Alleged Defamation: Court acquits Young Journalists, Chides Police, Kwara Magistrate for Shoddy trial   The Kwara state high court, sitting as an appellate court in Ilorin, has discharged and acquitted two journalists convicted for publishing a defamatory article against a rice factory, faulting the police and...

CPJ, CISLAC Condemn 'Political Conviction' of Young Journalists over Report on Drug Abuse   Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have condemned the conviction of two young Nigerian journalists, Gidado Yushau and Alfred Olufemi over an investigative report on...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor (Economic Policy), Dr. Sarah Alade has revealed that oil and gas exposures constitute about 40 per cent of the banks’ loan portfolio. However, Alade, who disclosed this in an interview with The Banker magazine, pointed out that...