This happened a while back. I think I was in Primary five at the time. My dad told me of how we used to own the property behind our house; demarcated by a fence. I remember wondering how exactly a person can own something and then not own it anymore. I asked if he had sold it to someone else. This was the only logical reason I could come up with. He said he hadn’t but that the property was just taken from us. This got me thinking about how exactly property is owned in Nigeria. Precisely, what do you have to do to fully own property (land as it is popularly known) in Nigeria? In fact, can you fully own property in Nigeria? When there are issues pertaining to ownership of property in Nigeria, how are they resolved? What steps do you take?

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Lalasticlala.

When there is a dispute as to who owns which portion of land, both parties that contest the ownership of the land have to prove their ownership through any of the recognized ways of proving ownership of land in Nigeria. There is no point arguing in vacuum when there is a recognized way of proving that you own property. Any of the following can be put forward by any of the parties as evidence of ownership of the property in dispute:
Traditional evidence
Production of documents duly authenticated and executed (i.e. signed)
Acts of ownership extending over a sufficient length of time numerous and positive enough to warrant the inference of being the owner. This means that you must show, through various transactions you have carried out on the land, that you own it.
Acts of long possession and enjoyment

grin Lalasticlala, mynd44

Ask the developers...Igbos. They own most land in Nigeria, so they know a lot about it.

Our ancestors

By Law, all lands are owned by the government of the state.

God Almighty is the actual owner all lands

In Lagos its either Jagaban or Omo onile
Fear the latter more

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Land belong to the state government in trust for the families

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silasweb:
God Almighty is the actual owner all lands

It should be free then.

OK

devindevin2000:
Ask the developers...Igbos. They own most land in Nigeria, so they know a lot about it.

A harmless question was asked but all you could do is to bring in tribes to goad a tribe war. People like you are the most scoundrel set of people to ever walk this earth and it's insults to those of us looking to make this world peaceful.
You must either be a teen or a failed adult who blamed the majority for his/her failure and your only solution in life is to hide behind the dusty keyboard in your "face me I face you" squalor and spew hate for all to see how shameful you are to not only your family but the entire clan in large.
My advice is to go brush your teeth, take your bath and go hawk something to keep you busy instead of starting a hate war online.
Don't be among the '67' but try to contribute to this world so that in the end you won't kick the bucket frustrated and have your tombstone named "here lies a goat who achieved nothing in life and still nothing in death".

Legally , The government.
Realistically, The natives.

God owns all the lands, and those He gives it to.

In terms of administration, the Government is in charge.

Dead people...starting from your great grandfathers

the governor of that, region, who holds it in trust for the people.

Omonile

Off the topic but Land is getting too expensive now joorh...


My pops bought his land for 512,000 naira in 2001 now it's worth 40m

There was another one he had the opportunity to buy about 1500 dollars in the 80s which he didn't buy, now it's worth over 100m