Comprehensive statutory insights into the Land Use Act 1978, Governor's Consent, Certificate of Occupancy (C of O), deed of assignment verification, family land sales, and land boundary dispute litigation in Nigeria.
No. An alleged verbal promise of real estate from a deceased relative conveys zero legal title and is completely unenforceable under Nigerian...
No. Superstitious beliefs, spiritual visions, or alleged promises received in a dream have zero legal admissibility or evidential value in Nigerian land...
No. A buyer who purports to purchase land from a sitting tenant acquires zero legal title, as a tenant has no ownership...
Yes, secondary evidence of a lost title document is admissible in Nigerian courts under the Evidence Act 2011, provided proper legal foundations...
Yes, mutual mistake of boundary is an equitable consideration in Nigerian property law, but it does not permanently transfer legal title to...
Yes, an authentic customary allocation made by a family head or village authority is admissible to prove customary title to land in...
Yes, but the defendant must prove that the land was validly acquired by the government through an official gazette notice, and that...
Yes, traditional history is one of the five recognized methods of proving land ownership in Nigeria, but it must be cogent, consistent,...
No. In Nigerian land jurisprudence, mere long possession of land, no matter how many decades it lasted, does not automatically defeat or...
An unregistered Deed of Assignment cannot be pleaded or tendered to prove legal title to land, but it is admissible in court...
