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Curbing Violent Extremism Through Peacebuilding in Nigeria

Violent conflict is no longer alien to the Nigerian psyche.The polity has been severally rocked by violent conflicts since independence.However, the magnitude of the devastation occasioned by these conflicts has not been as intensely impacting as the country has experienced it since seven years of Boko Haram insurgency in northeastern part of the country.The other regions of the country are not spared in the violent conflict experience, although at a lower intensity, kidnapping, pipeline vandalisation, and ritual killings are rife particularly in the southern parts of Nigeria.There is an unbri…