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- 5 Mar 2021
AfDB Group Provides $400,000 Grant for Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria
The African Development Bank Group yesterday signed a $400,000 grant agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria to strengthen securities market regulation and broaden market…
- 13 Apr 2025
SEC Bans Unregistered Digital Asset Exchanges, Online Forex Platforms
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has banned digital asset exchanges or online foreign exchange trading platforms without formal registration. It highlighted that the newly enacted Investments…
- 18 Apr 2018
Reps Okay Gwarzo’s Suspension as SEC DG
The House of Representatives considered the report of the Committee on Capital Market and Institutions on Wednesday and said the Suspension of Mr. Munir Gwarzo, former Director General of Securities…
- 13 Sept 2024
SEC Says 50 Crypto Exchanges have Applied for Licenses
Dr. Emonotimi Agama, director-general, Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), has disclosed that 50 cryptocurrency exchanges have applied for operational licences in the country. Agama who spoke…
- 19 Nov 2023
SEC Moves to Drive Infrastructure Financing
Lamido Yuguda, the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has said that the commission will be focusing on infrastructure financing via the capital market in the new year. Yuguda…
- 30 Oct 2024
SEC to Include Cybersecurity, AI in Curriculum Review - DG
Dr Emomotimi Agama, director general, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that his commission is working to expand the capital market education curriculum for Nigerian universities to…
- 5 Feb 2015
SEC to Review Framework for Complaints Management
Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, acting director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has said the commission is currently reviewing its complaints management framework to ensure that…
- 19 Aug 2021
SEC to Collaborate with Stakeholders on Capital Market Dispute Resolution
Mr. Lamido Yuguda, the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has expressed the commission’s readiness to collaborate with relevant Alternative Dispute Resolution…
- 18 Dec 2022
We will Continue to Support Fintech, Others -SEC
Mr. Lamido Yuguda, director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has said that the Executive Management of the Commission will continue to create awareness, imparting knowledge and…
- 10 Jun 2020
Lawan Charges SEC on Efficiency, Investments
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to ensure efficiency in the discharge of its duties in order to attract local and foreign…
- 23 Apr 2018
Regulator, Market Operators Mull e-IPOs
A committee comprising of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), Central Securities and Clearing System(CSCS), and six other organisations have been set up to…
- 26 Jun 2024
SEC, NGX Group Commit to Digital Transformation in Capital Market
Emomotimi Agama, Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Temi Popoola, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc have reiterated the…
- 21 Aug 2022
SEC to Sanction Stakeholders over Unclaimed Dividends
Mr Lamido Yuguda, the Director-General of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), said this at a post Capital Market Committee (CMC) news conference on Friday in Abuja. According to Yuguda, in spite…
- 18 Nov 2022
SEC Charges LCFE, Other Commodities Exchanges on Investor Protection
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged Lagos Futures and Commodities Exchange (LCFE) and other commodities exchanges in the country to have investor protection at the centre of their…
- 6 Mar 2018
SEC to Resume Forensic Audit of Oando Plc
Dr Abdul Zubair, acting director-general, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has said it will resume forensic audit to probe Oando Plc based on petitions received by the commission from…
- 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,…
- 17 Nov 2022
SEC Urges Strategy on Cyber Risks Mitigation in Capital Market
In recognition of the risk posed by cybercrime to financial market confidence, integrity and efficiency, Mr. Lamido Yuguda, the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has harped…
- 26 Oct 2022
SEC Lauds NGX for Ensuring Sustainability, Investor Resilience in Capital Market
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has commended NGX and NGX RegCo for their efforts towards fostering sustainability and investor resilience in the Nigerian capital market. Speaking at the…
- 25 Nov 2018
SEC Pledges Commitment to Financial Inclusion for Economic Growth
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sunday restated commitment to pursue initiatives that would aid financial inclusion of Nigerians to grow the nation’s economy. Securities and Exchange…
- 28 Jun 2022
Unclaimed Dividends Hit N180Bn
Unclaimed dividends by Nigerian stockholders reached N180 billion last December, according to Alhaji Lamido Yuguda, director-general, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Yuguda, said that the…
- 4 Feb 2025
Blockchain Technology Will Aid Market Regulation – SEC
Dr. Emomotimi Agama, director-general, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has emphasized that the deployment of blockchain technology will improve efficiency and aid the regulation of the…
- 25 Jan 2018
Keyamo Asks FG to Release Probe Report on Suspended SEC Boss
Festus Keyamo (SAN), Lagos-based lawyer, has requested that the report of the investigation panel set up to probe the suspended Mounir Gwarzo, director general of the Securities and Exchange…
- 15 Mar 2016
Gwarzo Reelected as Chair of IOSCO’s AMERC
Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, director general of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has been unanimously re-elected to continue providing leadership to the Africa Middle East Regional Committee (AMERC)…
- 12 Jan 2015
Oteh, SEC DG Ends Tenure Today
Ms Arunma Oteh, director-general, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will on today (Monday) officially bow out of office after spending the mandatory five years. She is expected to hand over to…
- 22 Oct 2023
Yuguda, SEC DG Explains How Credit Rating Agencies Influence Investment Decisions
Lamido Yuguda , The Director General Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has said credit rating agencies, CRAs, play an important role in infrastructural development by providing independent…
- 10 Jul 2025
SEC DG Decries Digital Assets Fraud as Inimical to Market Integrity
Emomotimi Agama, Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed concern over the growing threat of digital assets fraud, warning that it poses a significant challenge to…
- 1 Apr 2025
New Investment Law Empowers SEC to Obtain User Data from Telcos
Nigeria’s newly signed Investment and Securities Act (ISA 2025) has empowered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to obtain user data from all telecom and electronic communication companies…
- 2 Dec 2024
SEC Flags Marino FX as Illegal Crypto Exchange
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a public notice disowning Marino FX Limited, a company claiming to be a SEC-licensed cryptocurrency exchange. According to the regulatory body,…
- 26 Feb 2015
Gwarzo Elected AMERC Chairman
Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, Ag. Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria has been elected as Chairman of the Africa/Middle East Regional Committee (AMERC) of the International…
- 9 Sept 2024
SEC Gives Reasons for Approving Digital Exchanges
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has clarified that its recent decision to grant approval-in-principle to two cryptocurrency exchanges, Busha Digital Limited and Quidax Technologies…