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The earth is lord and the fullness thereof and the “land shall not be sold in perpetuity for the land is mine (says the lord) for man is a stranger and sojourner….” By the above quotation, land is deemed to be a divine creation. As stranger and sojourner on earth, man lives on land and turns the virtues of land to his uses. Lands has continued to play a unique role in the process of the development of the human society. The achievement of man is such affected by what he makes of the land he…

In Niger Delta, oil exploration has been marked by protests by the indigenous communities about the negative impact of oil companies, corruption and the failure of oil wealth to be translated into better and decent living conditions. Most recently, armed groups have explicitly sought resource control on behalf of the oil producing communities , and have engage in the oil theft and in acts of violence are sometimes claims as the retribution for the treatment of the people of the Niger delta…

People’s access to land rights constitutes the basic building block for livelihood and sustenance of individuals , families and communities, especially in agrarian societies.

Land reform program brings about changes in social power balance, rules and norms, as well as institutional structures; and as such they tend to provide some regulation to some societies, while creating sources of conflicts for others. However, it needs to be stressed that with or without land reform, tension and…