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Mutasa Rural District Council has torn down houses in Hauna, Honde Valley, in an operation against structures on undesignated stands, with residents saying notice was patchy and some claiming they bought stands in good faith.
A Lagos businessman has asked the Inspector General of Police, the Police Service Commission and the National Assembly to act against a senior police officer he accuses of supervising the demolition of his Lekki Phase 1 property while a court order was in force.
The Cabinet pushed the window for old-rent tenants seeking alternative housing units into the new year, and approved a six-month cut in electricity consumption charges for coded meters.
Research on Mbeya District finds infrastructure development, population growth and competition between farming, livestock and mining are driving conflicts over family-owned land, with informal settlement mechanisms easing the pressure.
A quality assurance report tabled in Parliament found that 56.5 per cent of buildings inspected between July 2025 and April 2026 did not meet construction requirements, with North Eastern recording a 5 per cent compliance rate.
Traders and residents in Bbuye Kikumbi, Mityana Municipality, are counting losses after railway authorities backed by security personnel cleared the railway reserve, closing a slaughterhouse and displacing families.
The Environment and Land Court in Nyamira has declared an access road opened by the county government across privately registered land illegal, ordering the road materials removed and the parcel restored.
Oyo State has approved N4.6 billion as the first tranche of compensation for property owners along the Senator Rashidi Ladoja Circular Road, while confirming a 75-metre setback for built-up areas on the corridor.
Lesotho's high court has ordered the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority to pay M89.9-million within 90 days to 20 community associations whose compensation for losses caused by the water project was halted in 2013.