Tag: BBC

UK-based Nigerian Doctor Filmed Selling Jobs To Foreigners

Ganiyu Amodu

A UK-based Nigerian doctor, Dr Kelvin Alaneme, was secretly filmed by the British Broadcasting Corporation in an undercover investigation, allegedly selling fake job opportunities to foreign nationals. According to a BBC documentary, Dr Alaneme, a psychiatrist who had worked for the National Health Service, is the founder of CareerEdu, an agency based in Harlow, Essex. The BBC stated that it launched its undercover investigation following a series of online complaints about his relocation services. PUNCH Metro reports that selling jobs in the UK is illegal. According to the report, CareerEdu…

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Student Earns Doctorate 52 Years After Starting PhD

Aoko Benjamin

Now a dad of two and grandfather of four, he started his undergraduate degree in Leeds in 1967.   A student has finally been awarded his doctorate more than 50 years after starting his PhD. Dr Nick Axten, 76, started his thesis on mathematical sociology at the University of Pittsburgh in the US in 1970. But after five years he returned to the UK with the PhD unfinished. The University of Bristol conferred him a Doctor of Philosophy in front of his wife Claire Axten and 11-year-old granddaughter Freya. He…

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