Entries by COFPFound

COFP’s Deputy Director Celebrates Democracy Day With Benue State Government

In honour of the invitation for the 25th Anniversary of uninterrupted Democracy in Nigeria, the Deputy Director of COFP, Rev. Fr. Boniface Neibo was invited by the Benue State Government through Dr. Patrick Terna, the Director General, Benue State Education Quality Assurance Agency to participate as a panelist in the momentous celebration on the 13th […]

JRS and COFP Foundation Join Forces for Collaboration

The COFP delegation, led by the Executive Director, Rev. Sr. Agatha Chikelue, in the accompany of the Deputy Director, Rev. Fr. Boniface Neibo, and the Program Officer, Mr. Nicholas Dike, on 23rd May 2024 visited the office of the Country Director of the Jesuit Relief Services to explore the possibility for partnership. The JRS team […]

Induction & Graduation of Fellows After 3rd Module

From April 28th to May 4th, 2024, forty-seven (47) Fellows from Nigeria and several African countries including Uganda, Zambia, Niger, Cameroon, and Ethiopia gathered at the Ajuji Greenwich Hotel in Abuja for the final module of the 2023/2024 Fellowship program. The first four days of the program were dedicated to intensive training in peacebuilding and […]

COFP Scholarship Scheme Continues

In an effort to empower the next generation, the COFP Foundation continues to champion education for underprivileged children across the FCT and Nasarawa State. To ensure equal opportunities, the staff of COFP diligently visits schools to evaluate academic performance, ensuring that deserving students receive vital educational support. In the 3rd Term of the 2023/2024 academic […]

Sr. Agatha Chikelue Joins in the Celebration of the2024 Golden Rule Day and the Commemoration of World Interfaith Harmony Week

As part of the Foundation’s effort in promoting interfaith collective action in Africa by fostering peace, human dignity, development, and preservation of the environment, and also to counter hate speech, violence, and xenophobia, the Executive Director of COFP, Sr. Agatha Chikelue participated as one of the key speakers at the above event which focused on […]

COFP’s Executive Director Participating in a High-Level Forum on the Role of Faith in Advancing Positive Outcomes for Children, Families, and Communities

As one of the panelists during the Multi-Religious and Multi-Stakeholder High-Level Forum on the Role of Faith in Advancing Positive Outcomes for Children, Families, and Communities held from 26-27 March 2024 at the Church Centre for the United Nations, New York USA, the Executive Director of the Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace (COFP), Rev. Sr […]

A WOMAN OF EXECELLENCE: THE AMAZON OF PEACE

Sister Agatha O. Chikelue, DMMMBags International Award The Executive Director, of the Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace (COFP), Sr. Agatha Ogochukwu Chikelue has been honored with the Religions for Peace (RfP) Women of Excellence in Multi-Religious Actions Award, achieving second runner-up status. Building peace and community resilience is what she is called and trained to […]

2023/2024 COFP Fellows’ Community Peace Work and Success Stories

Learning is definitely incomplete without opportunities to apply knowledge from the classroom to practical life situations. This principle underpins the annual peace projects undertaken by COFP Fellows in their communities after their second module. Supported by a seed grant from the Foundation during their school year, the Fellows implement peace and human development initiatives in […]

COFP Appoints a Deputy Director

In January 2024, the COFP Foundation’s Governing Council and Board approved the appointment of Rev. Fr. Boniface Neibo Achor as the Deputy Director, responding to the need for expansion amid the busy schedule of the Executive Director Rev. Sr. Agatha Chikelue, DMMM. A COFP Fellow and priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Rev. Fr. […]