{
  "id": 12435746,
  "title": "Who is really a professor? The Kila case and the cost of unverified titles, By Sunday Ogunlana",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/who-is-really-a-professor-the-kila-case-and-the-cost-of-unverified",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T18:13:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/915033-who-is-really-a-professor-the-kila-case-and-the-cost-of-unverified-titles-by-sunday-ogunlana.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When this newspaper reported last Saturday that the Pro-chancellor of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University has called himself a professor for years without ever being awarded the rank, the reaction online was shock that the claim had survived for so long. It should not have surprised anyone. A false title survives for exactly as long […] The post Who is really a professor? The Kila case and the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Delta varsity suspends Kila over ‘fake professor’ controversy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/delta-varsity-suspends-kila-over-fake-professor-controversy",
        "published": "2026-10-06T19:00:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}