First tuition-free virtual university is ‘illegal’

By Wagdy Sawahel. The so-called ‘Free University of Nigeria’ – popularly known as FUN and described by several reports as Africa's first cloud-based, virtual, tuition-free, not-for-profit university – has turned out to be illegal.
The Free University of Nigeria was being promoted by two websites – one referred to as an e-campus portal and the second on Facebook. On 14 November the Facebook website was operating but the FUN website had been suspended. Read more...