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SweetOnugbo:
Do I need to go with a guarantor's data to the immegration office? Or will they have it there?

I want to apply for a fresh international passport. I don't want to go through the DIY route.

frank417:
Hi all, I changed my NIMC phone number almost 2 months ago, and up until now, the change has not reflected. I am still seeing that my old number attached to my nin.
Please has anyone encountered this problem before?

Flixvevo:
DIY or use an agent, which one do you guys advise I should do ?

I need a passport urgently.

Kindly advice.

Curious2020:
Pls

Ikoyi vs Alausa vs Festac which is Express friendly for minors right now

MrHealth:
Please I need advice.

I have not done my International Passport yet because I want to change my Surname (Compound Name) to my Fathers First Name.

Though all my Certificates and ID Cards (PVC, National ID, LASSRA and all) carry my Surname becos that's what I have been hearing since birth.

Now someone told me I will need NIN to register for International Passport Registeration.

And My National ID Card Cary my Surname (Compound Name).

How do I go about this change because I don't want to keep answering the Compound Name.

baba2unday:
Yes

aelai:
Can I message you too?
I'm considering taking a course there

peacy26:
Please house kindly respond to this. my fiance has done the online registration for our mariage but we dnt intend using the registry but our place of worship. can just the fiance go to collect the form c or must he go to the registry with his fiancee. please i need an urgent reply thanks

dubajek:
Please can you tell me more about Nexford University. Am interested. Thanks

DEADALIVE:
I am sorry to be replying you lately.
If you really want to do the registration please kindly go to ikoyi registry and ask of caro....
Just pay her the 35k and everything will be sorted out...
But if you still go ahead and do it yourself my brother i cant even share my experience it was pathetic and total neglect in which you have to start bribing almost all the official at the end i spent roughly 55k had i know would have just given them 35k and relax my thing.
The online thing is scam...just go there with the necessary document and vooala you done.

DEADALIVE:
please can people share their experience on the scheme the institution stated above extort money from the applicants couple with their unruly behavior towards those applicants that did their registration online....if the federal government cannot make things easier they should just scrap the whole online process of registration.
more to come revolution begins with a slight change in ideas and communication.

mtngloetiartel:
Pls help me. I had done the registration online. The only document sent to me was like a receipt of my payment. Since then, I had not heard anything else from them. The date I choosed is 25th of this month. Am worried if there is anything else I need to do, take along or whatever before, and on that day. Please share me some enlightenment. Thanks so much

vbang:
I checked the website but no masters degree in technology

luluman:
Must they have an elaborate wedding? Why not just wed in the parlor.

samueladegbola:
UNDERSTANDING AFFIDAVITS & POLICE REPORTS IN LAW – PART 1

The word “affidavit” means a written statement of facts voluntarily made by an affiant (otherwise known as “deponent”) under an oath or affirmation administered by a person authorized to do so by law. Thus, an affidavit is a written document signed by a deponent stating certain relevant facts within the direct or circumstantial knowledge of the deponent. An affidavit could be sworn in a court or within the office of a notary public authorized to administer oath on behalf of the public. Where the affidavit is done in a court, it must be signed and sealed by the commissioner for oath of the court. Further rules and practice procedure governing affidavit evidence generally can be found under the Evidence Act 2011.

In Nigeria, there are many instances where an affidavit is necessary and should be done by the deponent. For instance, where a deponent need to provides evidence of his or her age in the absence of certificate of birth, an affidavit of declaration of age becomes indispensable.

Similarly, an affidavit can be done in respect of the underlisted situations:

1. When contemplating change of name; affidavit of service by sheriffs;
2. Change of ownership (especially in motor vehicles);
3. Affidavit of means; Affidavit in lieu of tenement rate;
4. Trustees; Administrators; Executors’ affidavit.
5. Affidavit of Guardianship;
6. Proof of ownership;
7. Authorization cases;
8. Power of Attorney;
9. Lost Items/Documents of title;
10. Loss of Sim Card/Replacement;
11. Affidavits used in general practice litigation such as witness statement on oaths, affidavit in support of motions, affidavit required through official papers, MOUs, commercial documents requiring notarization or oath, among other areas.

Thus, any fact (reliable facts) which a person relies upon as being true and relevant could be subject of an affidavit. However, deponents should know that since the facts deposed to in any affidavit is presumed to be true, the whole truth and nothing but the truth should always be stated by deponents, as any falsification of truth the subject matter of an oath or affidavit will constitute a punishable offence called “perjury” which is lying on oath. Perjury is an offence punishable under the Nigerian criminal laws.

HOW TO PREPARE AN AFFIDAVIT
Generally, there are no hard and fast rule of affidavit drafting and preparation, as all that is necessary is to lay the facts before the court or the notary public and sign the document. But in practice, the procedure to be followed are:

1. Start with the name of the court you intend to file the affidavit in. e.g. if the affidavit is to be sworn at the high or magistrate court of Lagos State then the heading will be:
IN THE HIGH/MAGISTRATE COURT OF LAGOS STATE.
IN THE IKEJA JUDICIAL DIVISION.
HOLDEN AT IKEJA.

2. The subject heading of the affidavit should be written in Bold letters. E.g. SWORN AFFIDAVIT OF: DECLARATION OF NAME; DECLARATION OF AGE; CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP; LOST OF WAEC CERTIFICATE; LOST OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY; OF AUTHORISATION; PROOF OF OWNERSHIP; OF GOOD BEHAVIOUR AND CHARACTER; etc.

3. The introductory aspect, usually written with the name of the Deponent, gender, religion, nationality, and address, E.g. I OWOLABI EZE AUDU Male, Christian, Nigerian citizen of Owolabi Eze Audu Street, Maitama Abuja Nigeria hereby declares and state as follows:

4. The subject matter and or contents of the affidavit written in paragraphs. E.g

i. That I am the deponent herein.
ii. That I was born on the 30th day of August, 1887 to the family of MR & MRS GBAGBE etc.

5. The name of the registry where the oath or affirmation is done, and the date thereof.
Usually written this way:

Sworn to at the High Court
Registry Ikeja Lagos
This 30th day of August 1887.

6. The signature of the deponent.

7. The attestation by the commissioner for oath. E.g.

BEFORE ME

COMMISSIONER FOR OATH.

EXHIBITS AS PROOF OF FACTS AND OR FURTHER CORROBORATION OF FACTS STATED IN AFFIDAVITS
Sometimes, a deponent could make assertion of facts, and might wish to support same with a formal document as evidence of his or her averments or assertions. In which case, the document to be attached to the affidavit is known as “Exhibit”. The exhibit could be a letter, memo, invoice, receipt, agreements, pictures, certificate, or any other written documents, be it in book, newspapers, and so on relevant and admissible to the facts pleaded in the affidavit. Where exhibits are pleaded in an affidavit, the exhibits must be duly stamped with the exhibit stamp, signed by the commissioner for oath, and numbered accordingly. E.g. Exhibits A1, A2, B1, B2. It should be noted that separate charges or fees are applicable to each exhibit attached to an affidavit. Thus, the larger the number of exhibits sought to be pleaded and relied upon by the deponent, the higher the fees payable to the coffer of the court. Exhibits serves a great purpose of further corroboration of the facts alleged or stated in the affidavit.




POLICE REPORT OF SWORN AFFIDAVITS
In some cases, particularly in change of ownership for motor vehicle, it is required that after swearing to an affidavit, the deponent should obtain a copy of a police extract/report informing the police of new ownership of the motor vehicle as stated in the affidavit. Consequently, and upon payment of a prescribed fee, the police officer would issue police extract or report to the deponent. The police extract/report should contain all and major terms contained in the affidavit, and must be signed by the police officer who issues the extract/report. Acquiring a police report is never a tedious exercise and could be done within few hours after getting the affidavit for same, with lesser amount.

For more information/consultation:

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Ikeja Lagos
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crossman9:
True and False Prophets
Matthew 7:15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
True and False Disciples
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
The Wise and Foolish Builders
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, 29 because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.

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crossman9:
you have not answerd me is it a sin to remain poor