Nairalanders, especially our legal experts,I need your advice.

I want to do a change of name,but here is my issue.

All my documents,ids and ssce results carries my old name,that ssce results is about six years old.

In the nearest future I plan to leave Nigeria and join my sibling in asia so I may make use of my 6years WAEC result or enrol for another one.

I can do the normal affidavit and publication of my new name on newspaper for the public to be aware of.

But after I do that will I need to do police extract which I was told cost about 40k , remember the official amount for extract is 5k but our officers are corrupt.so the unofficial price is 40k and others bribes.
I want to know if the police extract is necessary after a change of name.

And also will I inform WAEC and NIM(National Identity Management) about the change so that WAEC can issue me a new result and NIM issue me a new card?

Because I will have to inform my bank.

The reason I'm changing my name is because the name I'm using is a name from another tribe,I want to pick a name from my own tribe for my self.

Seun front page

Why not write another waec with the new name if the other name will give u much issue.

youngsahito:
Why not write another waec with the new name if the other name will give u much issue.

evil and bad advice

Better your rewrite waec after changing your name as you will still have to present the old waec with your old name if you do not rewrite waec

PGOforpresident:
The reason I'm changing my name is because the name I'm using is a name from another tribe,I want to pick a name from my own tribe for my self.

Who chose the name from another tribe for you? I do not understand.

immanuelsize:

evil and bad advice

give your good advice and don't ever quote me.

MasterJayJay:
Who chose the name from another tribe for you? I do not understand.

Because my tribe and the other tribe have some little culture similarities and my tribe is lossing her culture to the other tribe....

And it was even my primary school teacher who made the mistake and wrote that name on my book since he couldn't spell or understand my name my parents gave me,how ever I want to pick a new name and use.

This new name is a new that one can easily identify my tribe with.I love my tribe and I don't want our culture to die.

But younger people are aware of that,

If rewriting WAEC is the issue,I can do that later when I want to leave.however now I'm in Nigeria if I do this name change I will inform WAEC and NIM.

But my question is,is it a must to do police extract?

Because that one na 40k.

Is police extract a must?

PGOforpresident:
Is police extract a must?

I'm a lawyer, you don't need police extract.

Go and do change of name and affidavit, pointing to all your credentials with the old name as still yours now that you've changed your name.

That's enough.

Mosetgg:


I'm a lawyer, you don't need police extract.

Go and do change of name and affidavit, pointing to all your credentials with the old name as still yours now that you've changed your name.

That's enough.

Okay sir,thanks for the advice.

I will get back to you.

PGOforpresident:


Okay sir,thanks for the advice.

I will get back to you.

You are welcome.

I, formerly known as Amoda yekini Ogunlere now wishes to be known as Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
All documents bearing my former name remains valid.
General public take note.

BeardedmeatR:
I, formerly known as Amoda yekini Ogunlere now wishes to be known as Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
All documents bearing my former name remains valid.
General public take note.

All we needed all this while to come up open with

BeardedmeatR:
I, formerly known as Amoda yekini Ogunlere now wishes to be known as Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
All documents bearing my former name remains valid.
General public take note.

You need flogging,I just dey laugh.

PGOforpresident:


You need flogging,I just dey laugh.