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Abstract block------The ‘amalgamation’between different cultures, that combined diverse ethnic and religious groups in the northern and southern protectorates of Nigeria, mandated in 1914 by Lord Lugard is the bedrock of several conflicts that have been subsequently rocking the country. One outcome of the political ‘amalgamation’has been continual inter-religious conflicts. The resultant lost in human and material resources from these crises has had multiplier effects on all facets of Nigeria’s development. This study describes the inter-religious conflicts, especially between followers of Islam and Christianity, and it identifies its political and economic antecedents. It then identifies initiatives for peaceful transformation of conflicts in the multi-faith and multi-ethnic regions that were the focus of the research.