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THE NEW FACE OF TERRORISM IN NIGERIA

Terrorism according to the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary is the use of violence action in order to achieve political aims or to force a government to act. It is mind blowing and soul retching to say the least, that some unimaginable things can take place on the soil of this great nation acclaimed to be the most populous African country with a rich culture, however, this has become the bane of the countries existence since its inception, as it is I am dumb founded, it would be better to say that Nigeria is a land of impossibilities. In Nigeria massive ships and heavy duty tractors have vanished into thin air, government installations are stolen by invisible forces, where more than 200 school girls can be abducted within seconds and transported to an unknown destination, where a large expanse of forest is converted into a ritual site and people a left unperturbed, still going about their daily activities needless to say campaigns as though nothing happened. The events of rec