Tag Archives: land dispute

The Leadership reports that an Abuja High Court has ordered a developer, White Diamond Property Development Company, to remove 7 units of five-bedroom duplex worth N350 million each due to an Abuja land dispute. The court also awarded the sum of N10million as damages against the developer of the property, as penalty for encroaching on a piece of land belonging ...

Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku has said the crisis in the Mambilla was neither religious nor ethnic, but that the Mambilla crisis is land dispute-induced. According to The Nation, he reiterated that there is no alternative to ranching as a solution to the crisis of confidence between herdsmen and farmers. Ishaku spoke at an interactive session with reporters in Abuja. ...

The Nation reports that the Soremekun Fletcher family has debunked the claims that it has no title to the Ofada land in Ogun State in a suit with Baale Rabiu Adewunmi and 13 others. At a media briefing in Lagos, the family’s lawyer Chief Adekunle Funmilayo said the Appeal Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, affirmed High Court’s decision ...

Vanguard reports that an Ikeja High Court was on Thursday thrown into confusion after a witness slumped and died in the court just before testifying in a land case. The deceased who was in his late 30s had come to court to testify in a land dispute before Justice O.A. Olayinka. “Before the case was called for trial, he started ...

“Delta State House of Assembly has called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to direct the state Commissioner of Police to deploy more officers and men to Amai and  Ezhiokpor communities in Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state to curtail a raging land dispute between both communities. The House, in a motion brought under matters of urgent public importance by the ...

“The traditional ruler of Illah in Delta, Obi Akazue Gbemudu II, said two villages warring over land in the community had been barred from the disputed area.”- Vanguard He said that a committee had been constituted to investigate the dispute and that the restriction on the villages would remain in force until the committee concluded its assignment. A statement on ...

The Enugu State Police Command, on Wednesday, announced the arrest of a man, Daniel Ekemezie, for allegedly killing his uncle, Pa Patrick Odoh (83), over land dispute.- PM News The command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the suspect blamed the devil for his action. Amaraizu said  that the killing  happened at Ukpata community ...

Controversy still trails the land dispute between two neighbouring communities of Abagana in Njikoka Local Government Area and Ukpo in Dunukofia Local Government Area, with the Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr. Sam Okaula threatening to arrest more people found to be involved in what he described as arson, murder and other sundry offences. One person was killed and the Divisional Police ...

Some residents of a community in Ogun State have dragged the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, its General Overseer, Enoch Adeboye, and 14 others to court for alleged encroachment on a piece of land. The plaintiffs claim that the land, located in Ilara Village, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, belongs to them. Through their counsel, Kayode Akinsola, ...

In a brief interview with Nigeria real estate hub correspondent, Mr. Chindedu Ifezue defines litigation in the simplest way possible, sheds more light into Land litigation in Nigeria and the challenges facing land litigation. Read below: Q: Good day sir, thank you for granting us this interview, kindly introduce yourself: A: My name is Chinedu Ifezue. I am a lawyer ...