The Impact of Boko Haram Insurgency on the Political Economy of Northeastern Nigeria

So far, terrorism has been a key obstacle to many foreign nations, as they are struggling to prevent terrorist attacks. From the year of 1997 up to the year of 2003, international terrorist attacks have gone from less than 500 to almost 3000. Overall, global terrorism has grown by almost 1200% from 1997 to 2003. (Johnston 1). This massive increase in terrorism reflects on other nations' lack of control of the safety of their nation. These statistics also show that something needs to be done to protect the

Criminal activity and terrorist activity have a relationship that is closely related, with only minor differences separating the two. Terrorist activity are criminal acts that are motivated by a higher cause beyond the basic causes of crime. Terrorist attack are highly planned out, and the same can be said about criminal activity. Serial killers often plan out their acts just as much as terrorist organizations, however the same cannot be said for certain crimes like random assaults. (Newman & Clarke, 2008) The relationship between crime and terrorism is brought closer when terrorist organizations use common crime to fund their attacks. For example, a terrorist organization may resort to stealing chemical agents to make their dirty bombs. The

The Boko Haram sect in Nigeria has been a huge problem for the country in the past, and the threat is only growing. This group is considered responsible for a handful of government attacks, targets on the United Nations, and often churches who undermine the Islamic religion. Their actions have spawned from the idea that their country is controlled by “fake Muslims”, and aim to create an Islamic nation ruled with Sharia law.

Since terrorist attacks have been on the rise while taking dynamic and extreme turns, different countries of the world have created

Boko Haram are motivated by a Jihadist version of Islam and is believed to be believers of the one true interpretation of the (Brinkel & Ait-Hida, 2012, p. 16). Their ultimate goal to create a true Islamic state in Nigeria directly associated with Sharia law. (Chothia, 2015, p. 5). The group has maintained their secrecy and the authorities have yet to be captured by law enforcement. Boko Haram is seen to have many basic views including their religious motivations, political downfall, and their extreme actions taken on the people of Nigeria. Boko

The overwhelming majority of the world’s nations, including United States are signatories to at least one international agreement that condemns terrorism. The question comes to mind as why terrorism is growing and not coming to an end, and what are the intentions of the terrorist groups. There are many factors in the development of domestic terrorisms, however, there are several causes on the growing terrorism and there is a need to find the principal factors responsible for causing this growing threat. In addition, it is important to save the world and to save our next generation from being victims in the hands of terrorism. Many are the risk factors involved in the development of domestic terrorism. Additionally, it is important to remember that terrorism is a tactic practiced by people from a wide array of ethnic and religious backgrounds who follow various ideologies extending from anarchism to

Of the many problems that society faces today, terrorism is one that is more serious. The presence of terrorism can be felt across the globe, which make this issue a global concern. In all countries, whether they are developed or in the process of developing, this issue is always up for debate in todays society. History has shown us the clear evidence that the presence of terrorism is very much real and has gone through tremendous changes over the years. Terrorism now has become more difficult to control, more widespread, and more lethal. In todays society, terrorism is a serious challenge because of its presence around the world. Terrorists create chaotic conditions leading to mass murder and destruction to undermine the stability of society,

This article focuses on data of international terrorism compiled by institutions such as the RAND Corporation, the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) and International Terrorism Attributes of Terrorist Events (ITERATES). The purpose of the article is to seek the answer for the following questions: Has there been an increase in the raw number of international terrorist incidents over time? Secondly, have individual acts of international terrorism become more violent over time? Thirdly, has the frequency (annual number) of lethal international terrorist incidents (a lethal incident is defined as leading to at least one death) itself increased over time? And fourthly, what patterns other than time dependence (or independence)

The U.S. State Department defines terrorism, according to Piazza (2006), “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by sub national groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience” (p. 165). Throughout history, labor disputes have often been accompanied by terror and resistance movements. Terrorism dates way back in history, but political terrorism only dates back to the last century and is regarded as a new phenomenon. For example, Afghanistan has seen conflict since it was created as a county. The most notable is the terror of the terrorist group the Taliban. The Taliban rose to power when commanders imposed heavy costs on trades between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Many people had to adapt to the high risk environment created by the commanders and this spurred the acts of violence. Today conflict is evident throughout the country. What is the cause of modern political terrorism? There are many schools of thought on why a modern country will experience terrorism. In this paper I focus on the theory of a poor economy fueling acts of terror and the different schools of thoughts that focus on this subject. An economy is influenced by many categories. Many of these categories, such as the gap between wealthy and poor, economic and resource distribution, socioeconomic status, employment, and social welfare and policy all account for a country’s economy. When there is poor performance in these areas the country

The indirect effects of terrorism are not valid for developed countries since most of them have more than one means of gaining capital. In Egypt’s case, Terrorism has destroyed the economy with no signs of firm recovery in the recent future. Before the Arab spring Egypt relied heavily on foreign investments either through investing in infrastructure developments, factories or Monterey investments in the Egyptian stock market. After the Arab spring took place Egypt has been facing economic turmoil due to its past state of instability, and ongoing terrorist threats and attacks. Despite the country 's production of goods the current deficit fell due to decline in tourism, foreign capital investments in the stock market surged out of the country and now the country’s pound has declined radically due to the country’s economic decline and for devaluation by the government in hopes to entice foreign investment (VCUDATABASE) . Other indirect effects

Terrorism is a word have been echoing all around the media for a while, putting a little bit of fear, or in other words caution, in our hearts every time we hear it. United Nations General Assembly defined it as, “ Criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political purposes are in any circumstance unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or any other nature that may be invoked to justify them.” And the definitions varies to identify an issue that the world been trying to find a radical solution to, but terrorism seems to be more complicated than the way we see it. “Super Freakonomics” is a book written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner; they discuss how to apply economical approach to world-class issues in order to get a better understanding of it, and terrorism is one of those issues. While the terrorists threat is increasing upon our countries, governments

International terrorists can carry out their operations either in their host country or in a foreign nation. In addition, domestic terrorism is instigated by various domestic factors such as the state of the economy in terms level of GDP, its growth rates, level of education, and human development index; lack of political freedom and civil liberties that is measured by level of people’s participation in free and fair elections; and political instability caused by civil wars and riots occurring due to regime durability or during transition periods (Enders et al,

Independent from British ruling since 1960, Nigeria today still suffers from ethnical and religious divisions as well as unequal distribution of power and resources among its regions. A high degree of violence and insecurity has shaped Nigeria’s political framework since colonial times. The region is characterized by systematic human under-development and socio-political decay. By draining resources from development, terrorism creates an additional burden on the society and interferes with development opportunities.

As terrorist activity increases, insecurity within societies also increases with governments responding by increasing spending on counterterrorism enforcement, national security agencies and the military. This section compares the losses from direct terrorism activity to the costs borne by government in containing and mitigating the potential for terrorist violence.

Terrorism, which has been around for as long as people can remember, has been on the rise for the past ten years. Terrorists usually use murdering, kidnapping, hi-jacking and bombings to achieve their political purpose. For instance, according to Wikipedia.com (2006), in 1985 816 deaths, then in 2003, more than 1,000 people died by terorist acts around the world. In recent years, terrorism seems to be at a new height and attacks are much more violent than in the past. Unfortunately, in spite of many anti-terror campaigns, projects and organizations are being created for prevention (to prevent) terrorism, the number of terrorists only is increasing. These days terrorism is all over the world.