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Nigeria charges 53 over ‘gay wedding’

Prosecutors in the northern Nigeria state of Kaduna have charged a group of 53 people with conspiring to celebrate a gay wedding. The accused, arrested last Saturday, have denied the allegations, with their lawyers saying they were illegally detained. The court released the group on bail and the case was remanded to 8 May. Homosexual […]

Tutu’s daughter quits church after gay marriage

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s daughter Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu-Van Furth has decided to quit her job after her licence to preach was revoked. Mpho told City Press she may no longer officiate in church because she married a woman. Newlyweds Mpho and Marceline Tutu-Van Furth are on honeymoon in Bali after their wedding at a […]

First COPAC Consolidated Constitution Draft

This is the First COPAC Consolidated Constitution Draft submitted to the Management Committee on Monday. A number of issues that have not been finalized which the Management Committee is expected to deal with including citizenship, land, structure of government devolution and number of MPs.