Nigerian police have dropped charges against two men accused of same-sex intimacy after they spent five months in prison. Continue reading
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Death threats target protest against anti-gay video
A petition opposing a “comic” video about anti-gay violence has attracted nearly 500 supporters, but also death threats. Continue reading
Nigerian nonsense: Claiming a ‘cure’ for homosexuality
It’s too bad that so many Nigerians believe the sort of nonsense packed into a recent article in the Nigerian magazine Realityz. The article is titled “Sure cure for homosexuality and lesbianism.” The baseless article is written by one Sophilia Obire, who clearly does not even understand what it means to be gay. For starters, … Continue reading
Nigerian LGBT website fights blackmail
NoStringsNG, a website that provides a voice for LGBT Nigerians, has again taken aim at blackmailers and disreputable journalists preying on their allegedly gay countrymen. Gossip Mill, a Nigerian gossip and entertainment website, was the latest target of NoStringsNG, which objected to a Gossip Mill article and photos that outed a reportedly gay student at … Continue reading
Nigerian mother battles to ‘cure’ gay son
An anti-gay potion, prayers, probing questions, counseling and psychiatry were the techniques that a Nigerian mother was offered for an attempt to “cure” her son, John, of his homosexuality. Continue reading
Young Nigerian author highlights gay characters in new novel
A new novel by a prolific young Nigerian author features gay characters, which could help increase the visibility of the gay community and possibly lead to greater understanding of LGBT Nigerians. The book, “Sex and Lagos City” by Success Akpojotor, is an erotic novel set in the Lagos metropolis. It is only available in electronic … Continue reading
Nigeria’s anti-gay law boosts anti-LGBT extortion, violence
Nigeria’s Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013 (SSMPA) has made a bad situation much worse for Nigeria’s beleaguered lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, Human Rights Watch said in a recent report. The law has led to an increase in extortion and violence against LGBT people and imposed restrictions on nongovernmental organizations providing essential services … Continue reading
Anti-LGBT group expands from U.S. to Nigeria
The homophobic American anti-LGBT organization MassResistance has opened a branch in Nigeria. The Massachusetts-based activists, listed as an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, spouts the usual anti-gay line, linking pedophilia to homosexuality, claiming that LGBT people endanger children, accusing Western government of spreading homosexuality, and alleging that LGBT people “recruit” children. Continue reading
Nigerian police save 2 alleged homosexuals from being killed
Police in Enugu have rescued two men accused of being homosexuals from a mob who almost lynched them to death at Coal camp in Enugu. The incident is said have happened in Enugu on the 17th of July, and the two men are identified as Nonso Ejimene, 22, an accountancy student in one of the tertiary … Continue reading
Nigeria: Feminine man provokes police raid
Police last weekend raided a celebration in Nigeria’s northwestern region in an attempt to break up a reported “gay wedding.” The owner of the wedding venue was reportedly arrested, but police on Monday acknowledged that the raid was based on a misunderstanding. They said they stormed the alleged gay marriage venue because they were informed … Continue reading
