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Notes on Nigerian land.

Plain guidance on the questions that decide ownership here, written so a buyer can act on them rather than admire them.

§ 01  The journal Seven pieces
Guide8 min

The seven searches between you and a safe title in Lagos

Before you pay for land in Lagos, seven checks decide whether you are buying an asset or a lawsuit. What each one proves, where it is done, and the red flag that should stop the transaction cold.

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Explainer6 min

C of O or Governor’s Consent: which one actually perfects your title

Two documents, endlessly confused. Skipping either is how buyers lose land they paid for in full.

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Field note5 min

Family land and the omonile problem, without the myths

Why family land gets sold more than once, and the documentation that makes a family sale genuinely safe.

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Guide7 min

Buying Nigerian land from abroad without getting burned

A diaspora checklist: verification, power of attorney, payment structure, and the reports to insist on.

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Explainer6 min

Excision and gazette: is your land really free of government acquisition?

How to tell whether a plot sits inside committed land, and what a gazette actually confirms.

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For developers9 min

Structuring an estate so every subscriber gets a clean title

The title systems a scheme needs before the first plot sells, and the shortcuts that create mass disputes.

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Field note4 min

What a survey plan tells you that the seller will not

Reading beacons, coordinates and overlaps: the quiet evidence that a plot is not quite what it seems.

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