● From TV studio to university council: How Nigerian media crowned a fake professor + the non-existent UK university that made Anthony Kila a professor
The highest chair in any university is meant for scholars who have spent over a decade teaching, researching and publishing. But at Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, that chair was occupied by a man who never earned it.
Anthony Kila, appointed Pro-Chancellor of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University (MCIU) in August 2025, has for years paraded himself as a Professor and a “Jean Monnet Professor of Strategy and Development” on television, in newspapers and on official websites.
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