TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page                    -                       -                       -                       -           ii

Declaration                 -                       -                       -                       -           iii                                                                                                                                       

Certification                -                       -                       -                       -           iv                                                                                                                                                 

Dedication                   -                       -                       -                       -           v                                                                                                                                                   

Acknowledgments      -                       -                       -                       -           vi                                                                                                                         

Table of Contents       -                       -                       -                       -           vii                                                                                            

Table of Cases            -                       -                       -                       -           x         

Table of Statutes         -                       -                       -                       -           xiv      

List of Abbreviation    -                       -                       -                       -           xv       

Abstract                      -                       -                       -                       -           xvi      

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1              Background of the Study        -                       -                       -           1         

1.2              Statement of the Problem                                -                       -           3         

1.3              Objective of the Study            -                       -                       -           4

1.4              Significance of the Study       -                       -                       -           4         

1.5              Research Questions                -                       -                       -           5         

1.6              Scope and Limitations of the Study               -                       -           5         

1.7              Research Methodology           -                       -                       -           6         

           

1.8              Definition of Terms                 -                       -                       -           7         

1.9              Literature Review                   -                       -                       -           13

CHAPTER TWO: CONCEPT OF LAND OWNERSHIP IN NIGERIA

2.1       Historical Background of Land Ownership in Nigeria           -           18

2.2       Ownership of Land under Customary Law                -           -           21

2.3       Land Tenure System in the Southern and Northern

 Parts of Nigeria          -           -           -           -           -           -           27       

 

CHAPTER THREE: OWNERSHIP OF LAND UNDER THE LAND USE ACT

3.1       Vesting of Land in the Governor        -           -           -           -           36

3.2       Land Control and Management          -           -           -           -           40       

3.3       Right of Occupancy    -           -           -           -           -           -           44

3.4       Powers of the Governor          -           -           -           -           -           47       

3.5       Impact of the Act on Customary Land

             Ownership                                                      -           -           -           52       

3.6       Views of Scholars on the Concept of Land Ownership in Nigeria     57       

CHAPTER FOUR: OWNERSHIP OF LAND IN IKWERRE COMMUNITY OF RIVERS STATE

4.1       Location of Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality          -           -           -           61       

4.2       Historical Background of the Ikwerre People           -           -           62       

4.3.1        Land Tenure System in Ikwerre Community -           -           -           63       

4.4       Capacity to own Land in Ikwerre       -           -           -           -           68       

4.5       Custom Regulating Acquisition of Land in Ikwerre  -           -           69       

4.6       The Role of Chiefs in the Administration of Communal Land          71       

4.7       Law Regulating the Ownership of Land in the Urban and

Non- Urban Areas of Ikwerre Community     -           -           -           75       

4.8       The Notion of Customary Tenancy    -           -           -           -           78       

4.9       Right of the Girl Child to Inherit Land in Ikwerre     -           -           81       

4.10     The Effect of Government Acquisition of Ikwerre Land       -           85       

 CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1       Summary         -           -           -           -           -           -           -           81

5.2       Conclusion      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           91

5.3       Recommendations      -           -           -           -           -           -           92       

 Bibliography  -           -           -           -           -           -           -           95       

                                         

TABLE OF CASES

 

Abraham v. Olurunfumi (1991) 1 NWLR (Pt.165) 74-75      -           13                                   

A.G of Lagos State v. AG of Federation & Ors (2003)

12 NWLR (Pt.833) 1              -           -           -           -           -          15

Amodu Tijani v. Secretary of Southern Nigeria (1921)

2 AC 399         -           -           -           -           -           -           -  22,23,31,32,34,71,73,94

Adesanya v. Otuewu (1993) 1 NWLR (Pt.270) 414    -          -           23

Abioye v. Yakubu (1991) 5 NWLR (Pt.190) 130 -     -           -           45,76,77,91

Awojugbabge Light Industries v. Chinukwe (1995)

4 NWLR (Pt.390) 379     -      -           -           -           -           -           47,54                           

Adagun v Fagbola     11 MER (Pt.100)    -    -           -           -           79                                                                                                          

Adanji v. Hunboo (1908) 1 NLR 74    -          -           -           -           72