Nigeria, Oct. 6 -- A PREMIUM TIMES investigation has confirmed that the Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, forged his bachelor's degree certificate, which he presented in 2023 for his appointment.

Validating our findings from a two-year investigation, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has disowned the certificate Mr Nnaji claimed to obtain from the institution in July 1985.

The university's action came months after authorities at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) similarly told PREMIUM TIMES that the certificate of national service being paraded by Mr Nnaji was strange to it and could not be authenticated.

In response to a PREMIUM TIMES Freedom of Information (FoI) request, Simon Ortuanya, the vice-chancellor ...