Nigeria, Oct. 19 -- The police have arrested a journalist in Kano following a petition by an official of the state government who is facing a corruption charge in court

The journalist, Abubakar Ishaq, was arrested on Saturday over a programme aired on 1 September on an online platform, Dan'uwa Rano TV.

In the programme, Mr Ishaq had commented on the corruption case against Abdullahi Rogo, the director of protocols at the Government House, Kano.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Rogo was being tried by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged diversion and laundering of N6.5 billion belonging to the state government.

The anti-graft ag...