An unregistered Deed of Assignment cannot be pleaded or tendered to prove legal title to land, but it is admissible in court...
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. In Nigerian land jurisprudence, mere long possession of land, no matter how many decades it lasted, does not automatically defeat or...
A landlord has no legal authority to impose an arbitrary, exorbitant rent hike mid-tenancy or without statutory advance notice, regardless of exterior...
A landlord has the legal right to recover possession of commercial property if rent is unpaid, but must follow statutory eviction procedures...
Yes, an authentic, registered survey plan produced by a licensed surveyor is admissible and carries high evidential weight in boundary and trespass...
While private landlords possess contractual discretion on whom to accept as new tenants, refusing renewal or evicting an existing tenant solely on...
Yes. A defendant sued for civil trespass can successfully defeat the claim by establishing an easement of a public or private right...
Yes. Once a tenancy agreement has expired naturally and the landlord has served all required statutory notices, the landlord is generally not...
No. Under Nigerian customary land law, family land is the collective property of all legitimate members of the family, and no individual...
