RIGHTS OF A LANDLORD AND TENANT IN TENANCY MATTERS
Most people usually do not want to rent an apartment where the Landlord also resides. This mindset appears to be predicated on the different harrowing brought on by such landlords which often leads to constant conflict between the Landlord and Tenant. The root cause...
CAN MINORS OWN AND ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE IN NIGERIA?
By virtue of the Land Use Act of 1978, all lands comprised in the territory of each state in Nigeria are vested in the governor of that state and such land shall be held in trust and administered for the use and common benefit of all Nigerians.[i] Every citizen of...
How to perfect your title on a property in Nigeria.
Unlike other basic transactions involving goods, the ownership of a property does not automatically vest in the purchaser after paying the agreed consideration and signing the dotted lines of the Deed of Assignment or such other instrument of transfer. Whether it is...
AN APPRAISAL OF THE RIGHT OF FORECLOSURE TO MORTGAGES AND ITS LIMITATIONS IN NIGERIA
The purport of this article is best introduced with a practical analogy. Let us imagine a country where 80% of Debtors (Mortgagors) do not repay the money loaned to them by financial institutions (Mortgagees) and where the civil court’s proceedings are largely...