Land Matters

You remember Soka? In March, 2014, a house of horror was discovered in a forest in Ibadan. Some people call it, the place of skull, the evil shrine…others think it’s the valley of dry bones and the killers’ hideouts. Call it any of the aforementioned, it would be a perfect name to describe Soka forest in Ibadan, an isolated bush ...

Inter communal clash is currently looming in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State following fresh dispute between Ekwulobia Community and Ezinifite Community over the ownership of the land upon which the prison housing Boko Haram suspects are kept. Just two months after the dreaded Boko Haram prisoners were transferred to the prison, popularly known as Ekwulobia prison, the Ezinifite ...

Controversy is brewing over the purported plan by certain persons and New Town Development Authority (NTDA) officials to illegally acquire land in Lekki Phase II, which the indigenes of Moba in Lekki Peninsula alleged belong to the community. The community has already urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to wade into the matter through a petition signed by the Counsel to the community, Mabokunrinje Adewale Sanni, of ...

This article is the first of a series on the steps to be taken before you acquire a property in Lagos. From the legal frame work to the land acquisition procedures till you put paid to your real estate investment. The basic legal framework for the acquisition of land in Nigeria is the Land Use Act, Laws of the federation ...

If you’ve never seen a “mammy water”  or what the ‘more learned’ ones would call mermaid, then you need to visit Port-Harcourt; there are lots of them there. Port Harcourt is home to various species of fishes. It is probably the best place in Nigeria to go ‘a fishing’ or to embark on a fishing trip but of course that ...

Rental housing discrimination comes in different forms. From ethnic discrimination to gender discrimination, even discrimination based on social class or is it disability related discrimination. Now, we won’t be talking about all of that today, albeit we will be turning our searchlights on a common form of discrimination which is discrimination based on marital status There are some landlord that ...

Delta State Police Command is currently investigating circumstances surrounding the alleged killing of one Iriguvwedo Joshua by his landlord, Mr. Blessing Omasehe. The victim, who until his death, was a driver and machine operator at a private water factory located by Aziza Junction, along Warri-Sapele Road, was alleged to have died from wounds sustained from the attack at his Chinkelly ...

The Iconic leader and one-time President of South Africa the late Nelson Rohlilhahla Mandela once said “Why bother to visit Europe, you’ll find it all here.” This statement was in reference to Abuja the now famous federal capital territory of the most populous black nation in the world. The centrally located Nigeria city with a population of 979,876 was created ...

Since 1978, the major legislation regulating land acquisition within the country has been the Land Use Act of 1978 which states that all land in a State is to be held in trust by the State Governor for the benefit of all Nigerians. By law, foreigners may also acquire land wherever it is located in the country from either the ...

Ikoyi is the most affluent neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria located on Lagos Island. It is an up-market residential island separated by a narrow waterway from Lagos Island to the west inhabited by expatriates, Nigerian military rulers or you can say it is popular with the upper class residents of Nigerian high society. It lies to the northeast of Obalende at ...