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Along with curbing insecurity in the terror-ravaged Northeast Nigeria, top on the bucket list of state and non-state actors is to enhance resilience capacities of affected communities in the region in engendering sustainable peace and development. This also prioritises efforts at ameliorating attendant humanitarian crisis in the area. In order to shape policy towards a common regional […]

Security challenges in Nigeria often take dramatic turns, as they are often viewed through ethnoreligious lens. This prevalence frequently shifts the focus from how to objectively tackle these insecurities to pitching of tribe against tribe, religion against religion. While this has continued to undermine efforts at addressing the nation’s security woes, it has further depleted

While energies are channeled towards a peaceful and safer Nigeria, we also acknowledge and re-emphasize that economic growth and development is a strategy that can ensure the desired peace and stability. It is unarguable that relative economic prosperity cannot be achieved in the absence of security. Conversely, economic activities could be a driver of peace

It is no longer news that majority of Nigerians are poor. In fact, the giant of Africa has been described by the World Poverty Clock as the poverty capital of the world, with about 87 million people living in poverty. Alongside poverty, the country is currently bedeviled with insecurities and violent conflicts. In what Brookings

There have been series of advocacies for the Nigerian government to be tactful when dealing with members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as Shiites, who have been protesting for the release of their leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife from detention. Since 2015, Zakzaky and his wife have been in detention despite

 From time immemorial, sporting activities have been projected to enhance integration, peacebuilding initiatives, encourage harmony between and among diverse groups in societies. Sporting events are also known for creating platforms where people from different political, economic, cultural and religious classifications can relate and form friendships or allies. According to Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and

There is no doubt that conflict and violent conditions affect economic activities. A conflict-ridden society is often faced with food insecurity, rapidly decreasing economic activities, with basic amenities usually destroyed by violence. In addition, there is a tremendous reduction in skilled and unskilled labour for production. The labour force, who are predominantly youths, are caught

For considerable time, there have been a myriad of debates, usually in favour of incorporating citizens in the process of intelligence gathering that will aid in tackling the rapidly increasing security challenges across the country. One of the outcomes of President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with the Service Chiefs yesterday was the agreement to co-opt Nigerians

Within a few week, three cities across Nigeria have witnessed what might be regarded as hell on earth as a result of pipeline and tanker explosions. There are no official figures from these infernos, but considering media reports, numerous lives have been lost, maimed, and properties destroyed. In Rivers state, over hundred people were reportedly

In the early 2000s, Nigeria was faced with insecurities perpetuated by greed and grievance-driven militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta. This led to the 2009 Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The programme is aimed at fostering peace in the region through payment of stipends and supporting the ex-militants through educational and vocational training.  This programme, arguably