorial district and Eket senatorial district.

The name Eket or Ekid also refers to the indigenous ethnic group of the region and to their language. The Eket people use the endonym Ekid for themselves and their language, but Europeans spell and pronounce the name as “Eket”.

Marrying a man from the Eket tribe is a good choice because they make the list of tribes with the most faithful husband.

8. Esan

The Esans are the ethnic group that occupies central Edo State, they primarily speak the Esan language, an Edoid language related to Edo, Urhobo, Owan language, Isoko, Anioma and Etsako. It is considered a regionally important language in Nigeria, and it is taught in primary schools in addition to being broadcast on radio and television. 

Apart from their marriage ceremony being one of the best in Nigeria, Esan men also make faithful husbands.

7. Igala

The Igala people are an ethnicity located in the region south of the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers. They are located in an ecologically diverse region of Nigeria. The Igala kingdom is ruled ceremonially and culturally by the Attah and has a long history of political warfare with neighbouring groups along the Benue. Igala people worship the supreme being Ojo, as well as their divine ancestral spirits. Igala are a majority ethnic group in the southern and eastern lands of Kogi State and a major tribe in Kogi state politics.

Igala people and their culture have been an integral part of the formation of the communities along the Niger River, with many communities claiming origins from Idah, the ancestral home of the Igala. Minorities of the group exist in the surrounding states of Delta, Edo along the banks of the Niger as well as in the bordering communities in Anambra and Enugu.

Igala men hold their culture in high esteem, the same way they hold the union of marriage. Men who value their marriages and partners would never do something that would break their marriage or hurt their partners.

6. Ibibio

The Ibibio people are a coastal people in southern Nigeria. They are mostly found in Akwa Ibom, Cross River State and the Eastern part of Abia State. They are related to the Efik people. During the colonial period in Nigeria, the Ibibio Union asked for recognition by the British as a sovereign nation. As per love-related matters, Men from the Ibibio tribe make amazing and faithful husbands.

5. Kanuri

The Kanuri people are an African ethnic group living largely in the lands of the former Kanem and Bornu Empires in Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Libya and Cameroon. Those generally termed Kanuri include several subgroups and dialect groups, some of whom identify as distinct from the Kanuri. Most trace their origins to ruling lineages of the medieval Kanem-Bornu Empire, and its client states or provinces. Among the top 10 Nigerian tribes with faithful husbands is the Kanuri tribe.

4. Fulani

Fulani tribe is a primarily Muslim people scattered throughout many parts of Africa, mostly in West Africa from Lake Chad in the east to the Atlantic coast. They are concentrated principally in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and Niger but can also be found in several other countries. The Fulani language, known as Fula, is classified within the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Fulani men are one of the Nigerian tribes that make the most faithful husbands.

3. Igbo

The Igbo tribe is an ethnic group in Nigeria. They are primarily found in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States. A sizable Igbo population is also found in Delta and Rivers States. Ethnic Igbo populations are found in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea, as migrants as well as outside Africa. There has been much speculation about the origins of the Igbo people, which are largely unknown. Geographically, the Igbo homeland is divided into two unequal sections by the Niger River—an eastern (which is the larger of the two) and a western section. The Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.

It is not new that the Odogwu (strong men) themselves don’t just love to provide for and protect their women, they are also very faithful to them. This makes them of the Nigerian tribes that make faithful husbands.

2. Hausa

The Hausa are a native ethnic group in West Africa. They speak the Hausa language, which is the second most spoken language after Arabic in the Afro-Asiatic language family. The Hausa are a culturally homogeneous people based primarily in the Sahelian and the sparse savanna areas of southern Niger and northern Nigeria respectively, numbering around 86 million people with significant indigenized populations in various places. 

Hausa men make faithful husbands as they would rather marry more wives as their Islam religion permits than be unfaithful to their wives.

1. Yoruba

The Yoruba tribe are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabits parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by the Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. Part of the major Yoruba states include Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, and Kwara state in Nigeria. The Yoruba constitute more than 52 million people in Africa. The vast majority of the Yoruba population is today within the country of Nigeria, where they make up 21% of the country’s population according to CIA estimations, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. Most Yoruba people speak the Yoruba language.

Yoruba men are respectful and they often show this respect in their relationships and marriages by staying faithful to their partners. This makes the Yoruba tribe one of the tribes with the most faithful husbands in Nigeria.

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