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Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by tuniski: 10:06am On Jun 22, 2019
Amanismone:
Lagos, Ogun are not Muslim majority state, you need to bring proof to back up your claim.

Tiv,berom, idoma etc are Christians ethnic groups which dominate the middle belt.
Only igala and some minor ethnic groups has muslim
I don't want to say you are ignorant.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Generalpatton: 10:07am On Jun 22, 2019
Amanismone:
Lagos, Ogun are not Muslim majority state, you need to bring proof to back up your claim.

Tiv,berom, idoma etc are Christians ethnic groups which dominate the middle belt.
Only igala and some minor ethnic groups has muslim
Majority of igalas and ebiras are muslims therefore kogi is Muslim dominated.40% of ogun is Muslim,50% of lagos
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Generalpatton: 10:07am On Jun 22, 2019
tuniski:
I don't want to say you are ignorant.
You have said it as it is
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by tetralogyfallot(m): 10:11am On Jun 22, 2019
Your mates are there counting their billions u guys are here arguing which religion has the highest number in Nigeria. By the way I just asked google the same question u guys are arguing n it says Muslim population are more than Christians in Nigerian demography so what does it change? Does it bring back our chibok girls? Or does it ends the high unemployment rate in the country?
https://www.livepopulation.com/country/nigeria.htmli
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by TooMuchStuff: 10:12am On Jun 22, 2019
tuniski:
Stop using celebrities/politiciians as basis for religious population in the South West. Lagos,Ogun,Oyo And Osun are majority muslims.

Kwara,Niger,Kogi are equally majority. Muslims in North central while Benue and Plateau are Christain majority with Nassarawa 50:50
Nasarawa state has far less than 30% Muslims. Aside keffi and parts of nasarawa, laminga, lafia. with Muslims majority where else do you find significant Muslims? Non. Mararaba, Masaka, uke, akwanga are the towns with 65% of the population. These are all 90% Christians communities
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by chozzy: 10:16am On Jun 22, 2019
tuniski:
SW is 60% Muslim only Ondo and Ekiti are majority Christians.

North central is 50:50.
There are more Christians in Lagos and Ogun too.

More Muslims in Osun and Oyo
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by dododawa1: 10:17am On Jun 22, 2019
tuniski:
SW is 60% Muslim only Ondo and Ekiti are majority Christians.
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North central is 50:50.
sure banker
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by dododawa1: 10:19am On Jun 22, 2019
Wat of we, TRADITIONAL people.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Generalpatton: 10:20am On Jun 22, 2019
Amanismone:
Let's start from the north.

North West
:75% Muslims, 25% Christians

North East:

55% Muslims, 45% Christians

North central

75% Christians, 25% Muslims

In southern Nigeria

Southwest

65% Christians, 35% Muslims

Southeast

99% Christians, 0.5% Muslims

South south

95% Christians, 5% Muslims.

You can counter it with proofs
Northwest is 90% Muslim.only southern kaduna and southern kebbi has a large christian population plus saminaka,kaduna south lga,chikun and fagge in kano.that cant be more than 10%.

Northeast has some christians in southern borno esp chibok,Christians in tafawa balewa and bogoro,in southern gombe,central and southern taraba,half of adamawa.out of 20million people in the north east with 7 million christians which means there are about 35% Christians there.

In the north central,niger,kwara has Muslim majority.kogi has a slight Muslim majority,benue and plateau had christian majority.nasarawa is 50 50 same as abuja.therefore north central has 55% Muslims 45 Christians.

For south west,oyo is majority Muslims,osun is slightly moremuslims,lagos is 50 50,ogun is 30-40 Muslims.ekiti and ondo are 80% Muslim.therefore,south west is 35%-45% Muslims.

For ss,it is 90% chtistians and se 95%
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Unlimitk2(m): 10:20am On Jun 22, 2019
tuniski:
SW is 60% Muslim only Ondo and Ekiti are majority Christians.

North central is 50:50.
How is sw 60% Muslim?
Please break it down for me
I'm from sw
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by freg2000: 10:21am On Jun 22, 2019
Amanismone:
Let's start from the north.

North West
:75% Muslims, 25% Christians

North East:

55% Muslims, 45% Christians

North central

75% Christians, 25% Muslims

In southern Nigeria

Southwest

65% Christians, 35% Muslims

Southeast

99% Christians, 0.5% Muslims

South south

95% Christians, 5% Muslims.

You can counter it with proofs
Meaning killings, cultism and idolatry are firmly rooted in areas where the entire populations are almost Christian
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Generalpatton: 10:21am On Jun 22, 2019
chozzy:
There are more Christians in Lagos and Ogun too.

More Muslims in Osun and Oyo
No,there more Muslims in oyo,it is very clear.lagos is equal
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by OfficialAPCNig: 10:27am On Jun 22, 2019
I don't know about your statistics and the submission, the only three I can relate with are:

1. You are slightly right about Christians in the NW but personally, I think it is about 35%. Hausa Christians answer moslem name.

A lot of Christians in the North answer Aisha, Musa, Zainab, Maryam, Yusuf, Ibrahim, Suleiman. They do that for protection and appointment.

2. In Nigeria, SW has the largest number of Christian converts from Islam. You won't believe that the number is overwhelming.

3. One thing North will never tell you is that Fulanis also do Christianity. Adamawa has the largest Fulani Christian population.

As for SW, the proportion edges closely to 50:50 but Islam is losing hold real fast.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by tuniski: 10:27am On Jun 22, 2019
Amanismone:
still more lies by anti Christians media
Oh so there is anti. Christain media! Muslims will say western media is anti Islam. So who then is the media for? Na wa for those who carry religion for head without discern.

You may Google Israel population and religious spread.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by OfficialAPCNig: 10:32am On Jun 22, 2019
Generalpatton:
Northwest is 90% Muslim.only southern kaduna and southern kebbi has a large christian population plus saminaka,kaduna south lga,chikun and fagge in kano.that cant be more than 10%.

Northeast has some christians in southern borno esp chibok,Christians in tafawa balewa and bogoro,in southern gombe,central and southern taraba,half of adamawa.out of 20million people in the north east with 7 million christians which means there are about 35% Christians there.

In the north central,niger,kwara has Muslim majority.kogi has a slight Muslim majority,benue and plateau had christian majority.nasarawa is 50 50 same as abuja.therefore north central has 55% Muslims 45 Christians.

For south west,oyo is majority Muslims,osun is slightly moremuslims,lagos is 50 50,ogun is 30-40 Muslims.ekiti and ondo are 80% Muslim.therefore,south west is 35%-45% Muslims.

For ss,it is 90% chtistians and se 95%
Stop spreading lies, NW has large Christian population edging close to 35%.

The number of Christian alone in Kano City [not State] is more than moslems in the SS/SE except Edo.

There are Christian communities scattered across Katsina state.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by tuniski: 10:32am On Jun 22, 2019
Unlimitk2:
How is sw 60% Muslim?
Please break it down for me
I'm from sw
Lagos 60:40, Ogun 60:40, Oyo 70:30 and Osun 70:30 Muslim ; christain

Ekiti and ondo 80:20 Christain :muslim

However, lagos,Oyo are the most populous SW states.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by TooMuchStuff: 10:33am On Jun 22, 2019
Generalpatton:
No,there more Muslims in oyo,it is very clear.lagos is equal
If Lagos can boast of 30% Muslims population, they won't blink their eyes before making the state governor a permanent Muslim property.
Today Christian govs back to back because of the fear of igbo population that has climbed up to 45% of Lagos alongside other SS states.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by thinksense: 10:35am On Jun 22, 2019
I observes most of d comments here about middle belt. All of u guys dont have an idea abt it.

Weve 6 states their.
1 nasarawa is dominated by muslim óver 70% of alago in doma, keana, hausa and kanuri in awe, hausa in keffi,ebira and bassa in toto, hausa and and affo nasarawa lgc,nungu and ambaka in wamba and kanuri, Hausa, alago, and egg on in lafiya. Christian only in obi is 50 50, 50 50 too in eggon and akwanga, karu and kokona is 50 50

Niger is 90% muslim thats why the their governor muslim deputy muslim.

Kwara state over 75 % muslim check d history of their governors always Muslim.

Kogi state too over 60% muslim. Thats why no christian has ever rule their. Igala, ebira majority muslim but christian are found in okun Yoruba side of d state.

The dominant of christian in middle belt is only benue while plateau is christian 55 while muslim 45. Thats true.

Nasarawa state governors since 1996
Habibu shuaibu military, abdullahi Ibrahim military, col bala mande military. Exucutive are.
1999 to 2007 abdullahi adamu.
2007 to 2011 alhaji aliyu doma muslim.
2011 to 2019 tanko abdullahi almakura muslim.
Current gov engr a.a sule muslim.

The same goes to niger, kwara and kogi. So stop deceiving your selve. Talk with fact.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Nobody: 10:37am On Jun 22, 2019
chozzy:
There are more Christians in Lagos and Ogun too.

More Muslims in Osun and Oyo
The population of real Muslims in SW is not more than 5%. Yorubas don't take Islam serious.

How can you call people like Tinubu, Gbaja, Saraki, Ajimobi etc Muslims? Yorubas are only Muslims by names.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Nobody: 10:43am On Jun 22, 2019
tuniski:
In the next 100yrs, Muslim would have almost double christian at the rate population is exploding in conservative north.
but you forgot to add that poverty,diseases and insurgency has drastically reduced the population of the north
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Haywhysat: 10:43am On Jun 22, 2019
How is osun state 70:30, note am from osun state, Christian dominate my side, from ife to ondo, even ilesha, u hardly see mosque here. what are u saying only places Muslims dominate are ede, oshogbo,ikirun and all those towns, i will say, rate is 55 to 45 in favour of Muslims.
tuniski:
Lagos 60:40, Ogun 60:40, Oyo 70:30 and Osun 70:30 Muslim ; christain

Ekiti and ondo 80:20 Christain :muslim

However, lagos,Oyo are the most populous SW states.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Unlimitk2(m): 10:44am On Jun 22, 2019
tuniski:
Lagos 60:40, Ogun 60:40, Oyo 70:30 and Osun 70:30 Muslim ; christain

Ekiti and ondo 80:20 Christain :muslim

However, lagos,Oyo are the most populous SW states.
I'm a Yoruba person also aan atheist
This shows u are dumb
Oyo Muslim population is not more than 65%
Osun Muslim population is not more than 60%
The largest town in osun apart from osogbo is largely Christian
Ogun state is largely Christian
Ogun west and central is Christian dominated
Egba and yewa are largely Christian
Ijebu is 50%muslim50% Christian
Most rich ijebu are Christians
Remo where osinbajo conecomes from is largely Christian
Ogun is at least 70% Christian
Ogun state is headquarters of Christianity in Nigeria
Lagos predominantly indigenes are largely Muslims,maybe 70-30%
But Lagos is a land of immigrants
The largest Yoruba populations in lagos is ogun osun oyo ondo ekiti
Ogun ppl are d most in lagos
Lagos is 68% 32% Muslims
Kogi west are largely Christian
In kwara state
Irepodun ekiti isin oke ero LGA in kwara are largely Christian
So how is Muslims population 60% in sw
Pls next time,break down d ethnic groups for me
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Nobody: 10:45am On Jun 22, 2019
tuniski:
Lagos 60:40, Ogun 60:40, Oyo 70:30 and Osun 70:30 Muslim ; christain

Ekiti and ondo 80:20 Christain :muslim

However, lagos,Oyo are the most populous SW states.
You are not from the SW yet you display your ignorance. There's no state in SW with majority Muslim population.

The only areas of osun that are Muslims are Iwo, osogbo and ikirun. Ife, ijesha land which are the largest areas are mostly Christians.

In Oyo, only ibadan can you find significant Muslims.

Ogun has minority Muslims. Lagosians are only Muslims by name.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Haywhysat: 10:46am On Jun 22, 2019
Leave him, i doubt he has been to osun state.
Unlimitk2:
I'm a Yoruba person also aan atheist
This shows u are dumb
Oyo Muslim population is not more than 65%
Osun Muslim population is not more than 60%
The largest town in osun apart from osogbo is largely Christian
Ogun state is largely Christian
Ogun west and central is Christian dominated
Egba and yewa are largely Christian
Ijebu is 50%muslim50% Christian
Most rich ijebu are Christians
Remo where osinbajo conecomes from is largely Christian
Ogun is at least 70% Christian
Ogun state is headquarters of Christianity in Nigeria
Lagos predominantly indigenes are largely Muslims,maybe 70-30%
But Lagos is a land of immigrants
The largest Yoruba populations in lagos is ogun osun oyo ondo ekiti
Ogun ppl are d most in lagos
Lagos is 68% 32% Muslims
Kogi west are largely Christian
In kwara state
Irepodun ekiti isin oke ero LGA in kwara are largely Christian
So how is Muslims population 60% in sw
Pls next time,break down d ethnic groups for me
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Nobody: 10:48am On Jun 22, 2019
Haywhysat:
How is osun state 70:30, note am from osun state, Christian dominate my side, from ife to ondo, even ilesha, u hardly see mosque here. what are u saying only places Muslims dominate is ede, oshogbo,ikirun and all those towns, i will say, rate is 55 to 45 in favour of Muslims.
I didn't even see your post before correcting the idiot.

Ife and ijesha land are the largest areas in osun and they are 98% Christians.

I wonder how osun can be Muslim majority.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Omotosokt(m): 10:49am On Jun 22, 2019
It was even told that MKO abiol read bible and got born again before his death,that shows the pace at which Christianity has taken over South west.U shall know the truth and the truth shall set u free
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Nobody: 10:52am On Jun 22, 2019
Omotosokt:
It was even told that MKO abiol read bible and got born again before his death,that shows the pace at which Christianity has taken over South west.U shall know the truth and the truth shall set u free
I don't even believe their are Yoruba Muslims. All my friends are only Muslims by name. Well, Yorubas don't put religion on their head.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Haywhysat: 10:54am On Jun 22, 2019
There is no church you will go in South west, or lemme say osun state and u won't see many people with Muslim name in church, even, my current pastor was formerly a Muslim, lol
schoolboij:
I don't even believe their are Yoruba Muslims. All my friends are only Muslims by name. Well, Yorubas don't put religion on their head.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by tuniski: 10:55am On Jun 22, 2019
OfficialAPCNig:
Stop spreading lies, NW has large Christian population edging close to 35%.

The number of Christian alone in Kano City [not State] is more than moslems in the SS/SE except Edo.

There are Christian communities scattered across Katsina state.
You don't get it do you?

Aside southern Kaduna, the zurus in Kebbi , hausa/fulani christain (maguzawa) are a minority. Overall, the Muslim-christain spread of the region is well Over 80-20. Co's even amongst the southern Kaduna and Zurus are a significant percentage of Muslims.
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by Unlimitk2(m): 10:55am On Jun 22, 2019
Omotosokt:
It was even told that MKO abiol read bible and got born again before his death,that shows the pace at which Christianity has taken over South west.U shall know the truth and the truth shall set u free
Isn't it d same abiola that threw Bible filled container into d ocean?
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by tuniski: 10:59am On Jun 22, 2019
schoolboij:
The population of real Muslims in SW is not more than 5%. Yorubas don't take Islam serious.

How can you call people like Tinubu, Gbaja, Saraki, Ajimobi etc Muslims? Yorubas are only Muslims by names.
You just want to argue sha. If. They ain't muslims what are they?
Re: Religion Population According To Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria by tuniski: 11:00am On Jun 22, 2019
Haywhysat:
There is no church you will go in South west, or lemme say osun state and u won't see many people with Muslim name in church, even, my current pastor was formerly a Muslim, lol
So?
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