The Hausa city-states didn't have their asses kicked like the English. They remained fairly independent up until the revolution of Usman dan Fodio. Which heavily involved the Hausa peasantry against their lords - although they just replaced Hausa lords with Fulani ones....
Anyway, Russia is more apt due to the feudal nature of modern Hausa society like Russia. Moreover, don't forget that imperial Russia conquered a large territory although its elites became increasingly non-Russian (mostly German). As I said before, the Fulani weren't the lackeys. In fact, the Sokoto Caliphate is often called the Fulani Empire
The stereotype of Igbos is similar to the stereotypes of medieval and pre-modern Jews. We are seen as money-grubbing traders and cosmopolitans. We're willing to go anywhere so long as we're able to make a profit off of our hosts outside of Igboland. The Irish were largely a poor, impoverished peasantry in Ireland who didn't know their land. Igbos own a lot of land in Lagos and across the North.
but i still will put them on game of WS and the globe effect of it 
