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ABSTRACT

Religion world over teaches peace, unity, love, care, humility, and harmonious coexistence among her followers. Religion compels every believer to love one another, even their enemies because man is created in the image and likeness of God and everyone will give account to him on how they spent their life here on earth. Taraba State which is located in the northeastern part of Nigeria had recorded many crises and kidnapping, and these crises and kidnapping had disrupted the development of the state. This paper examined the Persistent Crisis and Kidnapping in Taraba State, Nigeria: The Role of Religious Organisation in Reducing the Menaces. The researchers used a qualitative case study for this work. The qualitative case study is a research method that enables a complex phenomenon to be explored through the identification of different factors interacting with each other. Primary and secondary sources were also used for the work. The research finding showed that the religious organizations were not mostly involved in meetings of dialogues to reducing crises and kidnapping in Taraba State. The research argued that, though there is already a parallel line between government and religion in almost everything, however, religion still maintain standard of love, peace, and unity for all human beings. The research proffered some recommendations and conclusions.