The article appraises the conduct and provisional
figures of the 2006 Nigerian population and
housing census. The most basic summary is as
follows: Nigeria has a population of about 140
million, of which 51.2% are males and 48.8% are
females. The figures are already being
challenged. Controversies over census figures
are not new in Nigeria. Unfortunately, reactions
to the provisional figures seem to indicate that
current figures are treading the path of
predecessor census figures.