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There exist several '''religions in Nigeria''', helping to accentuate regional and ethnic distinctions. All [[religions]] represented in [[Nigeria]] were practiced in every major city in 1990. However, [[Islam]] dominated the north and had a number of supporters in the South Western, [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] part of the country. Nigeria has the largest Muslim population in sub-Saharan Africa. [[Protestantism]] and local [[Syncretism|syncretic]] [[Christianity]] are also in evidence in Yoruba areas, while [[Catholicism]] dominates the [[Igbo people|Igbo]] and closely related areas. Both Protestantism and Catholicism dominated in the [[Ibibio people|Ibibio]], [[Annang]], and the [[Efik people|Efik]] kiosa lands.
The 1963 census although controversial, indicated that 47 percent of Nigerians were Muslim, 35 percent Christian, and 18 percent members of local indigenous congregations. If accurate, this indicated a sharp increase since 1953 in the number of Christians (up 13 percent); a slight decline among those professing indigenous beliefs, compared with 20 percent; and only a modest (4 percent) rise of Muslims.
There are many types of Muslims, but the majority of Nigerian Muslims are [[Sunni]], most of whom are [[Maliki]]
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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>
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In terms of Nigeria's major ethnic groups religious affiliations, the [[Hausa people|Hausa]] ethnic group in the North is 95% Muslims and 5% Christians, the West which is the [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] tribe is 35% Christians and 55% Muslim with 10% going to adherents of other African religions while the [[Igbos]] in the East and the [[Ijaw people|Ijaw]] in the South are 98% Christians (Catholics) and 2% practice traditional religions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http:// http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/columnist/thursday/jide-osuntokun/46858-nigeria-a-secular-or-multi-religious-state-2.html}}</ref> The [[Middle Belt|middle belt]] of Nigeria contains the largest number of minority ethnic groups in Nigeria and they are mostly Christians and members of traditional religions with few Muslim converts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasarawastate.org/newsday/news/culture/11129114540.html |title=The Middle Belt: History and politics |publisher=Nasarawastate.org |date=2004-11-29 |accessdate=2012-03-13}}</ref><ref>http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/26525030/The-Middle-Belt-Movement-and-the-Formation-of-Christian-Consciousness-in-Colonial-Northern-Nigeria</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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