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13 Nov
Opuama, Tsekelewu and Okirigbo communities in Egbema Kingdom, Warri North Local Council, have called on governments to urgently wade into the land dispute between them and Ondo State to avoid bloodshed.
4 Oct
The people of Ajaji in Illah, Oshimili North Council of Delta State have locked horns with the Secretary State to Delta State Government, Dr. Kingsley Emu, over alleged trespassing on 533.97 hectares of their ancestral land by Norsworthy Farms and Agro Allied Limited company. The community had protested the take-over of the land by the…
19 Aug 2023
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Sen. Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, yesterday, ordered the suspension of Chief Olawale Oladoja, Mogaji Akinsola as Mogaji following his dastardly activities in the Akinsola Village in Akinyele Local Council area of Oyo State. The community came into limelight on Thursday following the clamping down on the residents of the community…
15 Aug 2023
A Lagos High Court, has restored parcels of land acquired by the Lagos State Government to its owner, Chief Livinus Okwara, 12 years after the state government acquired the property and triggered a protracted legal battle. The claimant, who is a Lagos-based business magnate and Director, Rimax Computer Institute joined the Governor of Lagos, Attorney…
14 Aug 2023
The police in Enugu State, yesterday, confirmed the killing of at least four persons over a communal clash that erupted between two communities in the state.
15 Jun 2023
At least eight people died in a shootout between two families fighting over prized agricultural land in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, a local official said Thursday.
13 May 2023
An Ondo State High Court sitting at Okitipupa, yesterday, resolved a lingering land dispute that had spanned 106 years in Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Council of the state.

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