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J.A. Umeh, Land Condemnation and Compensation in Nigeria Since 1970 (Accepted for Publication). J.A. Umeh, Land Policies and Compulsory Acquisition of Private Lands for Public Purposes in Nigeria (Accepted for Publication by University of Nigeria Press Limited). J.A. Umeh, From Okponku Abu (London: Karnak House) 1990
The controversy at issue in the case arose in 1913, when the colonial government of Nigeria appropriated land in Apapa, pursuant to the Public Land (Acquisition) Ordinance 1903, in order to give it to European merchants. [1] [2] The land was occupied by the Oluwa chiefly family of Lagos, under the leadership of Amodu Tijani. [2]
Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria are a series of disputes over arable land resources across Nigeria between the mostly-Muslim Fulani herders and the mostly-Christian non-Fulani farmers. The conflicts have been especially prominent in the Middle Belt (North Central) since the return of democracy in 1999.
Several agencies are funded by the FCTA, including the Abuja Environmental Protection Board, concerned with waste collection and disposal and other environmental matters; the Abuja Geographical Information System, which provides a geo-spatial data infrastructure and a one stop for all land matters for the FCT, used to facilitate land acquisition and collect all land related revenue for the FCT ...
Once in Nigeria, Obasanjo took command of the Field Engineering Squadron based at Kaduna. [32] Within the military, Obasanjo steadily progressed through the ranks, becoming a major in 1965. [20] He used his earning to purchase land, in the early 1960s obtaining property in Ibadan, Kaduna, and Lagos. [33] In 1965, Obasanjo was sent to India.
The principal acts are the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 18), [28] the Land Compensation Act 1961, the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, the Land Compensation Act 1973, [29] the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, part IX of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, and the Planning and ...
Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa.
Ayobami Oluwanifemi Akindipe was born on 27 August 1997 to Nigerian parents, [1] he did his Primary and Secondary School education in Lagos State.He earned his LL.B. degree from Kogi State University, where he studied law. [1]