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Introduction/Background of the Study
Since the turn of events in September 11, 2001 when the world witnessed the horrible attack on the twin towers in the US, terrorism has taken its toll on a huge part of most nations around the globe. This has led to a shift in both national and international focus on terrorism and terrorist attacks. Nations now have sectors in both domestic and foreign policies intensely concentrated on this menace in a bid to curb and avoid such acts as it has been on the increase in recent times.Institutions have also been established to join forces with states in the war against terrorism, this therefore buttresses the point on how significant and gigantic its acts and related activities affect states on all levels of …show more content…

Nonetheless, the northern Hausa and Fulani, the southwestern Yoruba, and the southeastern Ibo have traditionally been the most politically active and dominant amongst the various ethnic tribes. Roughly half the population primarily residing in the north is Muslim, while Southern Nigeria is predominantly Christian, but Nigeria’s Middle Belt is a diverse mix. Nigeria is a country of significant promise, but it also faces serious social, economic, and security challenges, some of which pose potential threats to state and regional stability including unstable business transactions. The country has also faced intermittent political turmoil and economic crises since gaining independence in 1960. Political life has been scarred by conflict along ethnic, geographic and religious lines, and corruption and misrule have undermined the state’s authority and legitimacy. But despite extensive petroleum resources, Nigeria’s human development indicators are among the worlds lowest, and a majority of the population faces extreme poverty while thousands have been killed in periodic ethno-religious clashes. In the southern part of the country, years of social unrest, criminality, and corruption in the oil producing Niger Delta area specifically has hindered oil production, delayed the Delta’s economic development, and contributed to piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Similarly, a perceived government neglect and economic marginalization has also fueled resentment in the predominately Muslim northern part of Nigeria. It is based on these premises that this dissertation would be analyzing the terrorism influence on Nigerian domestic and foreign policy regarding its business transaction with other Nation

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