NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION, ET AL, AN UNNECESSARY SPARE PART IN CHANGE OF NAME: UNTANGLING THE CONUNDRUM, LAW AND PROCEDURE IN CHANGE OF NAME
NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION, ET AL, AN UNNECESSARY SPARE PART IN CHANGE OF NAME: UNTANGLING THE CONUNDRUM, LAW AND PROCEDURE IN CHANGE OF NAME By ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq. [Ama-Mme Anana-Owo] ABSTRACT: Verily, it is not a discombobulation, but a sigh of relief, a breath of fresh air, solace and succour that the law, through the judgment of the apex court in the land, has given the perspective and procedure for change of name a facelift. It is a truism that human biosphere recognizes a name as the most cherished identity; hence the law upholds and protects the sanctity of name. Against the hitherto stringent procedures for change of name, the law continues to prescribe and ameliorate the procedure for change of name hitherto obtainable in Nigeria. Hence, one may wish, so long as the wish or intention is legal, to change his/her name for diverse reasons--this could be as a result of marriage, divorce, adoption, extinction of name, professional reasons, among others. These seamless meas