The 2018 ranking on terrorism is out and Nigeria, for the fourth consecutive year, occupies the third position among the countries worst hit by terrorism, globally, because of the activities of Boko Haram and herdsmen.



The GTI, which is in its sixth edition, is produced annually by the Institute for Economics & Peace, an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank with offices in Sydney, New York, and Mexico City.

Apart from 2014 when it was ranked fourth, Nigeria has remained in the unenviable third position in the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) ranking since 2015.

In the latest report released on Wednesday, Iraq was ranked the most Terrorised country in the world, a position it has held since 2014.

Afghanistan has ranked second since 2013. Syria and Pakistan are ranked fourth and fifth respectively.

Others among the top 10 countries worst hit by terrorism in 2017 are Somalia (sixth), India (seventh), Yemen (eighth), Egypt (ninth), and Philippines (10th).

The good news, however, is that there has been a reduction in the number of deaths caused by terrorism in Nigeria in 2017, just like the other three preceding years, according to the report.

"When compared to the peak of terrorist deaths in 2014, the largest falls in the number of deaths occurred in Iraq, Nigeria, and Pakistan, with falls of 6,466, 5,950, and 912 deaths respectively," said the 2018 GTI report.

The report said deaths from terrorism in Nigeria fell to 1,532 in 2017, a decrease of 16 per cent from the prior year.

There were 63 per cent and 34 per cent drop in deaths in the country in 2016 and 2015 respectively, according to the report.

"This highlights the effectiveness of the counter-insurgency operations undertaken in Nigeria and its neighbours, Cameroon, Niger, and Chad," the report said, adding that the world has also experienced a drop in deaths from terrorism in 2017.

The GTI, while analysing global trends in terrorism in 2017, described the reduction in deaths in Nigeria and Iraq "the most dramatic".

Boko Haram attacks, the report said, have substantially reduced in Chad and other neighbouring countries; and Al-Shabaab, in 2017, overtook Boko Haram as the deadliest terror group in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The GTI report raised concern over the killings by herdsmen, saying terrorism was shifting from Nigeria's North-east region to the country's Middle-Belt.

"In Nigeria in 2018, there has been a dramatic increase in violence involving Fulani extremists even as deaths committed by Boko Haram are falling," the report said.
"In 2018 alone, deaths committed by nomadic Fulani herders are estimated to be six times greater than the number committed by Boko Haram.
Methodology
The GTI monitores and measures the impacts of terrorism in 163 countries, which covers 99.7 per cent of the world's population.

The GTI uses total number of terrorist incidents, total number of fatalities caused by terrorists, total number of injuries caused by terrorists, a measure of the total property damage from terrorist incidents in a given year to arrive at its ranking.


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Why always Nigeria.

See Full Top 20 most Terrorised African Countries, 2018

Not surprised...

It's only in Lagos mosquito will
Beat you through your jeans!!

No I won't take that.
This' gross injustice against my kwon3







We only have criminals here... not terrorists.
unless you're talking about IPOB terrorists















I wish my dad was from Sudan,it would have been much better than being called a Zoogerian

It's not only Boko Haram that we have as terrorists , most of our political leaders are 'Economic Terrorists'. If decisive measures are not taken , Nigeria may be crowned the most unsafe country to live in the world

How is this news ? . We know and we are also the only country with an impostor for a president .

useless country spit .

After their failed promise on defeating boko boys, fighting of corruption, provision of 3m jobs, making the economy no.1 in Africa they're still clamouring for re-election... Ndi ara.

annnikky:
After their failed promise on defeating boko boys, fighting of corruption, provision of 3m jobs, making the economy no.1 in Africa they're still clamouring for re-election... Ndi ara.

Thats the most annoying thing

This shitty government breaking a lot of records since inception.


Yet, our President won't stop jetting around the world on events that doesn't concern him, instead of him focusing on how to solve the problem the nation is facing.

Why won't Nigeria be the most terrorised place when Buhari himself is a certified terrorist whose poor policies and governance is terrorizing Nigerians with bloodshed , poverty and in-depth hopelessness While Buhari body language seems to show he is in cahoots with the 2nd and 3rd most dangerous terrorist groups on earth by shielding them from the law and releasing millions of dollars and fighters to them in the name of ransom and Ranching making him their primary funders and recruiter today.

buhari will soon jet out to talk to the I international press about this

tstx:


Thats the most annoying thing

Some people are still blind to see all these rather they're clamouring for the old man re-election, someone that doesn't have four sight... Smh

annnikky:

Some people are still blind to see all these rather they're clamouring for the old man re-election... Smh

Many Nigerians lack Basic integrity..

tstx:


Many Nigerians lack Basic integrity..

I wonder when they'll wake up from their slumber maybe when he takes Nigeria back to 1950 then they'll start wailing.

annnikky:

I wonder when they'll wake up from their slumber maybe when he takes Nigeria back to 1950 then they'll start wailing.

Wail ke.. So far as he keeps paying them their monthly stipend.. They won't mind him taking the country back to 1950

Everything and everyone is a Terrorist in Nigeria.
The Driver terrorizes his passengers'' If you no get change, no enter o....''
The employers terrorizes the employees by not paying salaries
ASUU terrorizes the government, government terrorizes ASUU and Labour
Mosquito terrorizes individual by sucking you even when wearing jeans
You terrorize your neighbors by disturbing them with sound of your generator
The list is endless.....

Pusyiter:
Everything and everyone is a Terrorist in Nigeria.
The Driver terrorizes his passengers'' If you no get change, no enter o....''
The employers terrorizes the employees by not paying salaries
ASUU terrorizes the government, government terrorizes ASUU and Labour
Mosquito terrorizes individual by sucking you even when wearing jeans
You terrorize your neighbors by disturbing them with sound of your generator
The list is endless.....

Lol

Lalasticlala

Even nigeria army are terrorist.

chiagozien:
Even nigeria army are terrorist.

I swear