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ARTICLE · 16 SEPTEMBER 2020

How To Certify Documents In Nigeria

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A Notary Public carries out the notarization of a document. A Notary Public is a public official, usually, a lawyer authorized to perform acts in legal affairs

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Dr Olusola Johnson Jegede
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Certification of documents in Nigeria involves verifying the genuineness or otherwise of a public document i.e., documents issued by government agencies. Certification can be by notarization, authentication, and or legalization

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A Notary Public carries out the notarization of a document. A Notary Public is a public official, usually, a lawyer authorized to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents, verification, and authentication of documents amidst other functions. The office of a Notary Public and the Notarization of documents in Nigeria is regulated by the Notary Public Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. When a Notary Public notarizes a document,

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