Nigerian academic publishing is currently characterized by a crisis of trust, marked by predatory practices, slow peer review processes, inadequate incentive struc­tures, infrastructural deficits, and systemic opacity that undermines global credibil­ity. This paper presents a sentiment analysis on the use of blockchain technology in the context of Nigerian academic publishing based on thirty interviews with a diverse range of Nigerian stakeholders, including university administrators, faculty, students, publishers, ICT experts, and legal consultants. By investigating the po­tential of blockchain technology to serve as a transformative truth layer for the ecosystem, this paper adds to the growing discourse on application of ICT tech­nologies in academic publishing.