Abuja, Nigeria — Police in Nigeria said Tuesday they detained at least 67 people celebrating a same-sex wedding in one of their largest mass detentions targeting homosexuality, which is outlawed ...

More than 200 people were arrested at the alleged wedding party in the southern Delta State on August 28 - one of Nigeria’s biggest mass arrests in recent years targeting the country’s LGBTQ ...

Nigerian police arrested more than 200 people at a wedding on Monday ... Same-sex relationships are criminalized in Nigeria, and its penal code approves a punishment of up to 14 years in prison ...

A boat carrying residents returning from a wedding capsized in northern Nigeria killing about 100 people, police and local residents said Tuesday, as a search for survivors intensified.

A joyous celebration suddenly turned into tragedy when an overloaded wooden boat transporting a large wedding party capsized in a remote part of Nigeria, killing more than 100 people. The accident ...

More than 100 people are now confirmed dead after a boat ferrying hundreds of wedding guests overturned Monday in the river Niger around north-central Nigeria, local police said. The vessel was ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Police in Nigeria said Tuesday they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding, in one of the country’s largest arrests targeting outlawed homosexuality.

A Nigerian couple have put their wedding celebrations on hold after ... Kidnappings for ransom by armed criminal gangs are common in Nigeria, especially in the north-west. They often target ...

By Elian Peltier and Ismail Alfa Elian Peltier reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Ismail Alfa from Maiduguri, Nigeria. More than 100 people died, including many who were returning from a wedding ...

More than 100 people were arrested for attending a gay wedding in Nigeria under the country’s draconian homosexuality laws. Police stormed a hotel in Ekpan town, Delta state, southern Nigeria ...

By Emma Bubola Reporting from London The police in Nigeria have arrested over 60 people who were in attendance at what the authorities claimed was a same-sex wedding, reinforcing a crackdown on ...