Nigeria, March 18 -- Details of the owners of some of the 4,794 land titles revoked by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike have emerged.

The minister, through his aides, said Monday that the land titles were revoked over non-payment of ground rent, in some cases, for more than 40 years.

The affected land title holders, from the new details obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, include the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Independent National Electoral commission (INEC), Nigeria's leading opposition party - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) - and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

They also include CONOIL Plc, Borno State Government, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Na...