Nigeria has been ranked as the third most terrorized country in the world by the Global Terrorism Index report.

The GTI in her latest report says that death attributed to Boko Haram in Nigeria increased by 25 percent from 2018 to 2019.

The report also added that: in 2019, Boko Haram carried out 11 suicide bombings causing 68 fatalities, accounting for 6% of all terror-related incidents by the group in 2019.

This year’s report ranked Nigeria for the sixth consecutive time since 2015 as the third country with the worst impact from terrorism, globally.

Afghanistan is top on the list, followed by Iraq. Syria, Somalia and Yemen are ranked fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

GTI said despite the rise in the number of casualties from Boko Haram attacks in the North-East, Nigeria was the second to record a fall in violent deaths after Afghanistan in 2019.The report indicates that Nigeria remains the most terrorised country in Africa with huge economic and financial loss.