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Nigeria has the largest Christian population in Africa according to Pew Research Center and it has the sixth largest Christian population in the world although the Christians in Nigeria are roughly about 40%-49.3% of the country's population. [70] [71] [72] According to a 2011 Pew report, over 80 million Nigerians are Christians.
Secularism in Nigeria is a legal and constitutional principle that states that the government of Nigeria and its states shall not adopt any religion as a state religion, [1] and that every person shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. [1] Secularism in Nigeria is derived from the Constitution of Nigeria, which is ...
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment. [5] It was formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its
The Nature Conservancy; The Earth Organization; This is My Earth; Traffic (conservation programme) Tree Aid; Wetlands International; WILD Foundation; Wildlife Conservation Society; World Business Council for Sustainable Development; World Land Trust; World Resources Institute; World Union for Protection of Life; World Wide Fund for Nature ...
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human impact on the environment. [42] It was formerly named the "World Wildlife Fund", which remains its official name in Canada and the United States. [42]
Most of Northern Nigeria is governed under Sharia law, while the rest of the country is governed under secular law. [4] The Muslim share of Nigeria's population is growing further, due to a higher fertility rate. Merchants from North Africa and the Senegalese basin introduced Islam to what is now Nigeria during the 11th century, and it was the ...
The World Wide Fund for Nature has developed "Sacred Earth: Faiths for Conservation", a program to collaborate with spiritual leaders and faith communities from all different spiritual traditions around the world, to face environmental issues including deforestation, pollution, unsustainable extraction, melting glaciers and rising sea levels. [77]
Irreligion in Nigeria (specifically the "non-religious") was measured at four percent of the population in 2012, with convinced atheists at one percent. [1] As in many parts of Africa, there is a great amount of stigma attached to being an atheist in addition to institutionalized discrimination that leads to treatment as " second-class citizens ."