Tag: LAND

Wike nullifies 485 Area Council land documents in FCT

Aminu Imam
APC on Wike2

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has nullified 485 Area Council land documents in Abuja, citing failure to pass official verification processes and confirmation that several applications were fake. According to a public notice issued by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA)’s Departments of Land Administration and the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS), the minister approved the cancellation of applications that “failed the necessary official checks for genuineness, and have been confirmed to be fake”. It added that the affected applications would be removed from the regularisation…

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FCTA to enforce ground rent, land fees from Nov. 26

Aminu Imam
FCTA enforces

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced that it will begin enforcement against individuals and organisations that have not paid their ground rent and land use change/conversion fees starting November 26. This was disclosed in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to Nyesom Wike, FCT Minister, Lere Olayinka. According to him, the enforcement will also cover unpaid Right of Occupancy (R-of-O) and Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) bills. It will also apply to property owners who have not completed…

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Kano: Govt. directs landowners to renew C-of-Os by January

Aminu Imam
Govt. directs landowners

Kano State government has issued a stern directive requiring all landowners in the State to renew their Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) by January 31, 2025, or face the potential revocation of their titles. The announcement was made by the Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, AbdulJabbar Umar, during a briefing with newsmen yesterday. The deadline for renewing or registering land titles is fast approaching. By the expiration of the deadline on January 31, 2025, all current Certificates of Occupancy will be rendered invalid, Umar stated. He reminded all landowners, from…

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Lagos: “80 percent of buildings in Lekki have no approval’ Govt.

Aminu Imam
Lagos Lekki

Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Oluyinka Olumide, has said that 80 percent of buildings in the Ibeju Lekki-Epe have no government approval. In an interview with newsmen, Olumide disclosed that despite the rigorous processes involved in securing government approval, developers and property owners are still circumventing due process. He said: Just last week Thursday and Friday, my team and I were in the Ibeju Lekki and Epe axis and you would agree with me that anybody passing through that corridor would see a lot of estates…

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Railway Management Coy moves to secure property nationwide

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Management Staff of railway property Company, Kaduna during inspection tour of some of its landed property in Kaduna

The Railway Property Management Company RPMC, a subsidiary of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) is saddled with the responsibility of managing all lands and landed assets of the NRC is finalising its computerised Property and Tenant Register to ascertain the number of properties and tenants under its purview for effective management. Addressing newsmen in Kaduna, the Managing Director of the RPMC, Timothy Zalanga, said a task force has been set up by the management of the company to carry out the audit. The task force is expected to cover Kaduna…

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