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IKOT EKPENE SEN. DIST. : "Our Senatorial District Cannot Vote for a man who will be just a floor member or "it's our turn" candidate, but a proven voice for our state" Meti Monday Ukpeh Esq., Uyo-based Human Rights Lawyer declares  we need someone that has the voice, not a first-timer  We don't need just a floor member senator  We don't need "it's our turn" candidate  Akpabio will be a senate president  or a majority leader at Senate He ll drag good projects to my Sen. Dist., my state and Nigeria Akpabio today and tomorrow...  I vote persona, not party...  Vote GSM GODSWILL AKPABIO for Ikot Ekpene Sen. Dist.  Efficiency, not mediocrity. 

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, professio...

STENOGRAPHY, A JUDGE's DEPENDABLE ALLY IN SPEEDY JUSTICE DISPENSATION: A CALL FOR REFORMS AS AKWA IBOM HIGH COURT COMMENCES NEW LEGAL YEAR By ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq.  INTRODUCTION  The High Court of Akwa Ibom state, a fast-growing state in economy and legal jurisprudence, has just ended its two months vacation and crowned the opening of a new legal year with a two day ceremony which ended on the 13/10/22. There is no doubt that most courts in Nigeria are still religiously tied to using the conventional long hand in recording proceedings in courts. This practice is not pragmatic and susceptible to the mordern digital realities; hence becoming lagging, boring, time-consuming and avoidably, a clog on the wheel of justice. Below will navigate the remedial route, hope and succour that trail the deployment of stenography in our courts.  WHAT IS A STENOGRAPHY?  Loosely put, this is the practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), u...

NBA's NOTICE OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR COURT OF APPEAL BENCH: One (1) Slot for South South, Uneven. Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq., Human Rights Lawyer queries It is no longer news that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)  days ago published a notice, calling for expression of interest by its members for appointment into the Court of Appeal Bench.  The statement, in parts, reads: "Dear Colleagues,  RE: APPOINTMENT OF SIXTEEN (16) JUSTICES FOR THE COURT OF APPEAL   BENCH: CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST  By a letter dated 28th September 2022 and received on 30th September 2022, the Honourable,   the President of the Court of Appeal has requested the Nigerian Bar Association to recommend   suitably qualified persons, for consideration for appointment to the Court of Appeal Bench, to   fill the present and imminent vacancies.  The slots available for nomination are:  (a)  Two (2) slots for the North-Central geo-political zone  (b)  Three (3) slots for the North-East geo-political zo...

The President  Nigerian Bar Association  Abuja.  Dear President,  OPEN EPISTLE TO NBA PRESIDENT, THE LEARNED SILK, Y. C. MAIKYAU, SAN: A CALL ON NBA TO REVISIT THE 2015 COURT OF APPEAL JUDGEMENT ON SCUML REGISTRATION My learned silk, may I warmly congratulate you once again on assumption of office.  Humbly sir, it is no longer news that the new law, MONEY LAUNDERING (PREVENTION AND PROHIBITION) ACT, 2022, has listed law firms as one of the non-financial institutions that must register with Special Control Unit against Money Laundering.  With respect sir, as you are already aware, the argument on whether or not a law firm requires SCUML certificate was settled in 2015 when the Court of Appeal ruled that "law firms are excluded from providing SCUML certificate in the course of their operations in order to comply with the rule of confidentiality for legal practitioners". (See Registered Trustees of Nigerian Bar Association V. AGF & CBN (Suit No: FHC/BS/173/2014) and; CBN V. ...