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Following an investigative report on the menace of land grabbing in Lagos State, Mrs Nneka Okoli, who was reported to have been stripped of six plots of land, retrieved her possession after an intervention from the Lagos State government. Kemi Busari reports. Lagos State Special Task Force on...

The Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has signed into law a bill prohibiting forceful takeover of land, by persons or group of individuals, making it a criminal act for those who violate this existing law of the state. The ceremony which took place at the governor’s office in Abeokuta, the...

In the Ijora axis of 21st century Lagos, landlords paid twice to acquire plots of land. From 2009 till date, house owners have paid millions of naira to acquire plots of land which ironically does not give them the right of ownership but lease. KEMI BUSARI, in the concluding part of this story...

Land grabbing has become a menace in many parts of Nigeria, especially in Lagos, South-West Nigeria. Lagos grabbers (popularly called Omo Onile) have constituted a nightmare for land buyers and property developers. They appear at virtually every stage of land and property development to make...

Tragedy struck in the Federal Housing Estate in the Alagbado area of Lagos State last week as some land grabbers and their thugs invaded the estate killing Jamiu Olipede, the son of Oba Musiliu Olipede, the Olorile of Itori Oke Egba land, Ogun State. Late Jamiu It was learnt that Jamiu’s...