Nigeria, March 6 -- The immediate past Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, indeed forged his University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) degree certificate, an investigative panel set up by Nigeria's Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has found.

The seven-member panel was constituted on 23 November 2025 in response to Mr Nnaji's petition to the education minister following a painstaking two-year investigation published by PREMIUM TIMES in October last year, which revealed that the then-minister forged his degree and NYSC certificates.

The panel submitted its detailed report to the education minister in December 2025.

In the petition dated 14 October 2025, Mr Nnaji alleged unethical disclosure, document tampering, and p...