'Yan sandan Najeriya na binciken laifuka a Najeriya . Ana dai kallon Najeriya a matsayin kasa mai yawan laifuka, inda take matsayi na 17 a cikin ƙasashe mafi ƙarancin zaman lafiya a duniya.   A cewar UNICEF a cikin shekara ta 2014, kashi 25% na mata ana cin zarafi kafin shekaru 18 da kuma 11% na maza ana cin zarafinsu kafin shekaru 18. A shekara ta 2011, an ƙiyasta cewa Najeriya ta yi asarar sama da dala biliyan 400 sakamakon cin hanci da rashawa a siyasance tun bayan samun 'yancin kai. Wani bincike da aka gudanar a shekara ta 2012 ya nuna cewa kashi 31 cikin 100 na matan Najeriya na fama da tashin hankali . Ra'ayin Najeriya game da tashin hankalin gida ya bambanta bisa ga yanki, addini, da kuma aji. Alal misali, ’yan kabilar Tiv suna kallon bugun mata a matsayin “alamar soyayya” da ya kamata a ƙarfafa ta kamar yadda furucin nan “Idan har mijinki bai yi miki duka ba to ba ki san jin daɗin aure ba, kuma hakan yana nufin ke ce ki ke. har yanzu bai yi aure ba”.