As the year draws to a close, wedding season in Nigeria begins. Getting married in Africa's most populous country is big business and said to be worth millions of dollars, according to market research ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — 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 ...

(CNN) — A Nigerian court has freed on bail more than 60 people arrested last month during a police raid on a suspected gay wedding, their lawyer told CNN after a bail hearing Tuesday. (CNN) — A ...

Sheltering from the pitiless sun under large blue umbrellas, several dozen young Nigerian women sporting colourful dresses paraded to the rhythm of drums in a mass wedding on Friday -- an annual rite ...

Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Nigerian police arrested more than 200 people at a wedding on Monday, in one of the biggest mass arrests in recent years targeting the country’s LGBTQ community. A police ...

Lush tropical leaves adorned the walls to the entrance of an event venue in Lagos, Nigeria, while drums were played in the background. The perfumed aromas of men and women alike who traveled from near ...

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A boat carrying residents returning from a wedding capsized in northern Nigeria killing about 100 people, police and local residents said Tuesday, as a search for survivors intensified. The boat ...

Surprising, right? You’d expect something weighty like economy, fuel importation, agriculture, or security. But no, it’s "wedding" because Nigerians love a good owambe. With all the challenges in the ...

ROCHESTER — It was a whirlwind romance. Six months after their first meeting, Walé and Audrey Elegbede were married in a simple, quiet courthouse wedding in La Crosse. It reflected their tight ...

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. The “gay suspects” ...