{
  "id": 12642694,
  "title": "The Anthony Kila affair: How fake titles captured a university and what it says about Nigeria, By Austin Aigbe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/the-anthony-kila-affair-how-fake-titles-captured-a-university-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T14:21:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/915228-the-anthony-kila-affair-how-fake-titles-captured-a-university-and-what-it-says-about-nigeria-by-austin-aigbe.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A true Professor in Nigeria spends at least 10-15 years as Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer II, Lecturer I, Senior Lecturer, Reader, then Professor. He publishes, survives external assessment, and defends his work before the university Senate. It is brutal. Then someone prints a certificate from a centre he registered himself and jumps the queue… That is […] The post The Anthony Kila affair: How fake…",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}