29 Jul

THINGS TO CONSIDER FOR WHEN BUYING A PROPERTY

Title documents. This refers to a person’s right or claim of ownership over a property. There are kinds of title documents such as deed of assignment which serves as proof that title has passed from the assignor to the assignee, survey plan that shows the geographical map of a person’s land, certificate of occupancy which […]

29 Jul

BEWARE: POPULAR MISTAKES TO AVOID AND HOW TO PREVENT THEM

BEWARE: POPULAR MISTAKES TO AVOID AND HOW TO PREVENT THEM Purchasing a property without consulting a lawyer. The importance of a lawyer in every land transaction cannot be over-emphasised. A lawyer is the person to conduct due diligence on the land to ensure the land is free from any encumbrance, documents are valid and refers […]

29 Jul

DIFFERENT LAND TITLE DOCUMENTS

DIFFERENT LAND TITLE DOCUMENTS In Nigeria, you need a number of land titles and other documents before you can buy land or property. Land titles are legal papers that say who owns a certain piece of land or property. On the other hand, land documents are things like a receipt, invoice, contract of sale, survey, […]

21 Jan

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR LAND DOCUMENTS SAFE

What if the Omo-oniles really stole your land and sold it to someone who has already started building on it?What can you do to show that you own it?  What if you are already a victim of Omo-onile and you have already been cheated out of the land you saved millions of Naira to buy, […]

21 Jan

PROS AND CONS OF BUYING AN OMO-ONILE LAND

Land scams are becoming more and more common in Lagos, Ogun, Port Harcourt, and Abuja, and purchasers are tired of falling for them. Bad people are pretending to own land, but the land they say they own and want to sell actually belongs to someone else. Because the system is so broken and there are […]

21 Jan

LAGOS STATE PROPERTIES PROTECTION LAW 2016 – A DETAILED REVIEW

LAGOS STATE PROPERTIES PROTECTION LAW 2016 – A DETAILED REVIEW Introduction If you live in Lagos, you’ve probably heard about land grabbers called “omo-onile.” They have a dirty habit of selling the same piece of land to several different people, which makes the public laugh at them. So, they get rid of the legal owners […]

21 Jan

INDEMNITY CLAUSE IN LAND DEALS – WHY IT MATTERS

The word “indemnity” is used in contracts by lawyers. It means that someone gets paid back for a loss or debt they have. It has been described as an agreement between two people, the indemnitor and the indemnitee, that the indemnitor will pay the indemnitee for a loss that the indemnitee has suffered. You can […]