Police in Nigeria said Tuesday they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding in one of the largest mass detentions targeting homosexuality, which is outlawed in the West African country.

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 ...

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.

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.

Nearly 70 people were arrested at an alleged gay wedding ceremony in Nigeria under the country’s draconian anti-LGBTQ law, local police said Tuesday.. Authorities say the suspects were attending ...

In August, police in Nigeria’s Delta State raided a hotel where they said a gay wedding was taking place, arresting hundreds of people and detaining 67 after initial investigations.

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 L.G.B.T.Q. people in Africa’s most ...

More than 100 people died, including many who were returning from a wedding ceremony, after a river boat transporting them capsized in the early hours of Monday in Nigeria, according to residents ...