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Ruins after a militia attack in Benue state, Nigeria, during the last week of February 2023. / Credit: Courtesy of Michael Burton/Ignition633.orgWashington D.C., Mar 15, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).The controversial presidential election on Feb. 25 still dominates Nigerias main news. Meanwhile, recent terrorist raids in Benue, a predominantly Catholic state in north-central Nigeria, are getting scant mention.Six counties in the Middle Belt state have seen deadly attacks by Fulani militants since the e...

The Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room has expressed their displeasure at the alleged plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to erase data captured by the the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) during the recent presidential election.  The Situation Room is made up of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working in support of credible and transparent elections in Nigeria numbering more than 70. 

A report released by Community Life Project (CIP)/Reclaim and the Justice Development and Peace Centre has revealed how Saturday's 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians.  This is contained in the group’s preliminary report on the polls, accusing the country's electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), of weakening the electoral process by its failure to discharge its statutory duty of conducting free and...

Justice Development and Peace Caritas (JDPC) has urged Nigerians not to allow the challenges bedeviling the country to stop them from voting on election day.

”It is not a secret that Nigerians are suffering, a lot of things are not right in this country; today kidnapping, banditry, armed robbery, killings and other forms of insecurity have taken over our land.

For over five years now, many communities in Plateau State, especially in the Northern Senatorial Zone, have grappled with heightened insecurity, which

Ondo State Government has warned the citizens of the state against the destruction and vandalizing of infrastructural facilities

The Justice Development and Peace initiative (JDPI) and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ekiti State Council have called on Governor Biodun Oyebanji

<p>One early morning in September, a flood surge gushed into Endurance Kiki's home in Kpakiama in southern Nigeria. More than a foot of filthy water bubbled into her apartment, forcing her, her husband and five children to relocate to a temporary site for shelter.</p>

The government is supporting the request of Japanese deputy minister of justice Hiroyuki Kada to hold a special Japan-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Law and Justice in Tokyo in 2023.