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25 June 2020
…says women most affected over non-inclusiveness
Environmental Right Action/ Friends of the Earth, ERA/FoEN have asserted that the incident of land grabbing and deforestation was becoming increasingly alarming in various Cross River communities.
They also said that due to the neglect of women and…
22 June 2020
Um grupo britânico de parlamentares elaborou um relatório, alertando que o massacre de cristãos na Nigéria está seguindo o curso de um genocídio.
A violência contra os cristãos na Nigéria segue o curso de um genocídio, um grupo de parlamentares do Reino Unido alertou esta semana em um novo…
13 June 2020
The Lagos state government has urged everyone facing problems with land grabbers to approach the Lagos State Taskforce on Land Grabbers (LSTFLG) for help.
Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, who is also Chairman of the Special Task Force on Land…
7 June 2020
Worried by the huge housing deficit estimated at over 17 million, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Oxford Group Nigeria, Teni Adesanya, has tasked the country’s economic managers to pass a law that would make land documentation seamless.
Specifically, he said if a bill that will make land…
2 June 2020
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) says it has made plans to help 77,400 people set up farms.
According to the agency, the farmers would be drawn from across the 774 local governments areas of the country.
NALDA was created by Ibrahim Babangida, a former military ruler, in…
27 May 2020
The state government says the projects will be financed through Public-Private Partnership.
The Lagos State Government says it will continue to create more man-made islands at its waterfront across the state, to further increase land availability for Housing and Infrastructural Development.
The…
13 May 2020
Prospect of an average Nigerian owning land and houses is waning speedily following the unstable and harsh economic situations, which have greatly affected many businesses.
As a result of that, most companies can barely pay salaries, while salary increments are becoming a lot more difficult. Even…
6 May 2020
Moments after President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest address to the nation on the cumulative lockdown order of Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory, the media went into a frenzy, with discussions centered on how farmers and agricultural extension professionals can jointly…
4 May 2020
The Oyo State Government has launched a digitised Certificate of Occupancy issuance platform as part of its strategy for growing the Gross Domestic Product of the state.
According to a statement issued by the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, the processing…
1 May 2020
The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has said in Abuja that it has observed recurrent cases of land disputes arising from the lack of proper demarcation by the department of development control of the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
The country head of the IHRC in Nigeria,…
26 April 2020
Estão abertas inscrições para o Prêmio GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize, que é uma competição pan-africana de jovens empreendedores (as) inovadores (as) que buscam a oportunidade de financiamento de projetos no setor agroalimentar no continente Africano.
As inscrições serão julgadas para premiar dois…
21 April 2020
Ajaji community of Illah, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta has raised fresh alarm over alleged forceful acquisition of their farmland by an agro company, Northsworthy Investments.
The community had last month, blamed the state government for ceding their land to the company without…