Historical perspectives on migrations and conflicts -- Inter-group migrations, conflicts, and displacement in central Nigeria / Okpeh Ochayi Okpeh -- Nigerian migrants in the Cameroons and the reactions of the host communities, 1885-1961 / Bayo A. Lawal -- Migration patterns and identity formation among the Igbo / Chima J. Korieh -- Migrations and institution building in Africa : lessons from the Lagos plan of action / Kenneth Kalu -- Population displacements and national development -- Religious conflicts and internally displaced persons in Nigeria / Gwamna Dogara Je'adayibe -- The role of small and light arms in migration and displacement in Nigeria since the 1980s / Olayemi Akinwumi -- Internal population displacement and changing patterns of food growth and distribution in Nigeria (1999-2005) / Francis Akumabi Agbali -- The Nigerian state and the crisis of managing internal displacement -- The economic cost of government policy on internally displaced people in central Nigeria / Ibrahim Umaru -- Infrastructural neglect and economic imperatives in the post-war Igbo migrations to the northern and western parts of Nigeria / Ihediwa Nkemjika Chimee -- Defending the housing rights of displaced persons in urban Nigeria / Chris Agoha -- Reconciling exiles and their tormentors : an appraisal of selected medieval-contemporary peace building strategies among the Igbo / Ayandiji D. Aina -- Widowhood in Nigeria : problems and prospects for development / Felicia A. D. Oyekanmi.