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In the morning of December 31, 2020, truckloads of police officers, Lagos State officials and thugs descended on a mechanic yard to carry...

A MAN who claims to be ‘The King of Everland’ was convicted yesterday of five offences under the Land Planning and Development Law and now faces up to two years in jail.

A man could face two years in jail for trying to get around planning rules by declaring his land a sovereign state - and making himself the king. Steve Ogier, 48, has been involved in a long running dispute with planners after his application to build a small home on his plot in Guernsey was refused. He responded by declaring the land Everland and made himself its ruler before launching a campaign to have it classified as its own state. Mr Ogier first took his fight to the Royal Court on Guerns...

Registration has commenced for the eagerly awaited 2021 Annual Conference of the resurgent Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL). Coming on the heels of the famous 2019 Annual Conference which held last November in the commercial city of Aba, Abia State, next year’s conference will hold in the ancient

TODAY Pool Photo The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up a 13-member committee which will be taking up public interest suits on its behalf. The association’s Publicity Secretary, Rapulu Nduka, stated in a statement on Wednesday that the Public Interest Litigation Committee (PILC) is led by Charles Mekwunye as Chairman, and Olumide Ayeni, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, as Co-Chairman. Mr Nduka stated that “recent events in the nation have reinforced the need for the NBA to activate it...

By Fadekemi Ajakaiye Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako has advised professionals in the nation’s building industry to be guided by existing codes to produce safe and sustainable buildings. He stated this at the 29th Lagos Builders’ Conference and Annual General Meeting organised by the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Institute of Builders, held in Lagos, recently. Salako, who was the Chairman of the conference, tagged “Safe and Sustainable...

Views: Visits 14 Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako has advised professionals in the nation’s building industry to be guided by existing codes to produce safe and sustainable buildings. He stated this at the 29th Lagos Builders’ Conference and Annual General Meeting organised by the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Institute of Builders, held in Lagos, recently. Salako, who was the Chairman of the conference, tagged “Safe and Sustai...

5 Also, much more opportunities in data privacy management envisaged by the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), 2019 will be created. For SCs development to gain much traction, there is the need for a concerted effort by all stakeholders in the real estate sector; public and private sector operators on one hand and technology developers and innovators on the other hand towards improving the Nigerian housing and urban planning landscape. More so, given the recently launched Nigerian Strat...

Guatemalans took to the streets for the fourth consecutive Saturday on December 12 to protest corruption and demand the president’s resignation. Days earlier, Indigenous, campesino, student, and religious movements in the Social and Popular Assembly (ASP) kicked off a National Strike (#ParoNacional) to call for a constitutional assembly (#AsambleaConstituyente). The ongoing protests come after discontent erupted on November 21 (#21N). Congress had passed a 2021 budget that slashed funds for f...

‘Smart City’ Options: Optimizing Real Estate Development in Nigeria Nigeria December 15 2020 “Successful public-private partnerships combine the technology and innovation of governments, cities and companies to benefit citizens. By working together for the greater good, public-private partnerships can help accelerate the pace of change and implementation of smart cities infrastructure.” Hubert Riley, Vice President, External Affairs at Verizon Introduction The idea of a “Smart C...