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Expert real estate advice, market intelligence, and property guides for Nigerian buyers and investors.
8 articles
Land Documentation
6 min read
13 Sept 2026 Lucky Benjamin
Land Ratification in Lagos: What It Costs in 2026
Regularisation costs about 14% of the government's valuation — and Lagos raised those valuations by up to 525% in May 2026. Full costs and timelines.
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Land Documentation
4 min read
8 Sept 2026 Lucky Benjamin
Buying Omonile Land in Lagos: The Legal Risks
Family land sold without the family head's consent is void — no court can save it. Who must sign, what the 2016 law covers, and what to check first.
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Land Documentation
3 min read
8 Sept 2026 Lucky Benjamin
Committed vs Uncommitted Land in Lagos: What to Avoid
Committed land cannot be saved. Uncommitted land can be regularised into a C of O. How to tell them apart, plus the Lagos setback rules that catch buyers.
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Land Documentation
4 min read
1 Sept 2026 Lucky Benjamin
How to Run a Land Search at the Lagos State Land Registry
The Surveyor-General's office tells you where it actually is and whether the government has a claim on it. One without the other leaves a hole big enough to lose your money in. Budget one to two weeks and well under ₦100,000 for both.
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Land Title
3 min read
1 Sept 2026 Lucky Benjamin
Deed of Assignment vs Deed of Conveyance: Which Document Transfers Ownership?
A Deed of Conveyance transfers land owned forever. That kind of ownership stopped existing in Nigeria in 1978. A Deed of Assignment transfers what is left of a 99-year right — which is all anyone in Lagos actually has to sell.
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Registered Survey
6 min read
26 Aug 2026 Lucky Benjamin
What "Registered Survey" means and how to verify one at the Lagos Surveyor-General's office
a survey plan is a drawing of your land. A registered survey plan is one the Lagos government has a copy of.
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Excision
7 min read
21 Aug 2026 Lucky Benjamin
Excision and Gazette in Lagos: Is the Land Really Free?
excision is the government giving land back to a family or community. The gazette is the government book that records it.
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7 min read
18 Aug 2026 Lucky Benjamin
C of O vs Governor's Consent in Lagos: Which One Do You Need?
a Certificate of Occupancy and a Governor's Consent are not rivals. They are two stages of the same title. C of O = the government hands land to an owner for the first time. Governor's Consent = the government approves it when that same land is later sold to someone else. Buying land nobody has owned before? You need a C of O. Buying land that already has a C of O? You need Governor's Consent in your own name.
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