Nigeria, June 21 -- A Nigerian federal university, the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, is about to issue certificates for a postgraduate programme that the country's education regulator did not approve before it was conducted by the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology (FCAHPT), Vom, Plateau State.

In 2020, the FCAHPT admitted more than 80 students for the Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) programme in Animal Production and Health, falsely advertising that it was running the programme in affiliation with ATBU. However, four years after the programme's conclusion, the college could not issue the students their statement of results and certificates.

"At first, they said some of our colleagues have no...