Desk Notes · LD/DN series
Read before the money moves.
Chambers notes on how Nasarawa land transactions actually succeed and fail — written for the purchaser about to transact, in plain language, with the law named.
The notes
LD/DN/2026/02How to Verify Land in Karu Before You Pay
A practical sequence for checking land in Karu, Mararaba, and Masaka before money moves: documents, registry search, court search, family consent, and ground inspection — in that order.
LD/DN/2026/03C-of-O vs R-of-O in Nasarawa: What the Paper You Were Shown Actually Is
The difference between a right of occupancy and the certificate that evidences it, what statutory and customary rights of occupancy mean under the Land Use Act, and what commonly shown documents do and do not prove.
LD/DN/2026/04Governor's Consent in Nasarawa: The Step Most Purchasers Skip
Why the Land Use Act makes governor's consent essential to a valid land transfer, what Savannah Bank v. Ajilo decided, and how the consent pathway runs in Nasarawa State.
LD/DN/2026/05Family Land in Nasarawa: The Consent That Kills Transactions
The settled Nigerian law on sales of family land — who must consent, what happens when they don't, and how to evidence consent properly in the Karu–Mararaba corridor.
LD/DN/2026/06How to Run a NAGIS Land Search in Nasarawa, Step by Step
What the Nasarawa Geographical Information Service is, what an official land search there confirms, what to bring, and how to read the result.
LD/DN/2026/07The Complete File: A Land Documents Checklist for Nasarawa
The documents a sound Nasarawa land purchase should produce — what each one is, what it proves, and the gaps that should stop a transaction.
LD/DN/2026/08Sold Twice: When Land Has Two Buyers, Who Wins
How Nigerian law decides priority when the same land is sold to two purchasers — first in time, registration, notice, and the bona fide purchaser — and how not to be the buyer who loses.
LD/DN/2026/09Buying From a Developer: What a Letter of Allocation Is Actually Worth
Estate purchases in the Karu–Mararaba corridor run on letters of allocation. What the letter is in law, what it depends on, and the questions to ask the developer before paying.
LD/DN/2026/10Power of Attorney Sales: When the Seller Isn't the Owner
What a power of attorney actually is in Nigerian land law, why it is not proof of ownership, when it must be registered, and the questions to ask before buying from a donee.
LD/DN/2026/11The Deed of Assignment, Explained
What a deed of assignment is, what it must contain, why it is not a substitute for a C-of-O, and why an executed deed is still inchoate until governor's consent and registration.
LD/DN/2026/12Paying for Land in Instalments: The Risk Nobody Prices
What an instalment purchaser actually holds between first payment and completion, why the interval is the most dangerous phase of a Nigerian land transaction, and the contract terms that decide everything.