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*Govs have powers to grant such amnesty, if... — AGF  *They can't grant amnesty offences under federal laws — Lawyers  lACF, CNG, CAN, MBF, Muslim clerics, others disagree, *Say amnesty'll compound insecurity in region NORTHERN  leaders have disagreed with the federal and state governments over amnesty being granted terrorists who have turned the region into a killing field. The leaders' angst is coming against the backdrop of plans by Katsina State governor, Dikko Radda, to grant amnesty to 70 terrorists, as part of an agreement reached between the state government and terrorists terrorising the state and other parts of the north. The anger of the northern leaders was accentuated by the position of Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, on the matter, as Special Adviser to the President (Communications and Publicity) in the AGF's office, Mr. Kamarudeen Ogundele, yesterday gave vent to governors' powers to grant such pardon. ''Governors have ...

•Don't truncate electoral process with your inciting, provocative letter, FG warns OBJ •Says he presided over worse elections •Obasanjo's present danger to democracy, says Gen Akinrinade  The Federal Government yesterday warned former President Olusegun Obasanjo against truncating the 2023 general elections with his inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the polls. This is even as former Chief of Army Staff, General Alani Akinirinade, also yesterday described Obasanjo as a present danger to the nation's democracy by his utterances. Recall that the former President had on Monday, called for suspension of announcement of results of the presidential election, following the irregularities that trailed it, and asked President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene. But the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who gave the warning, said what the former President cunningly framed as an 'appeal for caution and rectification' was nothing but a calculated attem...

*Supporters insist Igboho committed no offence against Benin Republic *Benin security operatives remove leg chain, hand-cuff *Journalists, supporters barred from courtroom *He’s not under any immigration-related probe, Ilana Omo Oodua insists  *Gani Adams rallies Benin monarchs behind Igboho, says we must stand by him *Afenifere warns FG to stop harassing freedom agitators  *As court releases 48 Yoruba nation agitators BENINESE lawyers were, engaged in a legal tussle over attempt by the Federal Government to get  leader of Yoruba nation agitators, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, extradited to Nigeria. Igboho's lawyers  insisted that since he (Igboho) did not commit any offence against Benin Republic, he should be set free, arguing that any attempt to send him back to Nigeria will endanger his life, considering invasion of his house in Ibadan by the  Department of State Service, DSS, operatives last month. Prior to the start of proceedings ...