Niger Delta Weekly Update: November 29 – December 05, 2020
This weekly update spotlights insecurity in the Niger Delta with a focus on violent crimes in Ondo State. Violent criminality – including armed robbery and kidnapping for ransom – is a prevailing security threat in Ondo State. According to data (see map below), violent criminality caused over 140 fatalities in Ondo State between January 2018 […]
USAID and PIND Launch Project to Tackle the Challenges of Food Security in the Niger Delta
November 30, 2020, Zoom: As Nigeria, and by extension the Niger Delta, face the disruptions in the economy resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic that is projected to exacerbate an already challenging situation of food security, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development launched the ‘Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension & Advisory Services Activity’ in the Niger Delta (Specifically in Cross River and Delta States).
Request for Applications – Internship to support PIND’s Integrated Peace and Development Unit (IPDU)
CLOSED: PIND seeks to engage an Intern to support the IPDU. The Intern will provide the needed additional human resources in order to improve the quality of IPDU deliverables. The Internship opportunity is at PIND’s Economic Development Centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It is expected that this assignment will run for a total of […]
Niger Delta Weekly Update – November 22-28-2020
This weekly update highlights kidnapping in the Niger Delta with a focus on the growing risk of kidnapping for ransom in Delta State. Kidnapping for ransom has evolved into a prevalent security threat in the State. According to data (see map below), over 130 incidents of kidnapping were reported in Delta State between January 2016 […]
Marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) – 2020
PIND, as an organization that consistently champions gender advocacy and the elimination of violence against women and girls, joins the World from November 25 to December 10 to mark this year’s 16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) with theme: Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect. Designed to address increased violence on women and […]
PIND KEY MESSAGES FOR THE 16DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GBV 2020
FUND Funds is essential for appropriate GBV response Make urgent and flexible funding available for GBV first responders GBV first responders need funding to work. Donate to them today Funds for first responders can save survivors Orange the World: Fund GBV First Responders RESPOND Support health and social services’ duty of care’ to violence against […]
Niger Delta Weekly Conflict Update for November 15-21, 2020
This weekly update spotlights gang violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on the resurgence of cult related killings in Edo State. According to data (see map below), over 260 cult related fatalities were reported in Edo State between January 2016 and September 2020, particularly in Benin City, the state capital. Recent data indicates […]
PIND 2020 Quarter 3 Progress Report
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) Delta, despite the economic slowdowns driven primarily by COVID–19, presents details of the achievements of our investment portfolios in the Niger Delta, made possible through resilience and creative and innovative measures undertaken from July – September 2020 (Quarter 3 of 2020). Acting under two […]
IITA, PIND, NRCRI, sign MoU to promote Nigeria’s cassava seed system in the Niger Delta region
Ibadan, 16 November: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) working in collaboration with the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) and the Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build and promote a cassava seed system that will trigger the adoption of cassava stems of […]
Adopting A Demand-Led Approach to tackling Unemployment in Abia State
Abia State currently has the 4th highest unemployment rate (31.6%) in Nigeria (NBS, 2018) with the youth unemployment rate almost double that rate With a population of over 3.7 million people as of 2016, government intervention will do well to adopt a demand-led approach to solving its youth unemployment problem and ensure that its programs […]
