18 is not legal   21 is at least here in America

18 is legal in america girl Lol

officially 18 is the legal age really.

2fine4u:

18 is not legal   21 is at least here in America

I am pretty sure 18 is legal in America. 

And that is pretty late. It is 14 in Canada. 

14? thats mad early

It is 13 in Nigeria. And from what is happening in some parts of the country, that is even too late because many regions still have people get married before that.

woowww

Have you got proof to back your claim?

Or are you clinging to this part of the Nigerian Criminal Code?

Criminal Code provides for life imprisonment for any person who has unlawful "carnal knowledge" of a girl under the age of 13.

I saw the 13 year old claim on a UN map on countries and their legal age for consent. You can google it or something.

am i missing something or what, legal for what?, marriage, alchohol consumption, cigarette smoking?

this legal age thingy should depend on certain things. do u mean legal for drinking or for driving or for having sex?

legal in general i mean u guys know this , except for drinking

at 18 in america u are considered an adult. n aint a minor anymore,

The age of consent differs greatly through out the USA for example:

Alabama, 16
Alaska , 16
Colorado, 15
Connecticut 16
Illinois, 17
New York , 17
North Dakota 18
Virginia ,18

the confusion arises as 21 was the age in some states until recently

and the age of consent is 13 in Nigeria, which i personally feel is a disgrace.

Is there anything as the age of consent in Nigeria?

A five year old can buy cigarette and beer: YES (because he might be on an errand)
but can he drink it in public? HELL NO
even a lot of 24 year olds can't smoke and drink in public.

You can't simply mirror the western world on Nigeria.

Click here for the Nigerian Constitution.

In the nigerian constitution:
(a) "full age" means the age of eighteen years and above;

(b) any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age. (when specified by the section)

The Nigerian Criminal Code section 221 stipulates that it is a criminal offense if a man has sexual intercourse with a woman

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[li]without her consent; [/li]
[li]with her consent given under fear of pain or death threat; or [/li]
[li]if the female is under 14 years of age or of unsound mind, whether with or without her consent.[/li]
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Ironically, the age of consent for sexual intercourse varies from one part of the country to another. Specifically, the Nigerian Criminal Code puts the age of consent for boys at 14 and for girls at 16 (unless she is married). It will be seen that the law itself can be open to a lot of abuses. Law enforcement agencies are usually not sensitive to sexual rights violations, often making it difficult to establish a case of rape. The record shows that very few cases of rape offenders have been prosecuted. On the other hand, a child victim is often labeled as being sexually aggressive, even by the courts of law.

This unfavorable societal outlook on the issue of rape has not helped in the proper documentation of its incidence. Victims are reluctant to report rape cases because they feel ashamed that the society might insinuate that they made themselves a target of attack. They are also afraid of repeated occurrences by the perpetrator, because the victim is not sure of adequate redress by law enforcement agents. In some cases, victims have been driven to commit suicide because of the stigma and possible dishonor, particularly in cases of illegitimate pregnancy.

A common form of rape in Nigeria occurs with domestic help, usually a teenage girl, when she is molested by her master or by a teenage male child or relation of the . . .

age of consent in canada is 14-17

what does that depend on? the province?

i don't know its probably different in quebec no actually i think its thesame in all provinces

LOL Quebec everything is different for those francphones
You can buy alcohol and Cigar at 18 and also enter a strip club
Alot of pplz when they turn 18 go to Montral, YUP YUP

all provinces are different, but Qubec is da best alot of people go there on holidays

no its thesame ooo the criminal code law is thesame in all provinces

@josboy
wow strip clubs and drinking

Shawna what wrong with strip clubs _{Jboy do u really go}

everything is wrong with strip clubs i dont know why guys always wanna go there

yea , me i dont go sha not looking forward to going,

NO Quebec has there own code. There law is based on Napoleonic Code
While the other proviinces base it mainly on British Common LAW
You know in quebec you cannot bake a right turn on red, but you can make a left turn. How Bizzare EH
                                    _{Badman i dont want to get my self in trouble}  

I wonder when Nigeria will start having stip clubs.
I think its better then prostituition and it provides a much safer environment.
But im not a fan of them sha

The napoleon code has to do with civil law stuff
the criminal code is thesame in all provinces


so u do go to strip clubs

there are strip clubs in 9ja already and no legal age as usual 15 yr old go around looking for prostitutes, a small boy can go and buy cigrette from corner corner shops

how come u know so much about strip clubs in nigeria

hey dont start suspecting me , they are articles bout it in national newspapers

They have strip clubs in Nigeria?
Na wao, for where? This is very alarming news. But anything is possible in Nigeria sha


Starts telling a story,

am not suspectin u just curious thats all

ok shawna and u havnt told me "Y" for the other day am waiting

yea jboy there was an article describing places but its sometime back dont think i can find it online again,