Tag Archives: Land matters

Nigerian Tribune reports that the Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Urban Development, Mrs. Yetunde Onabule, who spoke at a stakeholders’ engagement on “Ease of Doing Business in Lagos State”, at the Oriental Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos, last week, stated that it will no longer be ‘business as usual’, as the Bureau is out to facilitate the  international best ...

The House of Representatives made shocking revelations yesterday as it unveiled malpractices in the award and allocation of 7,600 hectares of land to companies and individuals under the Land Swap programme. There were cases of unpaid dues and non- compliance with the requirements of the programme. A company, Gwagwa Concession Company, was allocated 841 hectares of land by the previous ...

LAND MATTERS – An administrator of the properties of the late Pa Kayode Fashina, a philanthropist, is concerned that the Lagos State Government is surreptitiously trying to grab their property in Ikoyi, despite ruling by a Federal High Court that Lagos should back off, Bennett Oghifo reports Last week, Governor Akinwumi Ambode inspected the property on Plot 439 Karimu Giwa ...

A lot of people have issues understanding what excision means. This is why I have decided to help out by writing this article on how to effect land excision in Lagos State. A portion of land is said to be excised if such has been legally released through a government gazette to the indigenous settlers. The Land use act of ...

The embattled senator-elect of Ogun East Senatorial District, Prince Buruji Kashamu is enmeshed in another mess as he has been accused of forging documents for a landed property worth billions of naira in Ajah area of Lagos state, Southwest, Nigeria. Kashamu, who is also fighting extradition to the United States over drug related issues, has been challenged by the family ...

Undeterred by several hiccups bedeviling the execution of a Supreme Court judgment, which backed the release of 549 plots of landed property in Shangisha-Magodo Town Scheme II, Ikosi-Ketu Local Council Development Authority (LCDA), Lagos State, to the original owners of land in the affected neighborhood, a fresh move to possess the land has begun. Represented by Chief Adebayo Adeyiga and ...

Greece threatens to seize property, land and businesses belonging to Germany if Angela Merkel does not agree to pay compensation for WWII occupation Greece is threatening to seize property, land and businesses belonging to Germany if Berlin does not agree to compensate it for the Nazi occupation of the Second World War. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras has demanded Germany pay ...