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NEMA to host regional peace forum in Nasarawa

The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in conjunction with the Institute for Peace, is set to host a regional peace forum in an attempt … Continue reading NEMA to host regional peace forum in Nasarawa


A car burns at the scene of a bomb explosion at St. Theresa Catholic Church at Madalla, Suleja, just outside Nigeria’s capital Abuja, December 25, 2011.

The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in conjunction with the Institute for Peace, is set to host a regional peace forum in an attempt to put an end to increasing sect-related violence in Africa’s most populous nation.

The NEMA-hosted forum will take place this week in Lafia, Nasarawa state, the UPI reported.

Director General of the agency, Muhammad Sani-Sidi, announced intentions for the forum after his visit to St. Finbars Catholic Church in Jos, Plateau state where 11 had been killed in suicide bomb attacks.

Sani-Sidi called on community and religious leaders to be more vigilant and security conscious and above all to remain calm and strive for peaceful co-existence. The parish priest, Rev. Peter Umoren thanked the DG for his concern.

A series of bomb attacks targeting worship places have been attributed to the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram. The sect claims to want a wide spread implementation of Shariah law and has claimed responsibility for several attacks targeting security operatives.