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.

A Nigerian court has freed on bail more than 60 people arrested last month during a police raid on a suspected gay wedding, their lawyer told CNN after a bail hearing Tuesday.

A Nigerian makeup artist has been sentenced to six months in prison for publicly tossing local currency during his wedding celebration, in violation of a law aimed at protecting the dignity of the ...

The AP reports that police initially arrested 200 people, detaining 67 after initial investigations. On Tuesday morning, the detainees were paraded in front of reporters outside of a police ...

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Nigerian police said Tuesday they arrested more than 200 people at a suspected gay wedding the day before, in one of the biggest mass arrests in recent years targeting the country’s LGBTQ community.