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From the 1990s to the 2000s, there has been significant growth in Protestant Churches including the [[Redeemed Christian Church of God]], [[Winners' Chapel]], [[Christ Apostolic Church]] (the first Aladura Movement in Nigeria), [[Deeper Christian Life Ministry]], [[Evangelical Church of West Africa]], [[Mountain of Fire and Miracles]], Christ Embassy, The Synagogue Church Of All Nations, [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nigeria|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] and the [[Aladura Church]], indigenous Christian churches especially strong in the Yoruba and Igbo areas, and of [[Protestantism|evangelical]] churches in general. These churches have spilled over into adjacent and southern areas of the middle belt. Denominations like the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria|Seventh-day Adventist]] and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have also flourished.<ref>http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1016/S0048-721X%2888%2980017-4?journalCode=rrel20</ref><ref>http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1581109?uid=3738032&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21101850225073</ref>
According to a 2001's report<ref>[http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2001/5687.htm 2001 Report on International Religious Freedom - Nigeria]</ref> of [[The World Factbook]] by [[CIA]], about 50% of Nigeria's population is [[Muslim]], 40% are [[Christians]] and 10% adhere to local religions.<ref name="cia-rel">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html#ni|title=Religions|publisher=[[CIA World Factbook]]|date=|accessdate=2013-07-01}}</ref>
But in some recent report, the Christian population is now sightly larger than the Muslim population. A 18 December 2012 report on religion and public life by the [[Pew Research Center]] stated that in 2010, 49.3 percent of Nigeria's population was Christian, 48.8 percent was Muslim, and 1.9 percent were followers of indigenous and other religions, or unaffiliated<ref>[http://features.pewforum.org/grl/population-percentage.php Pew Forum on Religion]</ref>. While the 2010's census of [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] has also reported that 46.5 percent of the total population is Christian, slighetly bigger than the Muslim population with 45.5 percent, and 7.7 percent are members of other religious groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_166_2.asp|title=Religious Adherents, 2010 - Nigeria|publisher=World Christian Database|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref>
In addition, according to the 2011 report of Regional Distribution of Christians by [[Pew Research Center]], the Christian population in Nigeria was increased to 50.8%<ref>[http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/global-christianity-regions/ Regional Distribution of Christians]</ref> and Muslim population in Nigeria remains 48.8%<ref>[http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-muslim/Regional Distribution of Christians]</ref>. But it also preddicted by 2030, Nigeria is expected to have a slight Muslim majority (51.5%).<ref>[http://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/the-future-of-the-global-muslim-population/ The Future of the Global Muslim Population]</ref>
Among Christians, 24.8% are [[Catholicism|Catholic]], 74.1% are [[Protestantism|Protestant]], 0.9% belong to other Christian denominations and a few of them are Orthodox Christians.<ref name="features.pewforum.org">http://features.pewforum.org/global-christianity/population-number.php</ref>
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[[File:National christian centre1.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[National Church of Nigeria]]]]
[[Christianity]] is one of the three main religions in [[Nigeria]], according to a recent
The ecclesiastical provinces of the [[Church of Nigeria]] are:
Lagos, Ibadan, Ondo, Bendel, The Niger, Niger Delta, Owerri, Abuja, Kaduna and Jos.<ref name="Site of the Church of Nigeria">{{cite web | author= | year=| title=Site of the Church of Nigeria | work= | url=http://www.anglican-nig.org/main.php?k_j=24 }}</ref> Its primate is [[Nicholas Okoh]].<ref name="Site of the Church of Nigeria"/>
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