Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- Farida Isiak, a 23-year-old journalist detained alongside her parents following a dispute over the sale of charcoal in Kaduna State, has been granted bail after a court set aside her conviction and allowed her to enter a fresh plea.

The development followed the intervention of her counsel, Mukhtar Abubakar, who challenged the proceedings that led to her conviction, arguing that she had pleaded guilty without legal representation and did not fully understand the implications of her plea.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Usman Adamu, the divisional police officer (DPO) of Mararaban Jos in Kaduna State, detained the young journalist on 20 October after she published a Facebook post criticising the police over the arrest and ...