Abstract:

The emergence of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has disrupted social norms, values, and cultural ways of social engagements and interactions among the people in a society. The lockdown and social distancing rules aimed at preventing the spread of the virus through person to person transmission has confined people to their homes. These socio-economic restrictions and isolations have altered the social life and livelihood of people.

Frustrations and dissatisfactions arising from the social reality created by Covid-19 lockdown and social distancing have led to increased deviant and anti-social behaviors in society. This paper focused on some of the emergent deviant behaviors occasioned by covid-19 lockdown and social distancing in Nigeria.