Globally, children of school age are bought, sold and transported away from their homes as commodities. Child trafficking is illegal and extremely harmful as trafficked children are exposed to diverse forms of abuse. The general objective of this study was to examine the socioeconomic implications of child trafficking in Borno State, Nigeria. Using purposive and simple random techniques, data for the study were obtained from 92 respondents representing the immigration, police officers, lawyers, road transport workers, journalists and civil servants who deal directly with child traffickers and trafficked children. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The data revealed that trafficked children were obtained from other states, their age range was between five and 10 years and mostly males. It was discovered that force/coercion, trickery and administration of oats were the commonest methods used in child trafficking. Forced labour, prostitution and child soldier were the major purposes for child trafficking while poverty, economic gains, ignorance and insufficient penalties against traffickers were factors enhancing child trafficking in the study area. The study recommended among others investment in human capital, massive public enlightenment campaigns, severe penalties and removal of constraints hindering prosecution of traffickers.

This paper examines the "impact of Downstream Oil Deregulation Nexus Petroleum GDP and the causal relationship between downstream deregulation. Petroleum GDP.ARDL technique was used in analyzing the regression estimates. Based on the findings, the study found a Two-way causation to have existed between PPMS and petroleum GDP and between PPMS and PMSP. The regression estimate has indicated a positive significant impact between PMSP and economic growth (proxy petroleum GDP). The study also revealed a negative but significant impact between, PMSC, IPMS and PPMS with economic growth. The coefficient of the ECM (-0.5785) which is highly statistically significant (0.000) implies that the disequilibrium occurring due to a shock is totally corrected at a rate of about 57 percent. The study recommends that Importation of refined premium motor spirit (IPMS) grossly affects the petroleum GDP of the economy negatively; therefore total deregulation of the downstream sector must be gradually and consistently pursued to revive maximum result to all stakeholders and the nation. While that is being pursued, adequate infrastructure, especially refineries should be put in place. The four refineries already established shall be maintained and made to operate at full capacity. Hence, while "deregulation" is needed to allow space for private initiative and competition, "reregulation" is needed to establish a set of rules that allow the market to function properly by correcting the imperfections and by accounting for the social costs of the petroleum sector.