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13 August 2020
The residents stated that Nwoko had successfully bought over senior policemen in Delta State and Abuja, who allegedly assisted him in intimidating and arresting those, who opposed his attempt to forcefully acquire additional 90 hectares of land from an area earmarked for all indigenes of the…
7 August 2020
One of the major criticisms against the Lagos state government has been the prohibitive costs of owning a home. These costs start all the way from purchasing land with restrictive land use charges and crippling penalties when homeowners are unable to pay their land use charges. Added to this, the…
6 August 2020
Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai has challenged traditional rulers in the state to show any piece of land that has been forcibly acquired or illegally occupied in their domains. He was reacting to the allegation by southern Kaduna leaders that their land had been annexed to Fulani herdsmen as…
3 August 2020
Source: Agence Ecofin Date: 29/07/2020 (Agence Ecofin) - La start-up HouseAfrica propose un registre foncier basé sur la blockchain, et aide également les particuliers à posséder des actions dans plusieurs propriétés. Son objectif est de résoudre le problème de la fraude foncière et de faciliter l’…
29 July 2020
Edo State High court in Benin City, has commenced the hearing of a suit filled against the Iyatsere of Warri kingdom, Chief Johnson Atseleghe, seeking to stop him from parading himself as the traditional ruler of Ologbo dukedom and from selling lands that belongs to the dukedom. The case which came…
21 July 2020
The Lagos State government says it has set up drop box facility at the Land Registry in its Lands Bureau to ensure unhindered land title documentation in this dire period of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The drop box facility is administered at the collection centre of the Lands Registry,…
13 July 2020
Emmanuel Okas Wike is the President, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers. He spoke to ANN GODWIN in Port Harcourt on how the Land Use Act has undermined professional practice, measures that could transform the real estate sector, and the role of estate surveyors in developing the…
9 July 2020
A estimativa é feita no relatório “O vírus da fome: como a covid-19 está a aumentar a fome num mundo faminto”, da organização não-governamental Oxfam.    Onze países africanos estão entre os principais pontos em que o risco de fome extrema foi agravado pela pandemia de covid-19, estimando-se que,…
30 June 2020
EMEKA ELEH is a past president, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) and a principal partner at Ubosi Eleh and Company. In this interview with BERTRAM NWANNEKANMA, he spoke on the imperative of land titling, challenges of inaccurate data and other issues in the real estate…
29 June 2020
A war is brewing in Agudama-Epie community in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, over moves by the Central Naval Command (CNC), Nigerian Navy, to demolish buildings around its headquarters, known as Camp Porbeni. Until 2013, Camp Porbeni was the cynosure of all eyes when entering Yenagoa…
29 June 2020
The family also accused the Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led government of Lagos of acting outside of legal provisions by demolishing their properties. The Elejigbo family of Lamgbasa community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos has accused the state government of demolishing their property at…
25 June 2020
…says women most affected over non-inclusiveness Environmental Right Action/ Friends of the Earth, ERA/FoEN have asserted that the incident of land grabbing and deforestation was becoming increasingly alarming in various Cross River communities. They also said that due to the neglect of women and…