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.
If the government revokes an excision or cancels a gazette covering your land, your legal title to the parcel is extinguished, subject...
No. A land seller, family head, or real estate developer cannot lawfully cancel, revoke, or back out of a completed land sale...
No. You cannot legally buy a plot of land directly from a 16-year-old minor in Nigeria. Any land contract, deed, or sale...
No. A real estate developer cannot lawfully construct a noisy commercial night club, hotel, or multi-storey commercial entertainment center in an area...
Losing your original land title documents (such as your Certificate of Occupancy or Deed of Assignment) to fire, flooding, or theft does...
No. Under Nigerian customary property law, children of one wife cannot lawfully sell, lease, or dispose of their deceased father’s family farmland...
Understanding the difference between a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) and a Governor’s Consent is the most fundamental lesson every real...
No. Having a registered survey plan (often called a “red-copy survey plan”) does not automatically mean that the land has a clean,...
No. Building a structure or house on land belonging to your father or family does not automatically make you the exclusive owner...
No. Buying a property, house, or parcel of land that is subject to an ongoing lawsuit (sub-judice) or covered by an active...
