Land Matters

One Mrs Nike Azeez who is a landlady in the Ijegun community of Lagos state, has been accused for setting the home of one of her tenants, Adeleke Shakiru on fire just to eject him from her compound. The incident happened on Tuesday April 12th. According to PM News, Nike and Shakiru have been at loggerheads over the use of ...

A man has been arrested for beating his aged landlord to death over high electricity bill. According to the Ondo state Police Command, the man identified as Tope Akideji allegedly beat up 75-year-old Kayode Osunkalu of a building located at 17 Ayeferere street, Ondo town. The deceased reportedly invited all tenants to discuss how they were going to settle the ...

A landlord has an unfettered legal right to terminate a tenancy upon giving adequate notice. This is because the property is his and he can at any time retrieve it subject to the conditions of the tenancy agreement. Once he abides by the provisions of the tenancy agreement, the tenant has no choice than to vacate possession. If the tenant ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned Abdulaziz Musa, Abbah Bello, Bala Zakari and Salisu Juji before Justice Faruk Lawan of Kano State High Court on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence. The accused persons are all executive members of the Amalgamated Traders/Artisans Welfare Development Association, AMATA, Kano State Chapter. The complainant, ...

Police in Lagos state have arrested a tenant named Tawa Biodun for fighting her heavily pregnant neighbour, Esther Oluwadiya, in their compound in Ikotun, Lagos on Monday Feb. 8th. The woman who was pregnant with twins later died from complications from the fight. According to PM News, the deceased was rushed to Igando General Hospital and then referred to the Lagos ...

Natives of the Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, have asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to immediately arrest the former Minister of FCT, Bala Mohammed, and top officials of the Abuja Geographic Information System, AGIS, and Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, over the Senate’s revelations that they illegally allocated land to their cronies in green areas within Maitama district extension ...

A Tenant nursing a six-month old pregnancy simply identified as Mrs. Ikhuoria, has been allegedly stabbed to death by her neighbour over N1,000. It was gathered that the deceased had on Monday gone to demand from her neighbour, identified as Mama Emmanuel, to pay back the N1,000 loaned to her, when an argument ensued between them.   The owner of ...

A landlady, Obasuyi Abimbola, has been battered by her female tenant, Mujidat Ibrahim, for allegedly barring her from selling a narcotic substance suspected to be marijuana in her compound in Lagos State, western Nigeria, pm news reports. Following the assault, the suspect, Mujidat was arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court with the alleged offence. The incident happened at 37, ...

On Monday, January 4, a 14-year-old girl, Chigozie (not real name), who had just been brought to Lagos from Enugu State two weeks before, to live with his uncle at Ajah area of Lagos, became a victim of one of the now common crimes in Lagos – child rape. Chigozie’s case became a trend on social media as news broke ...

Detectives at the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, are investigating a 60-year-old landlord, Kareem Ajao, for allegedly killing his tenant, Chukwuyenre Eke. Punch Metro learnt that the incident happened on Chief Kenneth Street, Ilogbo, in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos State. It was learnt that Chukwuyenre, a businessman, and the landlord had been having a running battle over payment ...