PIND facilitates job creation in Ondo State (Nigeria)
In continuing its efforts to reduce youth unemployment within Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) unveiled the Ondo State edition of its Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) program in Akure, the state capital, on January 17, 2024. PIND collaborated with the Ondo state government and other state actors [...] Request for Applications – Internship to support Communications Unit (Field Office)
Request for Applications – Internship to support Communications Unit (Field Office) CLOSED: PROJECT BACKGROUND PIND's communication activities aim to increase the visibility of the Foundation by getting people to know about PIND, talk about PIND, and engage with PIND to strengthen its reputation and attract target stakeholders to support PIND's cause, partner with PIND, fund [...] Niger Delta Weekly Conflict Update: January 21-27, 2024
This weekly update spotlights the rising threat of kidnapping in the Niger Delta. Over the years, kidnapping has evolved into a multidimensional organized criminal enterprise and a protracted security threat in the Niger Delta and in Nigeria generally. According to data (see map above), over 300 kidnap incidents and more than 250 related fatalities were [...] Request for Proposal – Engagement of Organizations to Conduct Technical Vocational / Soft Skills Training, Mentorship & Job Linkage
Request for Proposal – Engagement of Organizations to Conduct Technical Vocational / Soft Skills Training, Mentorship & Job Linkage CLOSED: PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT The engaged institutions or organizations will be required to provide technical vocational and soft skills training, mentorship to support start-up enterprises and job linkages to selected youth participants under the PIND’s [...] Request for Applications – Internship to support PIND’s Integrated Peace and Development Unit (IPDU)
Request for Applications – Internship to support PIND’s Integrated Peace and Development Unit (IPDU) CLOSED: PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT The intern would assist the Research Coordinator to provide technical support to organizations on the utilization of the Peace Map and Early Warning/Early Response infrastructure, and to regularly register Peace Agents on the P4P Peace Map. […]
Niger Delta Weekly Conflict Update: January 14-20, 2024
This weekly update spotlights organized criminality in the Niger Delta with a focus on criminal violence and targeted killings in Rivers State. Organized criminal violence including kidnap for ransom and killings by cult gangs has been a major cause of conflict and insecurity in Rivers State. According to data (see map above), criminal violence caused […]
Niger Delta Weekly Conflict Update: January 07-13, 2024
This weekly update spotlights organized criminality in the Niger Delta with a focus on cult gang related killings in Edo State. Gang violence is a major cause of insecurity in the State, mainly driven by struggle for supremacy and territorial control among rival cult gangs as well as vigilante violence, conflict over the collection of [...] Niger Delta Weekly Conflict Update: December 17-23, 2023
This weekly update spotlights emerging trends of kidnap for ransom in the Niger Delta. Recent incidents indicate major changes in the trends and patterns of kidnap for ransom in the region. There has been a rise in cases of kidnapping with lengthy detention period and demand for huge ransoms, along with targeted kidnapping with relatively [...] 3 Journalists Presented with the PIND Prize for Niger Delta Development Reporting at DAME
PIND was at the 32nd Diamond Awards for Media Excellence on Sunday, December 10, at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos, to present the PIND Prize for Niger Delta Development Reporting to three worthy journalists whose reports stood out in this special category: Yekeen Akinwale (Winner), Shola O'Neil (Runner up), and Soni Daniel (Runner up). Akinwale, who [...] Scaling Energy Goods and Services to Lastmile Communities through innovative collaboration with Healthcare Electrification
PIND's Access to Energy (A2E) Project will host a virtual workshop closing out its Health Electrification and Telecommunications Alliance in collaboration with ABT Associates, USAID, and Power Africa. The project powered 12 health facilities with solar energy in 2 communities in Bayelsa State, 5 in Delta State, and 5 in Ondo State. This is part [...] 