Nigerian judge throws out case against 47 men facing homosexuality charge
ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM A judge in a Nigerian court on Tuesday threw out a case against 47 men charged with public displays of affection with members of same-sex, ending what had widely been seen as a test of the country's laws banning homosexual relationships. The Nigerian law banning gay marriage, punishable by up to 14 years in prison, and same-sex "amorous relationships", prompted an international outcry when it came into force under former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014. The men were arrested in a police raid on a Lagos hotel in the city's Egbeda district in 2018. Police said the men…