Nigeria, Jan. 8 -- The federal government has dismissed reports suggesting that Nigerian students studying in Morocco under its scholarship scheme have been abandoned, describing the claims as false and unfounded.

The government also denied awarding any new bilateral scholarships in 2025, insisting that documents circulating to support such claims are 'fake, unauthenticated, and constitute a calculated attempt to mislead the public and discredit government policy.'

The clarification was made in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Folashade Boriowo.

Quoting the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, the statement explained that all Nigerian students enrolled under the Bilateral Education Scho...