West Africa

Nigeria: Niger State governor threatens arrest as controversy erupts over location of new teaching hospital

Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has stirred controversy and outrage as he threatens to arrest anyone protesting against the decision to establish the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Teaching Hospital (IBBUTH) in Minna, the state capital. The state government’s recent move to convert the defunct Shiroro Hotel in Minna into the teaching hospital has sparked heated […]