Therefore, fusing traditional and religious institutions’ mechanisms of promoting peace and conflict resolution into Nigeria’s peace and security architecture could have positive implications ...

Nigeria’s legal system is imposing systematic restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, specifically with its use of ...

The dominant religions in Nigeria are Islam and Christianity, imported to West Africa generations ago. But traditional African religion has not been forgotten, especially among the Yoruba ethnic ...

AJIDO, Nigeria – Excitement grew in the crowd as the Zangbeto Voodoo festival reached a climax, with scores of colorful palm-frond figures representing the traditional guardian of the night. As ...

Egungun festival is one of the most widely celebrated traditional religious festivals among the Yoruba of South-West Nigeria. However, contrary to what obtained in the past, this annually celebrated ...

“KAICIID can help connect Religious Leaders and Policymakers in Nigeria. Religious Leaders have the potential and outreach to emphasize commonalities over differences and change narratives.

There are followers of African traditional religions who also say ... Odinani follower Cletus Chukwuemeka Ogbodo says the idea of religious harmony as enshrined in Nigeria's constitution is in ...

Let us begin with the general observation that there is violence in the Nigerian culture and I imagine like in every culture. Apart from the history of the inter-tribal wars in the past and of the ...

Traditional and religious institutions had played and continue to play varied and dynamic roles in various parts of the world, including our country, Nigeria. These institutions provided the ...

Religious intolerance - in one of the most religious countries in Africa if not the world - is one of the issues dominating debate ahead of next year's elections. It is rare to find a Nigerian who ...