Two Nigerian parents are in shock after their son told them in a WhatsApp conversation that he is gay. The young man, Dan Yomi, is currently a student in the United Kingdom.
Nigerian police in Lagos and Enugu are reportedly looking for two anti-gay members of the violent Black Axe cult in connection with a recent kidnapping.
A wave of politically motivated anti-gay arrests is under way in Senegal.
Activists have launched a campaign to stop homophobic Nigerian hate preacher Suleman Johnson from spreading his homophobic sermons to Canada.
By Mike Daemon Acclaimed Nigerian LGBT rights activist Bisi Alimi has made an “unapologetic” declaration to members of the Nigerian LGBT community that he is not fighting for them, but for himself.
Nigerian LGBT rights activist Edafe Okporo is set to push for the repeal of the country’s anti-gay law.
Cross-dressing is frowned upon and condemned as taboo by many Africans even though historically it’s deeply rooted in African culture.
A series of victims have identified a Port Harcourt-based young man as the person who extorted money out of them through anti-gay blackmail.
By Mike Daemon Presidential aspirant Donald Duke vows to continue the persecution of LGBTI Nigerians if elected president in 2019.
In Nigeria, police officers have gone into the business of extortion and blackmail, targeting gay men as their victims.
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