The Deputy Director of The Kukah Centre (TKC), Dr. Emmanuel Nkanta, led the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (SRSG), and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel…
Political competition is an essential part of democracy. It allows citizens to choose between competing ideas, programmes and visions for the future. But competition should never come at the cost of peace, dignity or the social bonds that hold communities…
As Ekiti State prepares for the June 20, 2026 Governorship Election, political parties, governorship candidates, electoral institutions, security agencies, traditional rulers, religious leaders, civil society organisations, development partners, and the media gathered in Ado-Ekiti to reaffirm commitment to peace, democratic accountability, and credible elections. At the centre of this collective commitment was the signing of […]
Ahead of the June gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, the EU Support to the National Peace Committee (NPC) and EU Support to Political Parties (SPP) convened a 4-day Stakeholders’ Validation Forum (SVF) in Ado-Ekiti to review and strengthen its pre-election context analysis and political party compliance assessment. The forum formed part of broader efforts to […]
Awka, Anambra State – November 3, 2025 The National Peace Committee (NPC) has once again reaffirmed its commitment to promoting peaceful and credible elections in Nigeria, as political parties and their governorship candidates in Anambra State gathered at the International Convention Centre, Awka, to sign the Anambra State Governorship Election Peace Accord. A United Call […]
Ahead of the November off-cycle gubernatorial election in Anambra State, The Kukah Centre, Secretariat of the National Peace Committee (NPC), launched a four-day Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) intervention. The initiative was designed to strengthen institutional and community capacity to detect, verify, and respond to early warning signs of electoral violence before they escalate into […]
Date: December 3, 2024Venue: Signature Hall, Wells Carlton Hotel, AbujaBy: The Kukah Centre A Full House at the Crossroads of Faith and Governance On a crisp Abuja morning, more than a hundred participants gathered at Signature Hall, Wells Carlton, to engage in one of Nigeria’s most urgent conversations — the intersection of Religion and Democracy. […]
On 12th December 2018, His Excellency, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, arrived The Kukah Centre, Secretariat of the National Peace Committee, to pen his signature to the 2019 National Peace Accord. He was accompanied by the National Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus and other senior aides. On hand […]
Staff of the National Peace Committee and delegates from the EU, UNDP, the Norwegian and Swiss Embassies met at The Kukah Centre on Monday 3rd December, 2018. The meeting focused on issues related to the signing of the National Peace Accord on December 11, 2018 by all registered political parties and their presidential candidates at […]
From 28-29 November 2018, the National Peace Committee headed by Gen. Abdulsalam A. Abubakar, GCFR, with its Secretariat at The Kukah Centre, held two important meetings at Nicon Luxury, Abuja. The first meeting was to create the platform for the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to brief members of the Peace Committee on its readiness […]
