LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, on Thursday, flayed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for asking the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to begin the process of recovering land from persons who have converted cattle grazing routes for their personal use. National Coordinator of HURIWA,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eighty-two years old, head of Adogun Itele family, Pa Nurudeen Akapo and four other principal members of the family have asked an Ogun state high court to restrain former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his farm, Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Limited, from further trespassing on their family land measuring 464.77 hectares situated at Sogunro-Itele…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some elders of Umuneri Village , Isu-Aniocha, Awka North local government area, Anambra state yesterday condemns the forceful takeover of their entire lands by the Anambra state Housing Development Corporation Awka led by Arc. Willie Okafor. The elders said they have placed a caveat emptor on the land for buyers to beware…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing minutes after taking off in Senegal on Tuesday because an engine had caught fire, an airport spokesman said. None of the 90 passengers or crew were injured, spokesman Tidiane Tamba told Reuters. The airline confirmed on Twitter that its Boeing 767…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some traditional rulers in the South-West have been accused of inviting herdsmen from foreign countries to settle in their domains. They allegedly harboured herdsmen from West African countries in the Oke Ogun area of Oyo State and other parts of Yorubaland. A former Director, Directorate of Military Intelligence, Col. Kunle Toogun (retd.),…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anxiety, confusion and shock have taken over many residents, business and property owners at Agidingbi in Ikeja, Lagos when the Akinole-Oshiun family took over possession of 398 acres of land following a Supreme Court judgement which ruled in their favour. The development was the outcome of a 42-year old legal tussle between…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Land and landed properties are one of the most valuable assets to possess. They are among the few assets with the probability to increase significantly in value with little time. The fact that Land appreciates faster in the cities is the main reason we have a steady increase in the number of…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sixteen Nigerian states have agreed to the establishment of cattle colonies proposed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh as a solution to the incessant herdsmen crisis. It was gathered that some 16 states, all in the North, have volunteered land for the establishment of cattle colonies in…