Nigeria, Sept. 17 -- The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has suspended one of its state's caretaker chairmen over a congratulatory letter to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.

The Gombe State interim chairman of the association, Sunday Congo, had congratulated the minister following his promotion to the rank of Professor of Cyber Security by the Governing Council of Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) at its meeting held in August.

Attaining the rank in Nigeria is expected to come with years of teaching and research in the university.

His new academic status has generated criticisms from different quarters questioning whether he earned the rank the way many did in the country.

In a lette...