15/10/2026
Nigerians, I need your honest advice.
My wife and I have lived in Canada for many years. We decided to build a house in Nigeria, and at some point she said she wanted to return home to supervise the construction herself. I agreed. About a year later, I joined her in Nigeria to see the completed house.
The first thing I noticed when I walked in was that none of my pictures were on the walls. I brushed it off at the time.
Her family organised a welcome party for me, and everything seemed fine. But when I eventually asked to see the documents for the house, it took almost two months of back-and-forth before she finally showed them to me. To my surprise, the property was registered solely in her name.
When I asked why, she simply said that what belongs to her belongs to me, and what belongs to me belongs to her. I accepted her explanation and didn’t push further.
Then I started noticing a pattern. Almost everything we had acquired together — our cars, another piece of land in Mowe, and more — was also registered in her name alone.
I became uneasy and spoke to a close friend. After listening, he warned me to be very careful, saying my wife and her family might be planning to take everything from me.
Now I honestly don’t know what to think anymore.
Am I overthinking this, or is my friend right to be concerned? Why would my wife register almost all the properties we acquired together in her name only?
Nigerians, please advise me.
