Land Matters

A Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) is a document issued by Authorities to a land owner as evidence of ownership of land. It contains the terms and conditions for the grant of the land. A C of O is issued by the Governor of a state or the President in the case of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which power ...

Estate Surveyors and valuers are not so well perceived in the public’s eye, that’s if they are even known. Albeit, a distinguishing feature of a profession is its acceptance of its responsibility to the public. The clients of Estate Surveyors and Valuers consist of the three arms of government; private investors, the business and financial community, and others who rely ...

The Lagos state land use charge law was instituted on 22nd June, 2001 to replace the old tenement rate. The land use charge is designed to help the government generate additional revenue needed to develop the state in the light of increasing demand for provision of urban and rural infrastructures and other expenditure while a population that grows at an ...

In property scam, the fraudster claims ownership of a property and after one or more transactions and negotiations, they abscond with the money; hence, leaving the victim completely broken depending on the amount of money involved – which is usually a lot. One of the banes of this type of scam is the length of time it takes to discover ...

Three members of a family in Amechi community, Awkunanaw Local Government Area of Enugu State have lost their lives over a land dispute. The victims were identified as Nnaemeka Agbo (alias Echidime), Sunday Nnamani, and Nnamani Ikpa. The disputed land lies directly opposite government-owned Millennium Estate, which is still under construction along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. It was gathered that ...

Landlord and tenant relationship is an association between two individuals arising from an agreement by which one individual occupies the other’s real property with permission, subject to a rental fee. The term landlord refers to a person who owns property and allows another person to use it for a fee. The person using the property is calleda tenant. The agreement between ...

Four priests of the Anglican Church, Enugu, and over six other persons, were on Friday reportedly beaten up when members of the task force from the Enugu State Housing Corporation (ESHC), led by its managing director, Vitalis Emeka Onah, clashed with angry youths of the church over land dispute. The victims include Reverends Collins Odoabuchi, Mbaka Peter, Eugene, and Maxwell ...

We have gathered several landlord-tenant experiences in the last couple of weeks, and findings have been hilarious, inspiring, touching and even annoying! Right now, we want you to be part of our fifteen favourite experiences, and vote for the one(s) you really like. The writers stand a chance of winning fantastic prizes courtesy REALTY POINT LIMITED, sponsors of the #SackYourLandlord ...

Relationships are the bane of human existence; they are what sustains us, keeps us going and makes us alive. Whether we want to or not, our very nature is woven to rely on relationships and in the course of our lives, one of the relationships we will have is the landlord-tenant one. Unfortunately, this relationship is one of the most ...

It is generally believed that landlords are belligerent, troublesome people who lord their properties over tenants and try to make life uncomfortable for them but this is not always true. Just as tenants have been at the mercy of landlords, landlords have also been treated with contempt and maligned by tenants. Frustrated with tenants who refuse to pay rent, damage ...