29-year-old Mubarak Bala, a Nigerian man, has been locked up inside a mental health institution after he told his family members he had no faith in God and he is an atheist.
Fears for the fate of 223 Nigerian girls turned even more nightmarish after the leader of the Islamist militant group that abducted them announced plans to sell them.
A ban on gay marriage and the outlawing of any groups found to be actively in support of the rights of gay people was voted into being during a Nigerian House of Representatives session on Thursday. The vote also endorsed having any couple of the same sex caught displaying affection in public sentenced to 10 years in prison.
