Prominent TV news station ARISE News, has informed her viewers that Anthony Kila, who has appeared on the network as a freelance political analyst, will no longer appear on the ARISE News Channel following a damning investigative report by Premium Times, revealing claims that he falsified his entire academic credentials.
According to a statement from the station, they contacted Mr Kila on October 3rd 2026 with the allegations. He requested more time to respond and has not done so 10 days later. The allegations have since grown more serious.
ARISE News noted that the station was unaware of these claims at the time Mr Kila appeared on their platform. As a network that takes credibility and integrity extremely seriously, his contributions to the ARISE News Channel are no longer tenable.
“Mr Kila will not be appearing on our network now or in the future effective immediately”, the statement said.
You will recall that the PREMIUM TIMES investigation that exposed him as a fake professor stunned Nigerians and many people worldwide, including those who regularly watch him on television, listen to him on the radio, and read him in newspapers pontificating about the need for honesty and transparency in governance and in public and private lives.
According to PREMIUM TIMES investigation into Mr Kila’s credentials, the second part of the investigation has now revealed that he also falsified the Bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees he claimed to have obtained from multiple universities in the United Kingdom and Italy.
This revelation has raised serious questions about whether he attended and completed any post-secondary institution at all.
