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They Say I’m Borrowing But I’ve Not Started Yet’ –Gov Bago Tells ResidentsFMN Stays Committed To Feeding The NationGroup Commends Mbah for Restoring Enugu Regional HubAnother LG Boss Suspended in Niger‘We Are Treated Like Slaves In Our Land’: Zamfara Resident Laments As Gunmen Kill Two, Abduct Over 100 –ReportObasanjo,  Abubakar, Jonathan, Ali-Pate, Set to Inaugurate  Health Hub in AbujaEFInA: Affordable Credit and Fintechs Key to Deepening Financial InclusionOlawepo-Hashim: National Convention Has Final Say on PDP ZoningTinubu Banks on Tech, Food Security to Boost Nigeria’s GrowthBala Mohammed: I Gave Up My Presidential Bid to Allow PDP Zone Ticket to SouthFG Moves to End ASUU Crisis, Inter-ministerial C’ttee Meets TodayAccess Holdings Announces Roosevelt Ogbonna’s Exit from Board as Non-Executive DirectorUAE Confirms Emirates Airline Participation in Africa Tourism, Creative Economy ExpoFG Receives 1,653 Solar-Powered Cold-chain RefrigeratorsUzodimma Raises Minimum Wage to N104,000NCCC Urges Developed Countries, Partners to Honour Commitment on Climate ChangeTUC Rejects Bill to Remove Labour from Exclusive LegislativeFG to Partner Organisations to Train Farmers on AgriConnect InitiativeRadda to Construct Schools, Hospital in Mantau Community After Bandits’ AttacksTCN Power Project: Oyebanji Pays N503m to 1,050 Land Owners in EkitiNIGER DELTA BLUE ECONOMYPETER MBAH AS “TALK AND DO” GOVERNORGIVING MEANING TO THE MALABO DECLARATIONDatari Ladejo: From Lagos to Johannesburg, Double Awards for Under-40 CEO‘Finish Line’ and the Poetry of SurvivalEnugu @ 34: As Mbah Drives the Dreams of Founding FathersDigital Realty Launches New Data CentreT2 Empowers SIM Registration OfficersBREAKING: Bandits Kill One, Kidnap Six In Southern Kaduna Despite State Peace PactYilwatda: Tinubu Has Directed Me To Work With GandujeTinubu Departs Brazil for AbujaFuel Subsidy Removal Freed Resources for National Dev’t, Says MinisterTinubu Targets 7m Youths for Digital Literacy in 2 YearsRoosevelt Ogbonna Resigns From Access HoldCo, Remains Access Bank CEONewGlobe’s Holistic Model Boosts Teaching Efficiency in Public Primary Schools2027: Aerospace Engineer Joins Ogun Governorship RaceSEC Grants Provisional Licence to Zigma-Alpha Asset Management to Operate as Fund, Portfolio ManagersNECO Refutes Recruitment ClaimsEXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Tailor And 8-Month-Old Baby Detained Since March #FreePalestine Protest, Critically Ill, Denied Court Access, Husband SaysJonathan: Nigeria Needs Registrar of Political Parties To Tackle IndisciplineTinubu Pledges To Fast-track Nigeria’s Development Through Technology And Food SecurityLG Polls: LASIEC Dismisses Claim of Unpaid Wages by Ad hoc StaffAbsence of Sahara Reporters in Court Stalls Sowore’s ArraignmentTosin Ajayi and His Power of ImaginationBREAKING: Kwara College Of Education Staff Protest Six-Year Neglect And Rot, Demand Return Of TETFUND ProjectsBREAKING: Sowore Asks Abuja Court To Dismiss ‘Defective’ Forgery, Cybercrime Charges, Wants IGP Egbetokun Sanctioned For Violating Police ActPolice Confirm Abduction of Husband, Wife, Daughter in Katsina TownRotary Club of Ikeja Inducts Cybersecurity Analyst Olamide MohammedMOFI, CRMI Partner on Risk Mgt in State-Owned EnterprisesBitget Debuts First-ever RWA Index PerpetualsDangote Cement Marks Youth Day at ObajanaExperts Make Case for Early Childhood Devt  in NigeriaOndo Communities Protest Invasion, Seek Aiyedatiwa’s InterventionBillions Spent, Poverty Persists: Unraveling Nigeria’s Relief Paradox and the Road AheadIFC Lauds FG’s Economic Reforms, IMF Calls for Marshall Plan for Power SectorRibadu: We’ll Hunt Terrorists, We’ll Find Them and Bring Them to JusticeTo Boost Local Production, Create Jobs, Tinubu Okays Immediate Six-month Ban on Raw Shea ExportOgun Revenue Agency Hails Dangote Cement Ibese for Exemplary Tax ComplianceOnyema: Air Peace to Commence Lagos–São Paulo Passenger Route Under Nigeria–Brazil BASA AgreementCOREN Inaugurates Committee on Amendment of Engineers Registration ActTinubu Lauds Nigeria’s Capital Market’s Steady Growth in Over Two YearsPort Harcourt Officially Crowned Nigeria’s Premier Energy City, Ibas Rallies Private Sector, Pledges SupportJustice Minister: Extending Full Implementation of ACJA to States Will Promote Speedy TrialsNSIB Launches Investigation into Abuja-Kaduna Train DerailmentInternational Press Institute Condemns Police Harassment of Journalist Azuka OgujiubaRiver Park Estate Dispute: Court Orders Parties to Maintain Status Quo as Controversial Police Letter SurfacesGOVERNOR IDRIS’ MIXED APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE
Fri. Aug 29th, 2025

The bigger picture: Why we need to look beyond land disputes

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  • July 25, 2024
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The bigger picture: Why we need to look beyond land disputes

In recent years, the Ministry of Lands has been greatly associated with land disputes. This is not surprising given that land ownership is one of the major possession or aspiration for most households.

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