By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir & Abubakar Ahmed Nigerias census history spans over a hundred years. The firstcensus wasconducted in 1866, followed by theCensusesof 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901. But all these censuseswere restricted to Lagos Colony and environs. The 1871 census marked the beginning of decennial census taking in Nigeria in line with the British decennial tradition. Following the amalgamation of the Lagos Colony and the Southern Protectorate in 1906, the 1911 census extended to some parts of the Southern Protectorate; but marred by incomplete enumeration due to non-recognition of the legitimacy of the Colonial Government…
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