Population and Demography
There are probably about Three and half-a-million Nupes, principally in Niger State. The Language is also spoken in Kwara and Kogi States. They are primarily Muslims, Christianity are a few,else where traditional religion still exist but are weak. The Nupe people have several local, traditional rulers. The Etsu Nupe (Bida) is not Nupe and is actually part of the Fula tribe but they came to rule the Bida in the 1806. They have no present capital, although they were originally based at Rabah and only moved to Bida in the nineteenth century.
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