Nigeria has been ranked third of the 162 countries of the
world that have been worst hit by terrorist attacks,
according to the 2015 Global Terrorism Index.
The country, Africa’s largest oil producer, was ranked fourth
in 2014.
Going by the latest ranking, Nigeria is only better than two
Middle Eastern countries – Iraq and Afghanistan – who
were ranked first and second respectively.
Another two Middle East countries, Pakistan and Syria are
ranked fourth and fifth respectively, after Nigeria.
The only African countries closer in ranking to Nigeria are
Somalia and Libya which are in the eighth and ninth
positions respectively.
France, which recently experienced deadly terrorist attacks
that killed about 160 people in Paris, is ranked 36th, same
as the United States of America.
“Terrorist attacks are much more lethal in Nigeria than any
other country,” the GTI report said.
The report, released on November 16, 2015 by the Institute
for Economics and Peace, said the Islamist terror group in
Nigeria, Boko Haram, overtook ISIL in 2014 to become the
most deadly terrorist group in the world.
The Institute for Economics and Peace is an independent,
non-partisan, non-profit think tank with offices in Sydney,
New York and Mexico City.
The 2015 GTI report said Boko Haram, in 2014, was also
able to spread outside Nigeria to launch two deadly attacks
in neighbouring Cameroon, killing 530 people.
Cameroon, the report said, didn’t record any death from
terrorism between 2000 and 2013 until Boko Haram struck
in 2014.
Although published in November 2015, the GTI report was
produced from data gathered in 2014.
In 2014, Nigeria experienced the biggest yearly deterioration
in terrorism on record, the report said.
“There were 5,662 more people killed (in Nigeria) from
terrorism in 2014 than in 2013, an increase of almost 300
per cent,” it says.
The number of people killed in Nigeria by terrorist attack in
2014 was 6,118, compared to the 1,595 killed in 2013.
According to the report, “Nigeria has moved from the
country with the fifth highest levels of fatalities in 2013 to
the second highest in 2014.”
In summary, Nigeria recorded 662 terrorist attacks in 2014,
with 7,512 people killed, 2,246 injured and 1,512 properties
destroyed.
But then, Boko Haram isn’t the only terror group in Nigeria
that kills; the Fulani militants in the northern part of Nigeria
is recorded to have killed as many as 1,229 people in the
country in 2014, which is an incredible leap from 63
recorded in 2013.
Unlike religious fanaticism which drives Boko Haram, the
Fulani militants are driven by conflict over access and
control of land between the semi-nomadic Fulani herdsmen
and farmers in north-eastern Nigeria, the report said.
Nigeria, alongside four other countries – Iraq, Afghanistan,
Pakistan and Syria – accounted for 78 per cent of lives lost
globally in 2014 through terrorist attacks.
Of 20 most fatal terrorist attacks in the world in 2014, nine
of them took place in Nigeria.
Boko Haram was responsible for eight of those nine
attacks, while the Fulani militants were responsible for one
which took place at Galadima where 200 people were
reportedly killed.
The worst terrorist attack in Nigeria in 2014, according to
the 2015 GTI report, was in Kano city on November 28, 2014
when two suicide bombers and roadside bomb detonated at
the Grand Mosque in the city.
Boko Haram terrorists reportedly opened fire on
worshippers fleeing the explosions. One hundred and
twenty-two (122) people were killed, while 270 were injured.
Nigeria for several years now has been battling Boko Haram
insurgency which is responsible for thousands of deaths in
the northeast of the country. PREMIUM TIMES has
extensively reported on the insurgency.
“The nature of terrorism in Nigeria is different to Iraq and
Afghanistan,” the report said.
“Terrorist activity in Nigeria has more in common with the
tactics of organised crime and gangs, focusing more on
armed assaults using firearms and knives than on the
bombings of other large terrorist groups.
“Firearms were used in over half of all attacks in Nigeria
and were responsible for 67 per cent of all deaths by Boko
Haram and 92 per cent of deaths from Fulani militants.
“Whilst previously the use of suicide attacks by Boko Haram
was rare, in 2014 they were responsible for 31 suicide
attacks with an average of nearly 15 deaths per attack.
“The majority of these attacks were against private citizens
and education and religious institutions. No other group in
Nigeria conducted suicide attacks in 2014,” the report said.
The number of people killed by terrorism around the world
increased from 18,111 in 2013 to 32,658 in 2014.
The increase is said to be the largest ever recorded.
The report put the global cost of terrorism in 2014 at US$
52.9 billion, compared to US$32.9 billion in 2013.
The GTI, which is currently in its third edition, is “based on
data from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) which is
collected and collated by the National Consortium for the
Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism”.
The GTI score for a country in a given year is said to be
based on unique scoring system to account for the relative
impact of terrorism incidents in the year.
“The four factors counted in each country’s yearly score,
are: total number of terrorist incidents in a given year; total
number of fatalities caused by terrorists in a given year;
total number of injuries caused by terrorists in a given year;
a measure of the total property damage from terrorist
incidents in a given year.”



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We will come out stronger!
We overcame the politics of sharia, we defeated OPC noise, Niger delta militants accepted amnesty...Ojukwu died a Nigerian!

After the storm there comes a Rain. As for terrorists anywhere around the globe,May them never know peace(Amen)

That's the reason we Are The lion of Africa

Where there is a will, a way comes.

Here we are standing tall, tru AAA adversities ,we r one! Centenary song.
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This is bad

Adonbilivit! Nigerias ranking is not true, oyibo researchers please check your facts and try again later.


if na to rate us for FIFA ranking dem go clean eye put us for down not minding the fact that the under 17 world cup is now our birth right.

Thanks to Mr Body Language

Most unfortunately, Buhari has no plan as at today to fight and end terrorism. It seems more likely of a tacit support than a fight against.

He seem more interested in crowning thieves, fighting political enemies and militarizing the biafran agitation. His plans on these are known while no plans exists for bokoharam and fulani herdsmen.