The business of land acquisition is flourishing. In the past decade, investors have bought or leased more than 48 million hectares of land worldwide, though more than one third of these transactions ...

The Ogun State Government has filed charges against two traditional rulers and other persons over land grabbing. In a statement, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Oluwasina Ogungbade ...

An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has struck out the case of attempted murder and land grabbing instituted against Oba Solomon Akinola, the Oloko of Oko. Akinola and 14 others were in November 2023 ...

A recent study published by Imazon, the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment, demonstrates how difficult it is to punish land grabbing in the Brazilian rainforest. The researchers analyzed ...

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen is working to address the land grabbing in Kitale. [File, Standard] The National Security Council is set to convene to discuss the persistent grabbing of ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Colombia surged last year, according to data from the country's environment ministry said on Thursday, as some 113,608 hectares (1,136 square km) were destroyed ...

“The socio-economic consequences of land grabbing in our local communities are far-reaching,” said Nsang Dilong. “We are lending our voices to this campaign by Greenpeace Africa as concerned ...

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, has inaugurated a five-man committee to tackle the persistent menace of land grabbing in Ibadan. The traditional ruler, crowned as the 44th ...

Across Malawi, tensions over land ownership continue to intensify as disputes rise, largely driven by population pressure, weak land administration and the slow implementation of land governance ...

The Ondo State Anti-Land Grabbing Taskforce has vowed to tackle the menace of land grabbing across all communities in the state, declaring 2026 a zero-tolerance year for all forms of illegal ...

The people of Elikpokwuodu village in Rukpokwu community of Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have protested against land grabbing and encouragement of their communal land by the TAF ...