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☆ Nigeria’s paramilitary raids birthday party, arrests 76 gay people
  + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
Reuters —Seventy-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. These are the latest arrests targeting LGBTQ Nigerians after police in August raided a gay wedding in the southern city of Warri in Delta state, and arrested dozens of people. He said 59 men had been arrested, including 21 who confessed to being homosexual, and 17 women. The Gombe NSCDC said in a statement that the organizer of the birthday party had also planned to wed another man, who was still at large, before police raided the event. The case was expected to be heard in the Gombe state High Court on Tuesday, Saad said.
Persons: Buhari Saad, ”, Saad Organizations: Reuters, Nigeria Security, Civil Defence Corps Locations: Nigeria, Warri, Delta, Africa, Gombe, Africa’s
☆ Nigeria's Paramilitary Raids Birthday Party for Gay People, 76 Arrested
  + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
By Ahmed KingimiMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Seventy-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 organiser had also planned to hold a same sex wedding, which is illegal. There are the latest arrests targeting LGBTQ Nigerians after police in August raided a gay wedding in the southern city of Warri in Delta state, and arrested dozens of people. He said 59 men had been arrested, including 21 who confessed to being homosexual, and 17 women. The Gombe NSCDC said in a statement that the organiser of the birthday party had also planned to wed another man, who was still at large, before police raided the event. The case was expected to be heard in the Gombe state High Court on Tuesday, Saad said.
Persons: Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Buhari Saad, Saad, Ahmed Kingimi, MacDonald Dzirutwe, Alison Williams Organizations: Reuters, Nigeria Security, Civil Defence Corps Locations: Nigeria, Warri, Delta, Africa, Gombe, Africa's
☆ Nigeria frees on bail 69 arrested over alleged gay wedding
  + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Tife Owolabi | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Some of the men charged with public displays of affection with members of the same sex are seen gathered outside a court in Lagos, Nigeria October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsYENAGOA, Nigeria, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A court in Nigeria has released on bail 69 people who were arrested last month in connection with an alleged gay wedding, which is illegal in the country, their lawyer said on Tuesday. So, the 69 suspects have been granted bail and I am processing their paperwork," Ohimor said. State prosecutors had opposed bail but the court ruled that the suspects should be released because they were not facing a capital offence, said Ohimor. The anti-gay law in Africa's most populous nation includes a prison term of up to 14 years for those convicted, and bans gay marriage, same-sex relationships, and membership of gay rights groups.
Persons: Temilade, Ochuko Ohimor, Ohimor, Tife Owolabi, MacDonald Dzirutwe, Jon Boyle, Hugh Lawson, Christina Fincher Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Lagos, Nigeria, Africa, Warri, Africa's
☆ Nigerian court remands dozens in prison over alleged gay wedding
  + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Tife Owolabi | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
YENAGOA, Nigeria, Sept 4 (Reuters) - More than 60 people arrested last week in Nigeria in connection with an alleged gay wedding, which is illegal in the country, have been remanded in prison, the police and their lawyer said on Monday. “The suspects have been arraigned in court today and the judge has ruled that they be remanded in prison for two weeks," Delta state police said in a statement. It did not say how many had been remanded, but police last week said 67 people had been arrested. He put the total number of those remanded at 69, adding they are facing charges connected to allegations that they were celebrating a gay wedding. The anti-gay law in Africa's most populous nation includes a prison term of up to 14 years for those convicted, and bans gay marriage, same-sex relationships, and membership of gay rights groups.
Persons: “, Ochuko Ohimor, Tife Owolabi, Elisha Bala, William Maclean Organizations: Thomson Locations: YENAGOA, Nigeria, Warri, Delta, Africa, Africa's
☆ Nigerian police raid alleged gay wedding, arrest 67 people
  + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Tife Owolabi | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
YENAGOA, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Nigerian police raided an alleged gay wedding, which is illegal in the country, in the southern city of Warri in Delta state, and arrested 67 people, authorities said in a statement, following a tipoff from a person who knew of the event. The statement didn't say when the raid took place. In Nigeria, like in most parts of Africa, homosexuality is generally viewed as unacceptable, and a 2014 anti-gay law took effect despite international condemnation. "The policemen chased and arrested a total number of 67 suspects" for allegedly conducting and attending a same-sex wedding ceremony, Bright said. Africa's most populous nation's anti-gay law includes a prison term of up to 14 years for those convicted, and bans gay marriage, same-sex relationships, and membership of gay rights groups.
Persons: YENAGOA, Edafe Bright, Bright, Tife Owolabi, Elisha Bala, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Delta, Investigations, Thomson Locations: Warri, Delta, Nigeria, Africa
☆ Gunmen kidnap 32 people from southern Nigeria train station
  + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Tife Owolabi | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
YENAGOA, NIGERIA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles have abducted more than 30 people from a train station in Nigeria's southern Edo state, the governor's office said on Sunday. Police said in a statement that armed herdsmen had attacked Tom Ikimi station at 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) as passengers awaited a train to Warri, an oil hub in nearby Delta state. The station is some 111 km northeast of state capital Benin City and close to the border with Anambra state. Edo state information commissioner Chris Osa Nehikhare said the kidnappers had taken 32 people, though one had already escaped. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) had closed the station until further notice and the federal transportation ministry called the kidnappings "utterly barbaric".
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