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Nigeria: Gays Seek Asylum at Lagos Embassies
CAJ News, 24 January 2014
Gay individuals have reportedly inundated some foreign embassies in Lagos to seek asylum. Read more »
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Nigeria: Anti-Gay Law - Nigerians Call the Bluff of Us
Daily Trust, 26 January 2014
Leading western countries piled pressure on the federal government during the week following President Goodluck Jonathan's signing of the Same-Sex Prohibition Act 2014. The United… Read more »
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Nigeria: Gay Marriage Is Taboo in Nigeria, Says Uduaghan
This Day, 21 January 2014
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said the marriage between same-sex is not only a taboo but against the African culture Uduaghan, who stated this in Dublin,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Dahiru Bauchi Hails Anti Gay Law
Daily Trust, 21 January 2014
An Islamic scholar and leader of the Tijjaniyya sect in Africa Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi has commended the National Assembly and President GoodLuck Jonathan for passage and… Read more »
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Nigeria: Gay Relationship Is Taboo in Nigeria, Governor Uduaghan Insists
Premium Times, 20 January 2014
The governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has defended the law forbidding same-sex marriage signed into law last week by President Goodluck Jonathan, likening such… Read more »
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Nigeria: Benue CAN, Rights Group Welcome Anti-Gay Law
Daily Trust, 20 January 2014
The Benue State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday applauded President Goodluck Jonathan's signing of the anti-gay law. Read more »
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Nigeria: PDP Applauds Jonathan Over Anti-Gay Law
Daily Trust, 20 January 2014
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) North-west zone yesterday said in a statement that the signing into law of the bill prohibiting same sex marriage by President Goodluck Jonathan… Read more »
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Nigeria: Onaiyekan Lauds Law Against Same Sex Marriage
Daily Trust, 17 January 2014
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has commended the Federal Government for its uncompromising stand on the anti-gay law in spite of criticisms from a… Read more »
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Nigeria: Anti-Gay Law - CAN Grateful to Jonathan
Daily Trust, 19 January 2014
The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has expressesed gratitude to President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the National Assembly… Read more »
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Nigeria: Northern Traditional Rulers, JNI Welcome Anti Same-Sex Law
Daily Trust, 18 January 2014
The Northern Traditional Rulers' Council and the Jama'atu Nasirl Islam (JNI) have commended the National Assembly and President Goodluck Jonathan for passing and signing the bill… Read more »
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Nigeria: Gay-Marriage Law - Canada Cancels Jonathan's Visit
Vanguard, 20 January 2014
The furore arising from President Goodluck Jonathan's assent to the bill prohibiting homosexual marriage reverberated on the diplomatic circles, yesterday, as it emerged that… Read more »
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Nigeria: CAN Commends Jonathan, NASS for Gay Marriage Ban
Leadership, 18 January 2014
President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan, members of the National Assembly and all well-meaning… Read more »
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Nigeria: Anti-Gay Law - End of Road for Gay Members?
Vanguard, 18 January 2014
Few days ago, President Jonathan gave assent to the bill that criminalises same-sex relationships in the country putting paid to all the hullabaloo about gay legal rights in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Gay Members Relocate to UK
Vanguard, 18 January 2014
A couple of years back, Saturday Vanguard reported the activities of Reverend Rowland who was running a gay Church underground in Lagos, Nigeria. The Church called House of Rainbow… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Anti-Gay Law Is a Crime Against Reason
Premium Times, 18 January 2014
Months after it was passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, a bill that criminalizes homosexual relationships in Nigeria has been signed into law by President… Read more »
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Nigeria: The Great Gay-Bacle!
Premium Times, 19 January 2014
Words are a funny thing in life, aren't they? If someone had walked up to me while I was having a blast in a club twenty years ago and asked if I was gay, the answer would have… Read more »
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Nigeria: Catholic Church Condemns Gay Marriage
Vanguard, 17 January 2014
In what appears like some support to the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill passed and singed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan on January 7, 2014, the Catholic Church in… Read more »
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Nigeria: How Homosexual Behaviour Promotes Disorders - Experts
Vanguard, 20 January 2014
Just last week President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law a Bill criminalsing same-sex relationship in Nigeria. Since the signing of the law, which contains penalties of up to 14… Read more »
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Nigeria: Major Religions Forbade Homosexuality - Onaiyekan
Daily Trust, 18 January 2014
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has commended the Federal Government for its uncompromising stand on the anti-gay law in spite of criticisms from a… Read more »
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Nigeria: Anti-Gay Law - Gay Pastor Rowland Writes Saturday Vanguard
Vanguard, 18 January 2014
Just as we are about to go to bed with the production of this edition of Saturday Vanguard, Gay Reverend Jide Macaulay, Founder and Project Director of House Of Rainbow Fellowship… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerians Chide Critics of Country's Anti-Gay Law
Daily Trust, 19 January 2014
Defying Western influence, President Goodluck Jonathan last Monday finally signed the bill condemning the practice of homosexuality in any form. But the decision did not go down… Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Jonathan Deserves Praise for Signing the Anti-Gay Bill'
Daily Trust, 17 January 2014
Nigerians, particularly the Muslim community need to rise up in defence and support of President Goodluck Jonathan for signing the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill 2011, into… Read more »
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Nigeria: Jonathan 'Praised' for Same-Sex Prohibition Law
VOA, 16 January 2014
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan has received overwhelming support from Nigerians after signing a law that prohibits same-sex marriages, according to Reuben Abati, spokesman for… Read more »
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Nigeria: Anti-Gay Law - Islamic Group Warns U.S., E.U Others to Leave Nigeria Alone
Premium Times, 16 January 2014
An influential Islamic organisation in Nigeria, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to call the bluff of the United States, the United… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerian Muslim Students Commend Jonathan for Signing Anti-Gay Law
Premium Times, 15 January 2014
The group urged President Jonathan to use the same drive used in signing the anti-gay law to tackle all other issues affecting the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Anti Gay Law - Jonathan Deserves Commendation - Tahir
Vanguard, 15 January 2014
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Tahir Umar, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition law. Read more »
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Nigeria: Igbo Group Commends Jonathan Over Anti-Gay Bill
Daily Trust, 15 January 2014
The Ndi-Igbo Cultural Society of Nigeria has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing the anti-gay bill into law. Read more »
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Nigeria: Group, Yakasai, Others Hail Jonathan for Signing Anti-Gay Bill Into Law
Leadership, 14 January 2014
The Ndi-Igbo Cultural Society of Nigeria (NCSN) on Tuesday hailed President Goodluck Jonathan for taking a strong moral stand by signing the anti-gay bill into law. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerians Support Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition
CAJ News, 14 January 2014
NIGERIANS welcomed the enactment of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which nonetheless received condemnation from the United States and other developed nations. Read more »