Nigeria: Purchase of Property Made in Another's Name Results in Trust

This Day (Lagos)

19 May 2008

'It has now become firmly established that there are five ways of establishing title to land and they are: - by traditional evidence by document of title, by various acts of ownership and possession numerous and positive to warrant inference of ownership, by acts of long possession and enjoyment of the land; and by proof of possession of adjacent land to the land in dispute in such circumstances ...