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About Land Titles In Lagos State

A Gazette  is an Official record book where all special government details are spelt out, detailed & recorded. A Gazette  will show the communities or villages that have been granted *excision* and the number of acres or hectares of land that the government has given to them. It is within those *excised* acres or hectares that the traditional family is entitled to sell its lands to the public & not anything outside those hectares of land given or *excised* to them. Question:  Is excision as good as obtaining c of o? Is a person having excision still mandated to obtain c of o? Answer:  After a land has been excised & Gazetted, then you can either process your C  of O or Governor consent. Excision does not expire while CofO expire after 99 years. The only advantage CofO has over Excision is that, it can be use as collateral for getting loan in the bank   DEED OF CONVEYANCE Deed of Conveyance  or Registered Conveyance was the authentic evidence of ownership unti

Impact Of Lekki Free Trade Zone On The Real Esate Sector

Impact of Free free trade zone on the Real Estate Sector (C ase Study on Lekki Free Trade Zone) by Joshua Adebayo The establishment of Lekki Free Trade Zone will not only enhance infrastructure development in both the free trade zone and Lagos state (dubbed as Africa’s fastest growing business market) but will also promote the development of the overall real estate market in the surrounding environment. Such impacts are primarily reflected in the following aspects: 1. Office market: The FTZ will phenomenally increase the demand for office space from enterprises that will be attracted by the investment environment of the region. The region is expected to rise and relieve the substantial office supply pressure Victoria Island and Ikoyi axis of Lagos. Demand for office space is often driven by foreign oil and gas companies, manufacturing companies, financial institutions which seek to locate facilities close to the ports and free trade zone axis. 2. Residential market: The free tr