It is no longer news to the global community that Nigeria is currently under the scourge of terrorism. Since the start of the current year, the reality in many parts of the globe remains a poignant reminder since most of the factors that have triggered their upheaval resonate in Nigeria on a daily basis. Undoubtedly, the dastardly act unleashed on the United States of America on the 11th of September, 2001 when two of the four commercial jets hijacked by nineteen members of Al-Quaeda crashed into the 110 story twin towers of the World Trade Centre killing nearly 3, 000 souls have since brought the issue of terrorism to the fore. This heinous act which resulted in monumental damage is still much remembered till today in the United States as they now set aside September 11 of every year in remembrance of lives that were lost during the 9/11 attack. However, that despicable act was discovered to have been spearheaded by the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden who was later killed in May, 2011 by U.S. forces inside Pakistan. The U.S. 9/11 attack and several others such as the Mumbai attack on India on 26th November, 2008 made terrorism a pivotal issue and several strides have since been made by global actors in combating this menace. Consequently, there have also been flurry of international and domestic efforts to tackle terrorism. Incontrovertibly, terrorism in the world at large has risen to a sublime and the global community in a bid to stave-off this act which has constituted a threat to global peace and stability unanimously agreed to counter terrorism in all its forms and to also bring its perpetrators to justice. For instance, world leaders at the 2005 September Summit unequivocally condemned terrorism in all its forms, manifestations, committed by whomever, wherever and for what ever purposes. Although prior to and after the 9/11 gruesome attack on U.S, terrorism had been alien to Nigeria not until recently when Nigeria started experiencing frequent and diverse terrorist activities in form of spat of bombings in various states of Nigeria, which has left several people dead and so many others bereaved of their loved ones. The perpetrators have being identified as a group known as Boko Haram extremist sect from the Northern region of Nigeria who have remained impregnable to the Nigerian government. Sadly enough, on a fateful Friday the 26th of August, 2011, a suicide bomber rammed through two security gates at the United Nations building in Abuja, Nigeria, hit the main building and then detonated a blast which killed 23 people and injured more than 70 others. This unabashedly Boko Haram Islamist sect who had claimed responsibility for similar attack on the police headquarters on the 17th of June, 2011, also claimed responsibility for the mayhem on the UN building. On Sunday the 11th of September, 2011 another bomb was also set-off at Plateau State, Nigeria. The continued onslaught by this group of insurgents and the aftermath effect has kept Nigerians in perpetual fear. Nigerian citizens and foreigners no longer consider Nigeria as a safe place to live as a result of this restiveness. Similarly, terrorism constitutes a total infringement and intentional deprivation of the citizens’ right to life as enshrined in Section 33 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended). Other international human rights instruments also guarantees right to life which is a fundamental human right. Apart from the fact that terrorism is generally viewed as inhumane; it is equally a criminal act which the whole world frowns at. Considering the above, I believe it is high time Nigeria address the major cause so as to get a clear direction on how to address the current problem. This is the more reason why I consider this paper not only timely but equally phenomenal at a crucial moment as this when Nigeria is going through a climax of unrest. Candidly speaking, tackling the present upsurge in terrorism would not be an easy task due to various factors which has long perpetuated terrorism in Nigeria. Nonetheless, this paper shall attempt to advance strategies that would at list serve as a springboard in checkmating terrorism in Nigeria