1.

Yoruba Elders and the Control of Juristic Thought

Olaoba, O.B.

1

2.

A Critique of Warfare Prayers in African Pentecostalism

Fatikun, Samson Adetunji

18

3.

In Defence of Percifism

Adebola Babatunde Ekanola

39

4.

Traditional Mechanism of Managing Conflict in Africa: The Role of M’gilo Institution among Lelna of Zuruland in Northwestern Nigeria

Nathaniel Dominic Danjibo

64

5.

(Formal) Peace Education in Nigeria:

Partnerships and Prospects

Oshita O. Oshita

102

6.

Scapegoating the Media: A Study of Government’s Responses to the Reporting of January 2006 Niger Delta Kidnapping and Hostage-Taking Crisis

Olusola Olajide Isola

118

7.

Youth Plight and Challenges for Conflict Prevention in Africa

Takwa Zebulon Suifon

135

8.

The Economy of ‘New Wars’: Cold

Consolidation of Peace Through Criminalisation?

Peter Lock

158

9.

Women of the Niger Delta and the Struggle for Resource Control and Public Funds

Antonia T. Okoosi-Simbine

178