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The Economic Impact of Insecurity and Terrorism on the Nigerian Economy

This study examines the economic impact of insecurity and terrorism on the Nigerian economy from the period 1990-2022. One of the major challenges that has confronted Nigeria as a nation in recent times is that of insecurity and terrorism. The villainous activities of Bandits, unknown gunmen, Niger Delta militant, Boko Haram, and Fulani herdsmen, had been responsible largely for the loss of lives and properties in Nigeria. Some of their dastard and iniquitous activities include kidnapping especially school children, raping, armed robbery, ritual killings, suicide bomb attacks, sporadic and ind…