{"id":76246,"date":"2025-10-08T12:21:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=76246"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:21:52","slug":"tinubu-accepts-nnajis-resignation-over-certificate-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/08\/tinubu-accepts-nnajis-resignation-over-certificate-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Accepts Nnaji\u2019s Resignation Over Certificate Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sarah Sam Adda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, following controversy over the authenticity of his academic certificates.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu\u2019s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the President\u2019s acceptance, noting that Tinubu thanked Nnaji for his service and wished him well.<\/p>\n<p>Nnaji, who blamed his resignation on \u201csustained blackmail and political persecution,\u201d insisted that his credentials from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), were genuine.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy deepened after UNN reportedly issued a letter disputing his 1985 degree, which his aide, Robert Ngwu, described as \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d Nnaji has filed a suit against the university, with the case adjourned to November 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Enugu State Government dismissed claims of political persecution, urging Nnaji to clear his name.<\/p>\n<p>His resignation follows that of former Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Dr. Betta Edu, making him the second cabinet member to exit Tinubu\u2019s administration amid scandal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Sam Adda &nbsp; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, following controversy over the authenticity of his academic certificates. Tinubu\u2019s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the President\u2019s acceptance, noting that Tinubu thanked Nnaji for his service and wished [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":76247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76248,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76246\/revisions\/76248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}