This weekly update spotlights organized criminality in the Niger Delta with a focus on criminal violence in Bayelsa State. According to data (see map below), criminal violence caused over 250 fatalities in Bayelsa State between January 2019 and April 2022. Recent incidents indicate a rise in violent criminality in the State, including kidnapping for ransom…
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Applications are invited for the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta’s (PIND)Niger Delta Peace Champions (#NDPeaceChampions) 2022 Program. The program is for interested and qualified candidates who reside in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region and are interested in supporting existing peacebuilding infrastructures and designing solutions to conflicts in their communities, thereby contributing to the…
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This weekly update spotlights lethal violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on gun violence and targeted killings in Ondo State. According to data (see map below), gun related violence and targeted killings caused more than 100 fatalities in Ondo State between January 2019 and April 2022. Recent incidents indicate an increase in gun…
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On June 28, 2022, PIND supported YP Port Harcourt where over 320 young professionals were mentored by 40 industry leaders. The youth received advice on how to plan and sustain a career path. PIND’s Executive Director, Tunji Idowu, gave a speech at the plenary session titled: “Note to my Younger Professional Self.” He spoke on…
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CLOSED: The Partners for Peace Network in the Niger Delta (P4P – https://www.p4p-nigerdelta.org/) is peacebuilding and capacity-building organization aimed at building the capacity of peace actors in the Niger Delta Region to be able to intervene in conflicts. We do this by giving capacity-building training, and small grants and assisting our state chapters in…
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This weekly update spotlights electoral violence in the Niger Delta. Elections in the Niger Delta are high stake affairs, often characterized by violence. According to data (see map below), over 240 incidents of electoral violence were reported in the region between January 2019 and April 2022, including more than 150 related fatalities. In the lead-up…
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PIND 2022 Q1 PROGRESS REPORT January – March 2022 This report highlights the achievements of PIND’s program interventions in the Niger Delta from January – March 2022 (Quarter 1, 2022), and provides relevant information about program management, lessons learned, and plans for the next quarter. The report demonstrates how PIND is driving change to ensure…
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Media Contact: Chinwe Nnoham-Onyejekwe, PIND (Foundation for Partnerships Initiatives in the Niger Delta) +234 817.206.4628 | chichi@PINDfoundation.org The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) in collaboration with Beyond Regular and MTN organized a one-day breakfast mentorship and networking event for young people in the Niger Delta in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday,…
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CLOSED: PIND is seeking to engage two consultants with skills in institutional capacity assessment, evaluation and business development as well as financial/administrative capacity assessment to carry out an organizational capacity evaluation of Regional Development Committees (RDCs) of Chevron’s Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMOU) Communities, based on an Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA) conducted in 2018.…
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This weekly update spotlights insurgency and counter-insurgent violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on a resurgence of criminal insurgency in Abia and Imo State. According to data (see map below), criminal insurgency including targeted violence against government security person-nel caused over 300 fatalities in Abia and Imo State between January 2020 and March…
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