Sadiku Ilegieuno, Lawal Kazeem and Francis Jarigo, all of Templars, Nigeria, in their article, Power of Attorney: For Delegation or Alienation? Whither Law? note that other than using a power of attorney in the traditional sense to authorize a donee to act on behalf of a donor, power of attorney is now being used in the Nigerian real estate sector to alienate or transfer interest in land. While Nigeria’s superior courts have downplayed or discouraged this practice through their judicial pronouncements, Nigerian Supreme Court may have tacitly lent credence or sanctioned the practice, considering its recent decision in the case of Yakubu Ibrahim v Simon Obaje. Ilegieuno et al. consider whether a power of attorney is now a viable substitute for a contract for the sale of land in Nigeria. They examine the traditional role of the power of attorney vis- a-vis the new practice of deploying it as a tool of alienation of an interest in land within the context of the Supreme Court’s decision in Obaje’s case.

Dr Gogo Otuturu and Dr Abdullahi Abdullahi of the Faculty of Law, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island Nigeria in their article, note that the right to compensation for land compulsorily acquired is both a constitutional and statutory right. While the Constitution provides for the payment of compensation for any land acquired for public purposes, the Land Use Act provides for compensation, not for the land itself, but for unexhausted improvements. Where the land is acquired for petroleum operations, compensation is payable in accordance with the Petroleum Act and the Oil Pipelines Act. Otuturu and Abdullahi examine the various heads of compensation for land compulsorily acquired under the Land Use Act and the petroleum . They suggest an amendment of the laws to incorporate the elements of disturbance, severance and injurious affection.