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67 people arrested in Nigeria for attending gay wedding
GCN via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoAt approximately 2am on Monday, August 28, Delta State police in Nigeria raided a hotel believed to...
Mass arrest in Nigeria over alleged same-sex wedding ceremony
Attitude via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoHomosexuality is strictly illegal in Nigeria, with same-sex relations punishable by up to 14 years...
More than 100 people were arrested at a gay wedding in Nigeria on grounds of attending the event,...
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoA Nigerian police spokesperson said the police are investigating at least 67 individuals found at a...
Mass arrests target LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria while abuses against them are ignored, activists say
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoLaw enforcement authorities in Nigeria are using the country’s same-sex prohibition law to target...
69 people arrested over 'gay wedding' in Nigeria freed on bail
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 12 months agoSixty-nine people arrested after Nigerian police raided an alleged gay wedding have been released on...
More than 100 arrested for attending gay wedding in Nigeria
United Press International via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoNearly 200 people were arrested in Nigeria for attending a gay wedding, including the couple who got...
Counting underway but it could be days before official election result is announced in Nigeria
Euronews via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoSome frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots with flashlights while others stood watch at their...
Britain urged to swiftly return politician's loot to Nigeria
Reuters via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoBritish and Nigerian civil society groups have urged the British government to return funds...
More than 60 people arrested at same-sex wedding in Nigeria
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoNigerian police raided an alleged gay wedding, which is illegal in the country, and arrested 67...
Nigeria’s paramilitary raids birthday party, arrests 76 gay people
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoSeventy-six people were arrested for attending a birthday party for gay people in northern Nigeria, the country’s paramilitary agency said on Monday, adding that the organizer had also planned to hold a same sex wedding, which is illegal.
