Written by: Bayo (Culled from Nairaland.com)
To the best of my knowledge, you cannot just go to a newspaper whether you are a man or woman and just declare that you want your name to be change.
If you want to change your name for reason of being married under the Native law & custom i.e. traditional marriage, church or mosque (Customary act) or marriage act (i.e. marriage in a registry) the steps below is what you need to follow:
You need to do an affidavit (i.e. swear on oath) with a lawyer (Notary Public) or in front of a Commissioner for Oath in a Court before you then go to a newspaper for the purpose of widely circulating the notice of change of name.
However, If you have a marriage certificate you will need to present it otherwise your lawyer or Notary Public may do a "Deed Poll" for you i.e. your husband will also need to sign the document to confirm that he has given his permission for you to be bearing his name.
Changing of name without a 'Mrs." simply involve an affidavit & newspaper publication (i.e. if you are a man or you are a 'Miss").
I do not know about marriage in mosques but marriage in churches demand that you get a notification from the Registry prior to the wedding and after the wedding you take the church marriage certificate to the Registry for proper registration of the marriage.
For traditional marriages you can get is registered in the Local govt area office where the marriage took place.
If you did a Court Marriage the certificate will be issued to you automatically.
You need the certificate to announce a change of name in the print media.
You need a marriage certificate for the following:-
1. To get an International passport in your new name or endorse your old pp.
2. To change the name on your bank accts and other financial institutions
3. To change you name in your place of work or school
Those in the Legal profession should also help with this matter.
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Hello. You don't have to pay anyone if you don't want to. You can go straight to the passport office and process your change of name on your passport and make the necessary official payment for change of name on passport, by presenting your sworn affidavit.
Yes you can swear an affidavit in the courts to process legal name change, but you may have to do so individually. You may also wish to go to the registry to process a marriage certificate by confirming your wedding at the registry. Either or both documents together will enable you post your publicnotice in the papers.
Remember to also register your name change on this website...while it's free.
I got married thru a traditional wedding and thus, we dont av a marriage certificate yet. Can we swear an affidavit and use that for our name change publication? This is because it is very urgent now.
I will apreciate your urgent response.
Thanks
For this, you need to process a "Legal Name Change" and sign an affidavit at the court. We also provide these services where needed. Contact us if you would like to do this.
It depends, Vanessa. Are you married? If you are, you are legally obliged to include Mrs in your official documents, especially if you have changed your name.
I write to advertise our newspaper company (Nigerian Compass) to you to always consult us whenever you need to publicise any notice or advert on change of names to newpapers as we are glad to welcome you at a cheaper rate.
Thanks in anticipation.
Mr Onwuegbusi Uderike
Advert consultant
Tel: 08030745245
Or
Mrs Helen Aidenojie
Controller of marketing and business development
Western publishing company limited
10, Western industrial avenue,
Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Ogun state
Tel: 08035208749
Hi Chuks. You just have to process a "Legal Name Change" whereby you obtain an affidavit from the court. Contact us for more info.
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