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Power of Attorney: This is a document giving by someone to another person to carry out some function on his/her behalf. In law, Power of Attorney is not a title document and is NOT a valid document to transfer land (although this is commonly use in the South East but is not recognise in law and thereby is invalid). Power of Attorney can only be a document or tool that could lead to sale or transfer of land but itself cannot transfer land. Insist on Deed of Assignment to be executed before you pay. Get a lawyer to undertake due diligence on your behalf and prepare the document before you pay.


Global C of O.: In law there is nothing like global c of o. C of O is c of o. Global c of o is generally use to mean mass land that is cover by a single c of o. Since the mass land belongs to one particular person who must have applied to govt for c of o, the govt will only issue one c of o to that effect. If you buy such land the owner will only give you a photocopy of such but you can use it to process your Governor's consent but you will need Deed of Assignment and, survey plan.

The writer of the above only succeeded in causing confusion. I guess you are not a lawyer, pls leave legal issues for lawyers to handle.

Deed of Assignment: This is a document that transfers ownership in a land from the seller to the buyer. It is compulsory that all landed transaction must be in writing but where same is not reduced to writing, you must have people who witnessed the transaction. To avoid confusion and future loss, it is better to have Deed of Assignment.

Certificate of Occupancy: This is the document issued by the governor of the State where the land is located (as you know all land belongs to the Governor of a State who holds it in trust for the people of the State). It is not conclusive evidence that the land belongs to you but it adds value to the land. You need to have Deed of Assignment to process Certificate of Occupancy (c of o) (and the Omo-onile receipt for those in Lagos).

Survey Plan: This is a document that only measures the land but also help to locate where a land is lying in case the owner is not sure or where two people are claiming one land, then a composite plan could be done to determine who actually owns the land. In Law, survey plan is not a title (legal) document because anybody can go to a land at any time to survey it. I therefore advice when you buy a land, the first thing to do is do a Deed of Assignment upon payment, then erect beacon/corner piece on the land or better still do foundation to secure the land.

Right of Occupancy: This is nearly the same with C of O but it is usually being issued by local govt or government agencies dealing with govt land e.g. LSDPC, LBIC in lagos but is inferior to c of o.

Gazzette: This is a document issued by the State government acquiring or releasing a land (depending on the circumstance). If govt compulsorily acquire a particular area and later release the land back to the cimmunity a gazzette must be issue by the govt to that effect. The gazzete will form part of the Title to that land. Once a land has gazzette, you dont need to do c of o but to do Ratification.

Ratification: Gazzette leads to Ratification. Ratification is another form of title and is stronger than C of O.

Governor's Consent: Title is not a document but a Title. It is similar to C of O and Ratification. To do consent, you need to buy a land that already has certificate of occupancy. Once the land has c of o, you will need to apply for Governor's consent with the Deed of Assignment document executed between you and the seller.

You can contact me for further information.

A look at the response of *Thegracefulness* is nothing to write home about and I doubt if he is a lawyer as claimed.

Though, the writer did not state the location or State where the property is located to enable me know the exact advice to give.

For any family member to deal with property belonging to a dead person or relation particularly in the Southwest, you must obtained Letters of Administration from the High Court where the land is located. You will need a genuine lawyer to do this.

The fact that your father's sister took the document does not matter since there is no Deed of transfer/conveyance/Assignment executed by your father in her favour.

Also, you may not be too sure that your father has a title document over the land. The location of the property matters to enable me advice properly. But get a good property lawyer.

Is it Senator Buhari's Covid -19 or Seyi Makinde's Covid-19? Abeg Senator leave matter and face your lawmaking business.

A look at the speech read and posted by President Buhari and his aides is totally empty and shallow. The speech fails to touch and address critical sectors and phase of our life as Nigerians. No mention was made whether schools, churches, mosques, govt institutions such as courts, ministry etc are to open. The President calls off the lockdown in all the States except Kano State, the president does not care about other states in Nigeria except Kano just because Kano is Northerner strong Voting point, they could not have afford anything to happen to there future election. This means other States can perish but not Kano.The speech is a reflection that we have no President in this country. May God save Nigeria.

A look at the speech read and posted by President Buhari and his aides is totally empty and shallow. The speech fails to touch and address critical sectors and phase of our life as Nigerians. No mention was made whether schools, churches, mosques, govt institutions such as courts, ministry etc are to open. The President calls off the lockdown in all the States except Kano State, the president does not care about other states in Nigeria except Kano just because Kano is Northerner strong Voting point, they could not have afford anything to happen to there future election. This means other States can perish but not Kano.The speech is a reflection that we have no President in this country, we only have figurehead or mannequins ruling us. May God save Nigeria.

A look at the speech read and posted by President Buhari and his aides is totally empty and shallow. The speech fails to touch and address critical sectors and phase of our life as Nigerians. No mention was made whether schools, churches, mosques, govt institutions such as courts, ministry etc are to open. The President calls off the lockdown in all the States except Kano State, the president does not care about other states in Nigeria except Kano just because Kano is Northerner strong Voting point, they could not have afford anything to happen to there future election. This means other States can perish but not Kano.The speech is a reflection that we have no President in this country, we only have figurehead or mannequins ruling us. May God save Nigeria.

Wonder shall never end. What makes someone to laugh is what makes other to cry.

May God save Osun People and may it not escalate beyond the Osun State govt capacity.

Buhari and his govt will have to talk to Nigerians now that the virus is in Abuja.

For someone that seeks for divorce, there are two major way of divorce depending on the type of marriage you did.
If your marriage is traditional marriage, all you need to do is to approach a Customary Court close to you, in Lagos there is Customary Court in every local govt and if you can't get it, go to the local govt headquarter for address.
Getting to Customary Court, you will be required to fill the necessary form of complaint, which will be processed and type and send to the Respondent (the opposing party) along side hearing notice/invitation letter to court following which parties will then give there evidence on the date mentioned and the Customary court may adjourned and then decided the matter/case on way or the other either to settle them or separate them by divorce. Sometime, people that did traditional marriage may not border going to court to seek divorce but parties may mutually or forcefully go there separate part without any legal implication.

If your marriage is done in Church or Registry, to get divorce is usually tough and takes time. There are conditions before you can dissolve this type of marriage and are stated in the Marriage Causes Act, Section 15. If one of these conditions are not met, your case will be dismissed or trash out. Hence, you need to consult a lawyer first before instituting a divorce petition. The lawyer will help you determine if your case falls within the section of the law. If so, the petition will be prepared then filed in court and served on the other spouse, who has reasonable time within which to file Answer and once this is done, the Court will asked the husband and wife to proceed on a Compulsory Conference where they will mutually agreed on certain things such as custody of the child of the marriage, maintenance, sharing of property if any etc. Any issue not resolves will be made know to the court after which parties will file and sign the report of the compulsory conference, the essence of compulsory conference is to narrow down the case. Compulsory conference is not needed where the other spouse/Respondent failed to show up in court. After this stage the case will be adjourned for Trial and both parties will give evidence and cross-examined each other. Sometimes a party may elect not to contest the divorce, such a person may write a letter to the Petitioner's lawyer or the Petitioner of his/her intention not to contest. If the Reposndent did not show up, the Petitioner will open her evidence and ask the court to foreclose the right of the Respondent to cross examine him/her and his/her right to defence. After this stage the court will adjourn for Judgment. The divorce is not automatic, if the case is not properly proved the judge will refuse to grant judgment in favour of the Petitioner but if the Petitioner proved his/her case in line with section 15 of the Marriage Causes Act then the case will succeed and the marriage dissolved. The dissolution of the marriage will take effect after three (3) months.
The above process may take nearly two (2) years at least.

In order to see or know the condition of Section 15 of the Marriage Causes Act, kindly google it.