Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Fresh evidence has emerged confirming that the academic credentials with which the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, secured his appointment in 2023 could not have been genuine.

A PREMIUM TIMES investigative report published on Saturday revealed that while Mr Nnaji gained admission into UNN in 1981 to study microbiology/biochemistry, he dropped out without completing his studies.

Despite this, Mr Nnaji emerged on the political scene in the past years claiming to have graduated from the institution with a second-class honour, lower division, in July 1985.

Documents seen by PREMIUM TIMES now show that at the time Mr Nnaji claimed to have graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) a...