ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the experiences and challenges of city prostitution in Nigeria and its impact on the lives and livelihood of the prostitute. It also examines the factors contributing to the rise of city prostitution and the implication this holds for cities and their ability to equitable promote the security and well-being of their inhabitants. The burgeoning operational base of prostitution in many a developing economy, such as in Lagos, Abuja, and Owerri, to mention a few Nigerian cities, has been in urban areas rather than rural spaces. The chapter explores the milieu of the urban prostitution business and the ramifications of contemporary prostitution in Nigeria. It focuses on the problematic of eking out a safe and unperturbed livelihood for the social category of, prostitutes, who are no less human than any other person who is compelled to pursue and secure means for self-survival.
