COVID-19 IN NIGERIA

Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence (Wikipedia 2020). In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. Relevant studies have shown that Nigeria has been tagged “a security risk nation”, because of the incessant crises, social vices, and lack of cordial relationship among its ethnic and religious groups. This project also showed the implication of conflicts as it affects peaceful co-existence in Nigeria and the roles of Christianity in solving the violence or conflicts in the nation. However, so much good has been done in the name of religion. Tasie (2002) reiterates that religion per se does not create problems, particularly the three main religions of Nigeria- African Traditional Religion, Christianity and Islam.

The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a global economic crisis with farreaching consequences within Nigeria. This crisis did not emerge in isolation but rather as a consequence of our increasingly interconnected world. In December 2019, the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was first identified in Wuhan, sparking what would soon become a worldwide pandemic. The virus's origin, believed to be linked to a seafood market in Wuhan, underscores the complex interplay between human activity and the natural world, where zoonotic diseases can easily jump from animals to humans. From its epicenter in Wuhan, the virus swiftly spread across international borders, facilitated by global travel networks, eventually reaching Nigeria in early 2020. The first confirmed case in Nigeria, involving an Italian citizen who had recently traveled from Milan to Lagos, highlighted the pandemic's transnational nature and the interconnectedness of nations in the face of infectious disease threats.