"It is settled law that there are five ways in which ownership of land may be proved as follows — (a) by traditional evidence; (b) by production of documents of...
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"In my view, this is no longer necessary because the power to deal with the land including the right of the head of the family had been delegated to those...
"It has been laid down in Idundun v. Okumagba (1976) 9 – 10 SC 227 that there are five different ways of proving ownership of any land in dispute, namely:...
"Since both parties traced their title to the same person, I do not think the plaintiff is required to prove the title of Kingsley Ijeoma as that had inferentially been...
"The transfer of ownership by Alhaji Danladi to the appellant and from the appellant to the respondent without the prior approval of the Governor did not make it void. Once...
"The totality of the evidence adduced by the respondent at the trial is in full support of his title to the property in dispute and this is in line with...
"Though there is no law or practice which establishes that a plan is a sine qua non to identify land being claimed, yet there must be some clear description to...
"It is now well settled that each of the five ways of proving title to land (traditional evidence; production of documents of title duly authenticated; acts of possession and ownership...
"Their Lordships do not consider that in order to establish possession it is necessary for a claimant to take some active step in relation to the land such as enclosing...
"A transfer of family land other than by the head thereof or the head and principal members of the family is absolutely void ab initio."
"Mere registration of title deed does not validate spurious or fraudulent transfers."
"A person can be recognised as a head of a family by three major ways: (a) by operation of law; (b) by election by the members of the family, and...