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- 29 Jul 2026
SEC Begins Full e-Registration for Capital Market Operators
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has commenced the implementation of a fully electronic registration system for capital market operators, marking a major milestone in its digital…
- 27 Nov 2014
SEC Tasks Capital Market Operators
Arunma Oteh, Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged operators and experts in the nation’s capital market to introduce initiatives that would help …
- 15 Mar 2020
SEC Capital Market Institute Expands Operations
Nigerian Capital Market Institute (NCMI) is to operate from three centres in Nigeria in a bid to providing excellent capital market education to stakeholders which will help deepen the Nigerian…
- 10 May 2021
SEC Bars Unregistered Operators from Capital Market after May 31
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has declared that Capital Market Operators, CMO, who fail to renew their registration before May 31, 2021, will not be allowed to operate in the market.…
- 16 Apr 2021
Capital Market Operators Get April 30 Deadline to Renew Licences
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has given Capital Market Operators, CMO, April 30, 2021, as deadline to renew their operation licences. Mr. Lamido Yuguda, director general of SEC, who…
- 21 Dec 2015
SEC Revokes Licences of 84 Capital Market Operators
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the weekend revoked the operational licences of “84 capital market operators that are inactive”. A statement from SEC called on the Nigerian Stock…
- 20 Jan 2022
SEC Leveraging Technology, Others in Transforming Capital Market Operations
The Securities and Exchange Commission has said technology, innovative financial instruments and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are transforming the operations of the capital market. SEC said…
- 16 Jan 2026
SEC Hikes Minimum Capital Requirements for Market Operators After a Decade
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revised the minimum capital applicable to all categories of regulated capital market entities after 10 years. The minimum capital review, according to…
- E-Financial16 Aug 2026
SEC Orders Capital Market Operators to Cut Banking, Business Ties with Iran, DPRK
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed all capital market regulated entities to terminate correspondent banking relationships and restrict business dealings involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran.
- 12 Jul 2015
Capital Market Operators Get September Deadline for FIX Software
Stock brokering firms and investment banks in the country have up to September this year to adopt Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocol software, Nigeria Communicationsweek has learnt. The…
- 9 Nov 2014
Capital Market Operators Trek Lazily to FIX Software Upgrade
Stock brokering firms and investment banks in the country are lazily marching to adopt Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocol software, even as the deadline for the completion has…
- 8 Jul 2016
Reps to Strengthen Capital Market Laws to Sanction Erring Operators
Yakubu Dogara, speaker, House of Representatives on Friday said that the parliament would strengthen capital market laws to empower regulators to sanction erring operators. Dogara said this at a news…
- 5 Jan 2023
SEC Expresses Concern Over Proliferation of Illegal Operators In Capital Market
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stated that the persisted proliferation of operators running illegal investment schemes in the country continues to be a major critical concern to the…
- 2 Aug 2020
NCMI Gets Accreditation, to Enhance Capital Market Development
Nigerian Capital Market Institute (NCMI) has been accredited to enhance the market development role of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Mr. Ismaila Ville, managing director of the…
- 12 Aug 2015
Capital Market, Postal Industry Joint Efforts Crucial for Economy- Uba
The Capital market and postal industry collaborations are crucial for the nation’s economic development says Mr. Okey Uba, managing director and chief executive officer of Ebony Express Limited. Uba…
- 29 Apr 2019
SEC To Review Capital Market Master Plan
Nigeria’s 10 year Capital Market Master plan is about to be reviewed to go along with current economic realities. Ms. Mary Uduk, Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission,…
- 10 May 2022
SEC Mulls Full Digitization of Capital Market
The Securities and Exchange Commission has said it is proposing some guidelines that will enable investors in the capital market to be able to do virtually everything they need to do on their…
- 26 Nov 2012
Economy needs the Capital Market to Grow-Sanusi
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that the nation’s economy will not recover fully until the capital market is given its place as a long-term security…
- 23 Aug 2020
SEC Vows Enforcement of Capital Market Rules
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that there would be no sacred cow in the enforcement of all the rules that guide the operations of the capital market as the moves is to restore…
- 5 Aug 2026
SEC Begins Full e-Registration for Capital Market Services
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has commenced the implementation of a fully electronic registration process for capital market operators, enabling designated regulatory services to be…
- 10 Dec 2021
The Nigerian Capital Market Witnessed the Emergence of Its First Central Counterparty
The Nigerian Capital Market on Thursday, December 9, 2021, witnessed a monumental milestone as NG Clearing limited, the first Central Counterparty in West Africa, formally launched her operations.…
- 8 Nov 2023
SEC, Stakeholders Harp on Fintech, Collaborations for Capital Market Efficiency
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other stakeholders in the Nigerian capital market, have championed the adoption of technology and fintechs in the development of innovative products…
- 25 Mar 2020
SEC Mulls Automated Surveillance of Capital Market
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to deploy a real-time automated market surveillance system that will enable it to monitor real-time activities at the capital market and proactively…
- 8 May 2025
SEC Launches Capital Market Technology Survey
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unveiled a technology adoption assessment survey for registered capital market operators as part of efforts to deepen innovation and efficiency in the…
- 12 Nov 2018
SEC, NERDC Mull Capital Market Education Curriculum for Schools
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working with the Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC) to develop a capital market education curriculum for senior secondary…
- 2 Oct 2014
SEC Plans 10-year Capital Market Master Plan
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had concluded plan to inaugurate a 10-year capital market master plan aimed at ensuring the guided growth of the Nigerian capital market in…
- 29 Nov 2018
SEC Reaffirms Commitment to Deepen Capital Market
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its moves to deepen the Nigerian Capital Market and bolster liquidity has reaffirmed its commitment to its 10-year master plan which began in 2014. Ms Mary…
- 23 Mar 2026
SEC Issues Six-Week Ultimatum to Market Operators to Submit Recapitalisation Plan
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it has handed a six-week deadline to capital market operators to submit board-approved recapitalisation or license downgrade plans. The directive was…
- 6 Jun 2022
SEC Announces Special Identification for Capital Market Participants
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said it will give unique identities to capital market participants. This is in a bid to contain issues of fraud in the capital market as well as reduce…
- 22 Mar 2021
NIPOST, Capital Market Registrars Forge Stronger Corporate Relationship
Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) and Institute of Capital Market Registrars have met to seek stronger ties for corporate mutual benefits. The meeting, held in Lagos, recently, sought to rejuvenate…