No fewer than 50 lecturers in public universities and polytechnics across Nigeria have been implicated in cases of sexual misconduct between April 2021 and April 2025, investigations by The PUNCH have revealed. These cases, which include both suspensions and dismissals, underscore the pervasive issue of sexual harassment in Nigeria’s higher education system. The affected academics range from junior staff to senior lecturers and professors. A 2018 World Bank survey found that 70 percent of female graduates in Nigeria reported experiencing sexual harassment in school—often from lecturers and peers. READ ALSO:…
Read More‘Name And Shame,’ 50 Nigerian Varsity, Poly Lecturers Once Found Guilty Of Sexual Misconduct
