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The Lagos State Government has commenced the process for the review of the State Properties Protection Law, LSPPL, 2016 to expunge option of fines to any convicted landgrabber(s) with mandatory six years jail term to serve as deterrence to others.
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By Oluwatoyosi Ogunrinde LAND-related crises are not uncommon in Nigeria. They are, probably, as old as the society and rooted in structural, historical and socio-economic dynamics; and often compelled by growing urbanisation. Though a national challenge, land-related crisis is more pronounced in Lagos State. Considering its status as the nation’s commercial and economic hub, buying
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The Asiwaju of Kirikiri Town and Apapa, Chief Babalola Shabi, has refuted claim made against him by one Ayorinde Adedoyin, who accused him of being a land grabber.
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Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, says that 35 land grabbing cases are currently being prosecuted by the state government.
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Chief Sam Anokam is an Owerri based Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers and a Knight of St. Christopher of the Anglican Communion. The former Chairman of Imo Water Development Authority (IWADA) bares his mind on issues of national importance.
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Whereas different types of human rights violations and abuses are peculiar to some states or geopolitical zones, others are widespread and occur in virtually every state of the federation
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The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, recently signed a bill into law which prescribes 25 years imprisonment or death sentence for anyone found guilty of land grabbing.
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said a total of 4,602 Certificates of Occupancy (CofO), as well as 6,118 Governor’s Consent and 314 Deemed Grant Consent totaling 11, 034 land titles have been signed and issued in the State in the last two years.
Read MoreA law firm, Salawu Akingbolu and Company, has dragged the Lagos State Attorney-General and Chairman of Lagos State Special Task Force on Land Grabbing before the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, over alleged frustration of its client’s bail.
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The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Oshodi has declared the sureties presented by a suspected land grabbing kingpin, Chief Kamorudeen Lamina, alias Sir K Oluwo as unverifiable and thus unable to stand for his bail.
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