Cross-section of Cross River State Planning Commission Directors and Officers engaged in Calabar to track implementation of the Cross River State Growth and Development Strategy (2018-2048 The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) conducted a week-long visit – from February 21 to 25 – to Cross River, Akwa Ibom, and the…
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This edition of the weekly update spotlights political violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on politically motivated killings in Akwa Ibom State. According to data (see map below), over 50 incidents of election-related violence, including more than 25 related fatalities, were reported in Akwa Ibom State between January 2015 and March 2022. In…
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CLOSED: The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) is seeking proposals from Civil Society Organisations to carry out conflict management interventions to address herders and farmers clashes in hotspot communities of Cross River, Delta, Edo and Ondo States under its Small grant project. The PIND’s small grants project supports CSOs to…
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This edition of the weekly update spotlights vigilante and mob violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on vigilante related violence and killings in River State. According to data (see map below), vigilante related violence caused over 80 fatalities in Rivers State between January 2018 and March 2022. Recent data shows an upsurge in…
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PIND Foundation is partnering with the Center for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS), University of Port Harcourt, River States to advocate a stop to the targeted killing of women and girls for ritualistic purposes in the Niger Delta. On March 21, 2022, both organizations brought together 31 stakeholders from various organizations to analyze, brainstorm and…
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This edition of the weekly update highlights lethal violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on the threat of gun violence in Edo State. According to data (see map below), more than 140 gun related deaths were reported in Edo State between January 2018 and December 2021. Recent incidents indicate an upsurge in gun…
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CLOSED: PIND requires the services of a designer (firm or individuals) to ensure the production of knowledge products and brand collaterals and materials. The objective of this assignment is to engage a competent Master Designer who would be assigned to design a wide range of publications and other communication collaterals for PIND’s use. Designer(s)…
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This edition of the weekly update spotlights communal conflicts in the Niger Delta with a focus on the herder-farmer conflict in Ondo State. According to data (see map below), clashes between herders and farmers caused over 50 fatalities in Ondo State between February 2018 and February 2022. The nature of the conflict has changed significantly…
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This weekly update spotlights criminal violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on violent separatist agitation and criminal insurgency in Imo State. According to data (see map below), separatist agitation and counter-insurgent violence caused over 400 fatalities in Imo State between January 2019 and December 2021. Recent data shows a rise in violent separatist…
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This weekly update spotlights lethal violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on homicidal violence and targeted killings in Abia State. According to data (see map below), targeted violence and homicide caused more than 210 fatalities in Abia State between January 2018 and December 2021. Recent incidents indicate a resurgence of homicidal violence and…
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