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Runs girls (Singular: runs girl) is a term referred to special kind of high class prostitutes in Nigeria and Ghana. It is akin to escort services in the west, but the difference between the west's female escort service and Nigeria's runs girls is the fact that while the former works in contract with a legally registered company, the latter works on her own. And also, a male patronizing the services of an escort does know who he is really dealing with, but sometimes a man can date a runs girl for long without knowing who she really is. However, they make roughly the same amount of money.

The term "Runs girl" started around 2007 in universities and was coined from the pidgin-english word: runs, which means hustle. But nevertheless, that doesn't mean that they stand on sidewalks or under street lights calling on male customers. The term "runs" was used because most of these runs girls are or were university students and originally traded their bodies to fund themselves through school.

Significant differences exist between runs girls and street prostitutes. These differences can be grouped based on the income levels, income levels and social status of their customers, motives, behavior etc.

Most of the time, the parents of girls involved in this kind of work are unaware, as most of the girls hide it from their parents and even their unsuspecting customers.