Section 1: Vesting of Ownership of Lands in the Federal Government of Nigeria.

(1) For the avoidance of any doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or any enactment, law or vesting instrument, the title to all the lands within 100 metres limit of the 1967 shoreline of Nigeria and any other land reclaimed from any lagoon, sea or ocean in or bordering Nigeria or of oceans bordering the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall, to the exclusion of any right accruing to any body corporate or unincorporate or industry, vest in the Federal Government of Nigeria without any further assurance than this Act.
(2) Accordingly, any purported title to any land referred to in subsection (1) of this section held by any State or local government, any individual or by any body corporate or unincorporate before the commencement of this Act, is hereby vested in the Federal Government of Nigeria.