Authoritative statutory guidance on residential and commercial tenancy agreements, statutory Notice to Quit periods, Recovery of Premises Laws, rent control regulations, and unlawful eviction remedies.
No. The service of a statutory Seven-Day Notice of Owner’s Intention to Apply to Recover Possession is a mandatory legal condition precedent...
No. Evicting or harassing a tenant in retaliation for reporting hazardous building defects or code violations to municipal authorities constitutes an illegal...
A landlord has the legal right to recover possession of commercial property if rent is unpaid, but must follow statutory eviction procedures...
While private landlords possess contractual discretion on whom to accept as new tenants, refusing renewal or evicting an existing tenant solely on...
Yes. Once a tenancy agreement has expired naturally and the landlord has served all required statutory notices, the landlord is generally not...
You cannot unilaterally stop paying rent entirely, but you can carry out the structural repairs yourself and lawfully deduct the costs from...
Yes, if the signed tenancy agreement explicitly restricted the use of the premises to strictly residential purposes and prohibited commercial or business...
No. Evicting a tenant in retaliation for requesting structural repairs or reporting uninhabitable living conditions to environmental authorities is unlawful retaliatory eviction....
No. A landlord cannot lawfully evict a tenant simply because the tenant refused an arbitrary, unilateral, or unlawful rent increment during an...
While Nigerian property law does not place a blanket statutory prohibition on annual rent revisions, rent increases must adhere strictly to agreed...
