Dairo O. ElizabethSule A.I.Nuhu M. B.Ogunbajo R.A.2025-05-062024978-978-54580-8-4http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:4000/handle/123456789/1908CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGSIn Nigeria, particularly in the South-West, the unpleasant consequences emanating from land ownership disputes such as killings, destruction of properties, ethnic and tribal violence, political protests, and multiple sales of land result in a seeming or assumed ambiguity about the real ownership of the land. It was on this basis that this work comparatively analyses measures adopted in managing land disputes in Southwest Nigeria, with a view to developing guidelines for the most effective and efficient measures. A systematic random sampling method was used in selecting the landowners and lawyers, and a purposive sampling technique was used in selecting the directors in the states. Primary data were collected using a questionnaire administered to 955 landowners, 456 lawyers, and 17 directors. Also, seven experts were interviewed, which was made up of 4 lawyers and 3 directors. Descriptive, chi-square, Anova, content analyses, and case studies were used for the analysis. The findings as regards the overall type of disputes in communities in the south west indicate that 22.5% of the respondents encountered boundary disputes, 21.8% encountered land grabbing disputes, 21.5% encountered community land disputes, 30.6% encountered ownership property rights, and the remaining 13.6% encountered encroachment disputes. The land owners found that greed and lack of love generate land disputes in Ondo State, coownership and idle land in Ekiti State, and poverty and lack of love in Osun State. The lawyer found that encroachment and virgin land cause land conflicts in Ondo, Ekiti, and Osun states. The director found that co-ownership, encroachment, and virgin land cause land disputes in Ondo State, Ekiti State, and Osun State respectively. The study recommended that the government, through its agencies, should look into the establishment and creation of more land resolution agencies to resolve issues around land matters. The government should mitigate the nefarious activities of land officers or community land owners by encouraging them to do the needful.enFactors influencingLand DisputeCauses of Land DisputeArticle