According to the 2015 Global Terrorism Index, Nigeria is third most
terrorized country in the world. The rating involved 162 countries.Iraq and
Afghanistan are ranked first and second respectively, while Pakistan and
Syria occupied the fourth and the fifth positions.
The report
released on November 16 contains: “Terrorist
attacks are much more lethal in Nigeria than any other country.” In 2014 Nigeria
experienced the biggest yearly deterioration in terrorism on record, the
report stated. “There
were 5,662 more people killed (in Nigeria) from terrorism in 2014 than in 2013,
an increase of almost 300 per cent.”