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In their quest to have two Members of Parliament, Babirwa want the two villages of Moletemane and Tsetsebjwe, as well as surrounding cattleposts, ranches and farmlands that were carved off to Tswapong North by the last Delimitation Commission, to be returned.
Angolan Ministry of Urbanisation and Housing (Minuha) will prioritise this year the process of urbanisation of land reserves meant for the foment of housing.
A TOTAL of 25 acres of land have been purchased in Wakiso district for the construction of Shimoni primary and the teacher's college.
INTERNALLY displaced persons (IDPs) in Omel camp in Paicho sub-county, Gulu district over the weekend held 13 people hostage overnight over a disputed piece of land.
FOLLOWING avalance of protests from the people of Asaba, the Delta State government has began the process of returning some lands which were earlier acquired back to them.
THE High Court has stopped the Commissioner for Land Registration from cancelling the CMI land title offered to Sudhir Ruparelia.
The Land Use Act, which was controversially incorporated into the 1979 Constitution and retained in the 1999 Constitution, is on the list of laws soon to be reformed by the Federal Government.
Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-rufai, yesterday explained that the piece of land acquired by NIPOST as far back as 1994 was exclusively meant for the construction of its district office within a period of two years.
BENUE State Governor Mr. Gabriel Suswam has inaugurated the state's Land Use Allocation Committee with a charge on members to assist his government in addressing nagging issues of questionable land allocations in the state.Inaugurating the 13 member committee the governor charged them to come out with recommendations that will assist the government in its urban renewal efforts.
Some of the plots of land acquired by the Delta Government in Asaba metropolis, but are no longer needed for government use have been returned to the original owners.
RESIDENTS of Nkoma in Mbale municipality last week protested what they called poor compensation by the Government.
LANDS state minister Michael Werikhe has denied accusations labelled against him regarding the allocation of plotsâ-‚ofâ-‚Uhuru Park land in Mbale Municipality to individual developers.
This paper has learnt that the land dispute in Nimba County between the Gios and Manos on the one hand and their Mandingo brothers on the other hand remains unresolved, and as such, the former Deputy Chief of Mission of the Liberian Embassy in Washington D.C. has once again appealed to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to personally intervene to bring the crisis to an end.
HE said that it was the recognition of such possibilities that informed the hardline position being taken against the activities of illegal dredgers and miners. "In Lagos today, mining and dredging activities are the exclusive rights of the state government.
BUGANDA Land Board (BLB) officials have said they cannot evict people on the 350sq miles of land belonging to Kabaka Ronald Mutebi in order to give it to members of the royal family.
THE chief government valuer has started the evaluation of the land bought by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) in Temangalo, Wakiso district.
Farm settlers in Igbariam in Awka north local government area want the Federal Government to quickly intervene in the land dispute between them and the Anambra State university, Igbariam campus to prevent an escalation of the crisis.
Citizens of three clans in Nimba County are expected to gather at a forum on Wednesday in Ganta to discuss land disputes among the ethnic Mandingoes, Gios and Manos.
Land speculators who under the guise of Youth Development Association (YDA) extort varying sums of money ranging from N200,000 to N1.2 million from land developers in Edo State are to incur the wrath of the government.
JIM Muhwezi has sued Akright Projects, a real estate developer, seeking to recover over sh623m. Muhwezi wants court to order Akright to pay the balance on the land he sold to them.
The Federal Government has approved contract for establishment of 6000 hectares of irrigation farm land from the Gurara dam lo-cated in Kaduna State, accor-ding to the sate governor, Alhaji Muhammed Namadi Sambo.
ABIA State Government has acquired 60 hectares of land in Osisioma, near Aba, for another campus of the state polytechnic, the Rector of institution, Elder Alwell Onubuogu has disclosed.
Kayode Bankole attended the then University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) where he read a combine honours of Philosophy\Sociology. After his first degree he proceeded to the then Ogun State University now Olabisi Onabanjo University where he studied Law. He is a practising member of the Bar of Nigeria. In this interview with senior reporter, Wale Igbintade, he spoke on the ongoing ...
THE Zanu-PF Central Committee has called on Government to speed up the process of issuing offer letters and 99-year leases to farmers and to resolve outstanding court cases on land.
The Government of Ghana has returned, to some families, lands taken compulsorily by the government in pursuit of development objectives.
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