BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Nigeria presently is faced with enormous challenges to peace and stability than ever before. The different regions in the country, the Northern part of the country, the South West, and the Niger Delta, are a volatile mix of insecurity, ethno-religious conflict and political instability. A large number have been wiped away in conflict between the two major religious groups stimulated by various events: the implementation in 2011 and 2013 of Sharia, or Islamic law, in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states; aggressive campaigns by foreign evangelists; and the 2002 Miss World pageant saga which resulted into another religious imbroglio when a local Christian reporter, Isioma Daniel, outraged Muslims by writing in one of Nigeria’s national papers, This Day, that the Prophet Mohammed would have chosen a wife from among the contestants. Similarly, in 2006, riots triggered by Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed left more people dead in Nigeria than anywhere else in the world (This Day September 2006). The attention to the role of religion in conflicts has been persuaded by positive and negative developments, including the de-secularization of Nigeria’s polity and the rise of religious conflicts. In the country today, focus is now on the militant forms of religious fundamentalism as a threat to peace. Also important has been the phenomenon of continuous armed religious crisis which has gone viral quickly across other states in the nation (Mason and Talbot 2013; Polgreen 2008) . Religious diversity appears to play a complex role in these conflicts, often entrenching struggles over resources through ethnic violence and social exclusion. Both the federal government and some Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have set up various institutions to deal with ethno-religious conflicts in the country.

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