Nigeria

Gay pastor challenges Archbishop Okogie

25 May 2008- Nigeria-Less than seven days after Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie declared Nigerian gay pastor, Rev. Jide Macaulay an insane person ignorant of biblical principles...more

23 Apr 2008- Nigeria- Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi, of the Jos province, (Anglican Communion), has denied allegations that the leader of a group representing "Anglican'' homosexuals in the country was attacked...more

17 Apr 2008- Nigeria- Even in Africa--a continent not known for its gay-friendly cultures or governments Nigeria stands out for the virulence and violence against gay men in particular as well as lesbians...more

23 Mar 2008 – Nigeria-A gay leader of the Changing Attitude Nigeria (CAN) group says he feared for his life after a mob attack outside a funeral ceremony in Port Harcourt on Thursday...more

28 Dec 2007- Nigeria- Restless and daring AMAA ‘Best Director 2005,’ Dickson Iruegbu is set for another first...more

Witnesses Stall Trial of Suspected Homosexuals

03 Dec 2007- Abuja, Nigeria- The absence of principal witnesses has again stalled the trial of 18 suspected homosexuals in Bauchi. The suspects had earlier appeared before a Bauchi Shari'ah Court for sodomy and attempted gay marriage on July 26...more

09 Nov 2007- The announcement today that Glasgow beat out Abuja, a Nigerian city, for the 2014 Commonwealth Games leaves some GLBT activists asking whether Nigeria’s stance on gay is partly the reason...more

Gay and other human rights issues make Nigeria unfit to host commonwealth games

08 Nov 2007, London- It would be wrong to award the 2014 Commonwealth Games to Abuja because of Nigeria’s bad record on human rights, Outrage! said yesterday...more

11 Oct 2007- Nigeria - Wasiu Olasunkani drops to his knees in the sacred grove, lowers his chin to his chest and turns his palms skyward...more

07 Oct 2007- Abuja - A Nigerian human rights activist is being sued in an Islamic court over a play he wrote exposing what he calls abuses and double standards by those implementing sharia law in 12 northern Nigerian states...more

28 Sept 2007- Nigeria-An influential African archbishop said Thursday that the Anglican church was still in crisis despite the US Episcopal Church agreeing to halt the ordination of gay bishops and blessing same-sex unions...more

10 August 2007- Eighteen men have been remanded in prison following their arrest for alleged sodomy in northern Nigeria, the state-owned news agency, Nan, reports...more

10 August 2007- A Nigerian Bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Abuja should be rejected on the grounds of the country’s homophobic oppression of lesbian and gay Nigerians, a delegation told the chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation...more

06 August 2007- Changing attitude Nigeria is an out group, it’s started on 1^st of August 2005, because in the world wide Anglican Communion there is a process to listen to the experience of the gays and lesbians people...more

29 Jun 2007- Nigeria- The notice on the Anglican Church of Nigeria's Web site warns of a man named Davis Mac-Iyalla: Anyone relating to him does so at his or her own risk...more

25 May 2007- Nigerian Anglican Davis Mac-Iyalla, 33, founder of his country's only gay-rights organization, Changing Attitude Nigeria, has embarked on a six-week speaking tour of the United States...more

18 May 2007- Debate is taking place over whether or not Nigeria should host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The Nigerian city of Abuja is in direct competition with Glasgow to host the international sporting competition...more

11 May 2007- Nigerian Islamic police have demolished four theatres in the north-western state of Kano in a campaign to stamp out anti-social and immoral behaviour...more

04 May 2007-Nigeria - A new conservative African-led group will provide a home for members of the splintered U.S. Episcopal Church who are upset over gay issues and looking to leave, the head of the new group said on Thursday...more

29 Apr 2007- Archbishop Peter J. Akinola's unprecedented visit to the Washington, D.C. area this week to install an American bishop in a renegade branch of the Episcopal Church of North America is both a contradiction and an insult...more

26 Apr 2007- Lagos- A lesbian has reportedly gone into hiding to avoid imprisonment after marrying four women. The whereabouts of her brides is unknown...more

30 Mar 2007 - While Nigeria's draconian Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2006 appears to be 'stalled' in the Nigerian House of Representative – the lower house of the country’s parliament, there will be no celebrations in the gay community just yet...more

18 Mar 2007- The Nigerian branch of the Anglican Church pressure group on LGBT rights, Changing Attitude Nigeria (CAN), is warning other countries that the passing of the anti-gay marriage bill could cause significant problems for them, too...more

15 Mar 2007- The ‘anti-gay’ bill pending in the legislature of Nigeria could result in that country running afoul of international treaties which outlaw genocide, according to a statement issued this morning by the Gay Homeland Foundation (GHF)...more

12 Mar 2007- Brussels- The European Parliament is set to debate the proposed Bill that would not only ban gay marriage in Nigeria, but would also outlaw representations and advocacy of homosexuality in the country. This Bill is currently going through the Nigerian Parliament...more

Draconian anti-gay Nigerian bill: Did Outrage! Harm campaign with press release?

07 Mar 2007- The draconian Bill that effectively outlaws homosexuality in Nigeria could be on the statute book this month, a gay Nigerian activist said in London yesterday...more

05 Mar 2007- A pending law in Nigeria that would impose brutal penalties on all relationships, activism, advocacy, and shows of affection among lesbian and gay people violates basic religious principles of respect for human dignity and life, a group of more than 250 Christian leaders said today...more

1^st Mar 2007- Abuja - A bill that would ban same-sex marriages in Nigeria threatens democratic progress because it would also restrict freedom of speech and association, the campaign group Human Rights Watch said today...more

PFN GKS Back Anglican Bishops On Gay Couples

26 Feb 2007- Lagos- Nigeria- The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, and the God's Kingdom Society, GKS, have hailed the decision by bishops of the Anglican Communion that their counterparts in the United States should unequivocally bar official prayers for gay couples and stop the consecration of gay bishops to save the Church from further embarrassment...more

25 Feb 2007- Nigeria- A call had been made to Nigerians especially the Muslims to urge their elected representatives in the National House of Assembly to support the Bill banning gay marriages in Nigeria...more

22 Feb 2007- A Nigerian Humanist was repeatedly jeered in Abuja last week during his statement opposing the proposed new anti-gay legislation in Nigeria, the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association revealed last night...more

18 Feb 2007 – Nigerian lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgenders speak out against a proposed law in a new report by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)...more

14 Feb 2007- Nigeria's House of Representatives has held a public hearing on a new bill seeking to outlaw gay relations...more

11 Feb 2007- What could possibly be the most homophobic piece of legislation on record, could soon be approved by Nigerian parliament. A piece of legislation which could quite possibly be the most homophobic piece of legislation is currently being reviewed by Nigerian parliament after the laws were approved by the Federal Executive Council...more

23 Jan 2007- Nigeria seems certain to legislate one of the world's most sweeping and repressive antigay laws unless international pressure is bought to bear on the Nigerian government in the next few weeks, according to Peter Tatchell of the London-based LGBT rights group OutRage...more

12 Dec 2006- Lagos- Lawmakers in Nigeria are debating a bill that would ban same-sex marriage and any form of association among gays, even sharing a meal at a restaurant...more

Homosexuals Chasing the 'Outcasts' Out of Town

07 August 2006- Nigeria- In the past, around the central market in Kaduna they could be easily seen as they wait for customers. Quite a spectacle: painted lips, ear rings, neck laces complete with all sorts of rings on their fingers...more

How I rejected gay sponsorship

18 June 2006- Nigeria- Against his childhood dream of a big time businessman with enough money to command all that money could buy, Rev. Akuruse-Okike Omubo has been an ordained priest of the Anglican Communion for a decade...more

Rights activists form alliance against anti-gay marriage bill

01 June 2006- Nigeria- Human rights activists in the country have formed an alliance against the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill now in the National Assembly, saying it violates people's sexuality rights...more

Nigerian Humanists Fight for Survival of Country’s Gay Community

24 April 2006- A leading Nigerian Humanist is courageously standing up for the country's gay community in the face of his government's vicious attack on gay rights. With the blessing of the Nigerian Anglican Church and its leader, Archbishop Peter Akinola, the government of Nigeria has tabled in parliament one of the world’s most comprehensive and repressive anti-gay laws...more

Science and the bio-genesis of homosexuality

19 April 2006- Nigeria- This is defined as the disorder of people who are not only sexually aroused by same-sex stimuli but are distressed by such arousal, because homosexual stimuli are incompatible with the individual’s conscience. The distress must be consciously perceived...more

Obasanjo proffers stringent measures against gay marriages

12 April 2006- ABUJA -President Olusegun Obasanjo’s stringent proposal proscribing homosexual marriage in the country has been widened to punish individuals who witness, celebrate with or support couples involved in homosexual relationships...more

Obasanjo must withdraw bill to criminalize gay rights

23 Mar 2006- As Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo prepares to visit the United States, he should reaffirm his commitment to the human rights of all Nigerians and withdraw proposed legislation to introduce criminal penalties for same-sex relationships and marriage ceremonies, human rights groups say in a joint statement released today...more

Nigerian laws that have banned same-sex marriages and dictate five-year jail sentences for anyone who has a gay wedding

22 Jan 2006- THE Nigerian government last week announced laws that will ban same-sex marriages and dictate five-year jail sentences for anyone who has a gay wedding or officiates at one...more

Same-sex versus nuptial vow

19 Jan 2006- The gradual widespread and legalization of gay marriage around the globe in recent times have truly shown that gayism is no longer a joke that should be discussed in passing, but a reality that lives with us today, and requires serious examination this time, in order to be placed in the proper and rightful scheme of human affairs...more

Statement by Changing Attitude (England) about allegations against Changing Attitude Network (Nigeria)

09 Jan 2006- The Rev. Canon AkinTunde Popoola, Director of Communications, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) issued two press releases published consecutively on 28 December 2005 on behalf of the Most Rev. Peter J. Akinola, CON, D.D, Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria...more

Changing Attitude Network Nigeria responds to criticism against Davis Mac lyalla

The Director of Communications of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Rev. Canon AkinTunde Popoola, issued two disclaimers in the form of press statements on 28 December 2005. The first statement warned the general public of the activities of fraudulent personalities. The statement implies that Davis MacIyalla, Director of the Changing Attitude Network, Nigeria (CAN), has claimed to be a knight of the Church when he is not, and to have collected money for non-existent events. The second statement alleges that Mr MacIyalla’s claim to be a member of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) is false...more

Anglican Church disowns Nigerian gay-activist
source: vangurd newspaper

31 Dec 2005- The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has in Abuja disowned Davis Mac-Iyalla, a self confessed gay-activist. The church insisted in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja that Mac-Iyalla ceased to be a member of the communion since 2003.
The statement signed by its Director of Communication, Rev. Canon Akintunde Popoola said that results of extensive searches revealed that Mac-Iyalla could not be traced to any particular congregation...more

Nigerian Gays seen as a challenge to Orthodoxy

18.12.2005- ABUJA, Nigeria - At one end of town on a fall Saturday morning, in a soaring cathedral nestled in a tidy suburb, dozens of Nigeria's most powerful citizens gathered, their Mercedes, Porsche and Range Rover sport utility vehicles gleaming in a packed parking lot. The well-heeled crowd was there to celebrate the Eucharist with the leader of Nigeria's Anglican Church, Archbishop Peter J. Akinola...more

Gays, lesbians unveil selves in Abuja

06.12.2002- Gays and lesbians in Nigeria went on demanding recognition and acceptance from the society last Sunday. For the first time, gay and lesbians came out publicly to hold an AGM on 5^th Sunday 2005...more

Pro-gay Anglican say Nigerian Church ‘obsessed’ with gays

21.11.2005- Archbishop Peter Akinola and leaders of the 25-million strong Anglican Church in other major issues of concern from the perspective of the gospel. The comment came from the Dean of Southwark, the Very Rev Dr Colin Slee, in an interview on the yesterday with BBC Radio 4’s World at one programme, which was exploring the current row over a letter from developing world Primates that appears to challenge the leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan William...more

I have a lonely life here in Nigeria and its so hard for me to come to terms that my parents are now thinking they should find me someone to marry but how should I go about that?..more

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