Tag Archives: Nigeria

Catholic Archbishop: We Thank God For Nigeria’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Nigerian Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama was appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1995. Yesterday New York City-based Sahara TV interviewed him about Nigeria’s super-criminalization of homosexuality. Here’s how they recap the clip below: Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, joined SaharaTV’s Rudolf Okonkwo to explain his reasons for supporting Nigeria’s recently enacted Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act. “We thank God that this bill …

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Christopher Doyle: Western Gays Are The Reason Other Gays Face Stoning To Death

“Anti-gay laws in countries like Uganda, Nigeria, India, and Russia are not being created in a vacuum. I would argue that they are also not in direct response to indigenous gay rights movements. These countries are enacting laws as a response to gay activists’ intolerance towards traditional views on marriage and sexuality, and their attempts to silence the speech and …

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NIGERIA: Thousands Throw Stones Into Sharia Court Demanding The Executions Of Eleven Gay Men

You wouldn’t think it possible, but it’s getting even worse in Nigeria. Via the Associated Press: Thousands of protesters threw stones into the Shariah court in a north Nigerian city Wednesday, urging the speedy convictions and executions of 11 men arrested for belonging to gay organizations. Security officials fired into the air to disperse protesters in Bauchi city so the …

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NIGERIA: US Ambassador Says There Will Be No Cut To HIV/AIDS Relief Money

The US ambassador to Nigeria says the United States will not be cutting aid to that nation despite this month’s super-criminalization of homosexuality. The ambassador went on to express concern about how US funds might be dispersed without violating the new laws. Via the Nigerian newspaper Leadership: Fielding questions from newsmen on whether the US would withdraw its financial aid …

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NIGERIA: Gay Man Lashed 20 Times

The BBC reports: A Nigerian man has received 20 lashes after an Islamic court in the northern city of Bauchi convicted him of homosexual offences. Under Islamic law, courts can punish homosexual acts by stoning to death. But the judge said he took into account that the Muslim man, Mubarak Ibrahim, 20, carried out the acts seven years ago, and …

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NIGERIA: Dozens More Arrested

Via the Associated Press: Activists say that dozens more people have been rounded up, arrested and questioned across Nigeria for being perceived to be gay just over a week after the president signed a law criminalizing gay organizations and meetings as well as same-sex marriage. Ifeanyi Kelly Orazulike, Executive Director of the Nigeria-based International Center for Advocacy on Right to …

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HRC Demands US Action On Nigeria

The Human Rights Campaign has written to Secretary of State John Kerry, demanding a “strong and proactive American response to the humanitarian crisis” in Nigeria. From the list of suggested actions: Directing the U.S. Embassy in Abuja to perform in-country refugee processing for LGBT Nigerians who are being targeted for arrest under the newly passed law. Recommending that President Obama …

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NIGERIA: Eleven Muslim Men On Trial, Face Stoning To Death For Homosexuality

The BBC reports: An Islamic court in Nigeria’s northern state of Bauchi has put on trial 11 Muslim men accused of being homosexuals in violation of their religion, a religious leader has told the BBC. A 12th person arrested – a Christian – would be tried under secular law, a BBC reporter says. Under Islamic law, a person can be …

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NIGERIA: Islamic Enforcers Vow To Hunt Down Gays “In Every Nook And Corner”

Emboldened by Monday’s passage of a bill that super-criminalized homosexuality, Sharia enforcers in Nigeria’s largest northern city of Kano (population 2.8M) have vowed to hunt down gay people. The Hisbah has in recent months cracked down on prostitution and drug addiction in the majority Muslim city and pledged to do the same against homosexuality. “Obviously, we will embark on similar …

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Nigerian King: I Have A $1M Watch And Have The Same Cars As Queen Elizabeth

“I have a wrist watch that cost $1 million. I wear expensive wrist watches, shoes and chains, all made of diamond. First and foremost, I am very creative and secondly, I emulate the style of our forefathers, wearing royal beads as an old style. You know these days, if you want to become a popular and flamboyant king, you have …

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NIGERIA: Dozens Of Gay Men Arrested In First Day Of Super-Criminalization

Yesterday Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill that super-criminalized homosexuality. And the arrests have already begun. Via the Associated Press: Human rights activists reported that dozens of gay men were being arrested in northern Nigeria in an apparent response to the law. The United States, Britain and Canada condemned the law, with Secretary of State John Kerry saying Monday …

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Nigeria Super-Criminalizes Homosexuality

Homosexuality was already a crime in Nigeria, but they’ve upped their hatred considerably today. Reuters has the story: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill on Monday that criminalizes same-sex relationships, the presidency said, defying pressure from Western governments to respect gay and lesbian rights. The bill, which contains penalties of up to 14 years in prison and bans gay …

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Africa’s Most Popular Televangelist

TB Joshua claims to be able to faith-heal the AIDS right out people. Last year four people were killed in Ghana during a stampede to get “holy water” from him. Joshua encourages HIV+ people to stop taking their medications. Joshua also claims to have prophesied the Boston bombings and the outcomes of high-profile soccer matches. Last year thousands of his …

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About Those Totally Not-Gay Magnets

Truth Wins Out head Wayne Besen notes that the “magnets prove gay marriage is unnatural” crapola out of Nigeria actually started with the American “ex-gay” nutjob Richard “Tennis Racket” Cohen. How do you know when your university has become an international punchline? When its star “scholar” is plagiarizing work from International Healing Foundation crackpot Richard Cohen. University of Lagos should …

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Magnets Prove Gay Marriage Is Unnatural

The University Of Lagos is praising the research of graduate student Chibuihem Amalaha, who spoke to the Lagos news site, This Day Live: I used two bar magnets in my research. A bar magnet is a horizontal magnet that has the North Pole and the South Pole and when you bring two bar magnets and you bring the North Pole …

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NIGERIA: Legislature Approves 14 Year Prison Sentence For Gays That Marry

Today the Nigerian House approved a bill that sets a 14 year prison sentence for people that enter into same-sex marriages. Nigeria’s House of Representatives approved the bill in a voice vote, likely sending it immediately to President Goodluck Jonathan for him to potentially sign into law in Africa’s most populous nation. Whether he will approve it remains unclear, and …

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Nigeria Moves To Ban Gay PDAs

Yesterday Nigeria’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill making any public display of affection by homosexuals punishable by up to ten years in prison. The bill also calls for a 14 year sentence for gay couples that marry. “It is alien to our society and culture and it must not be imported,” House majority leader Mulikat Adeola-Akande said during …

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Masturbation Is Totally Gay, Part Two

“An average male child has masturbated at one stage of his life or the other. If this behaviour were not controlled, it would lead to lack of interest in the opposite sex. This often happens in the subconscious mind, so that by the time one grows into it, one would not know why one hates the opposite sex. This is …

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NIGERIA: Worsened Anti-Gay Bill Seen As Slap At Obama’s Intl’l Rights Push

In what is seen as a reaction to yesterday’s move by the Obama administration, today Nigeria’s House introduced a version of the bill passed last week by that nation’s Senate. One lawmaker vowed to make the bill even worse that it already is. Box Turtle Bulletin tips us to this report: A spokesman for the House of Representatives and a …

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Monday: Protest At NYC Nigerian Mission

Please embiggen the above image for details on this Monday’s protest outside of the Nigeria Mission in Manhattan. I will attend and report back here. All Out has an online petition to Nigeria’s president. Hit this link for more about Nigeria’s pending brutal law against LGBT people.

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