Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC

CAC may soon register business names within 6-hour

The Corporate Affairs Commission says it is working towards the deployment of effective Information Technology application to ensure the registration of business names within a period of four to six hours. The Acting Registrar-General of the commission, Azuka Azinge, dropped the hint in Abuja at the annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association. The move […]

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Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC

CAC to close manual registration

The Acting Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Azuka Azinge has said the commission is currently working on closing manual registration in all its remaining locations nationwide. A statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs Godfrey Ike, the Acting Registrar-General spoke during a two-day strategic management planning retreat in Keffi Nassarwa State. He said […]

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Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC

Foreign investors can now register their companies in UK, China, U.S., says CAC

Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission says it has made provisions for foreign investors planning to invest in Nigeria to register their companies from UK, USA and China without coming into the country. The Registrar-General CAC, Bello Muhmud, made this known at a formal presentation of Quality Management Service standard certification to the commission on Thursday in […]

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Hameed Ali Nigeria Customs Service, NCS

Customs seizes fake drugs worth ₦12.1 million, arraigns 15 suspects

Not fewer than 15 suspects have been arrested by the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone ‘ A’ of Nigeria Customs Service in connection with 1,104 cartons of fake pharmaceutical products, estimated at the Duty Paid Value, DPV, of over ₦12.1 million, smuggled into the country without appropriate documents and permits from government. Some of the […]

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Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON

SON, NAFDAC, others declared key to ease of doing business

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Bank of Industry (BoI), among other agencies, have been declared as key to the effective implementation of the Executive Order on the Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria. The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, […]

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Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC

CAC begins e-registration process for companies in 5 states, FCT

The Corporate Affairs Commission on Monday announced the closure of the manual process for company registration in five states and the Federal Capital Territory. The announcement was made by the Registrar-General, CAC, Mr. Bello Mahmud, during a media briefing held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Mahmud, who gave the states as Enugu, Kaduna, Kano, […]

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FG forbid MDAs from transacting with unregistered bodies

Nigerian Government on Friday banned ministries, departments and agencies from transacting business with companies and other corporate bodies that are not duly registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission. A circular issued by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation said that the measure was aimed at protecting the MDAs from entering contractual […]

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SMEs need no lawyer in getting their company registered

Part of the reforms introduced in the Nigeria’s business environment under the 60-day Action Plan executed by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, prospective small and medium enterprises (SMEs) business owners may no longer enlist the services of lawyers or any third party in registering businesses. Also a direct registration would take not more […]

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Now get your company registered in 48 hours – CAC

Number of days required for registration of new businesses in Nigeria by the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, has been reduced from 10 to 2, courtesy of a reform agenda of the Buhari administration. Besides, there is also now a 24-hour timeline for company registration from when application form is completed and all required documents made […]

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