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LAND UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM: OWNERSHIP, APPLICABLE LAWS AND DEFENCES OF GIFT, ACQUIESCENCE, INHERITANCE, ABANDONMENT, LACHES AND PLEDGE | Okoro Cyriacus, Esq.
By Okoro Cyriacus, Esq. , BSc, MSc, PGDE (Social Sciences), LLB, Legal Practitioner, Researcher and Writer Land in the Nigerian legal system is both a physical fact and a bundle of legal rights. Physically, it is the soil, the airspace above, and everything permanently attached to it. Legally, it is a species of property that carries with it rights of occupation, use, alienation, and exclusion. The maxim is old and remains true: cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos —he who owns the soil owns up to the heavens and down t…
PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL.
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School. The appointment takes effect on January 10, 2026, for a four-year term. Dr Odusote, 54, is currently the Deputy Director-General and Head of the Lagos Campus and will become the first woman to lead the institution since its establishment in 1962. She will succeed the current Director-General, Professor Isa Hayatu Chiroma, whose tenure expires on January 9, 2026, after …
