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- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 31 Jul 2014
Changes in AFC’s Board, Alade Assumes Chairmanship
Board of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) on Wednesday announced that as part of AFC’s Board succession process, Mr. Adebayo Ogunlesi and Mr. Aliyu Dikko retired from the Board of Directors.…
- 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…
- 7 Dec 2023
SEC DG Seeks Stakeholders Engagement to Ensure Nigeria Tap into $3.25tr Islamic Finance Industry
Lamido Yuguda, the Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has called for a stronger stakeholder engagement to enable Nigeria tap deeper into the Islamic finance industry…
- 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…
- 29 Dec 2023
SEC says Nigeria’s Potential for Islamic Finance Jurisdiction Outstanding
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said Nigeria has the potential to join the leading global Islamic finance jurisdictions. Mr. Lamido Yuguda, Director General, SEC, said this when the…
- 6 Sept 2021
SEC Remits N1.5bn to FG, Assures of Profitability in Two Years
Following comments attributed to the Nigerian Senate that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was gradually becoming insolvent and could go bankrupt very soon, Mr. Lamido Yuguda,…
- 27 Mar 2022
SEC Laments High Level of Unclaimed Dividends
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has lamented the high number of unclaimed dividends in the capital market. A statement by the Commission in Abuja on Sunday, said Mr Lamido Yuguda, the…
- 28 Nov 2021
Unclaimed Dividend: SEC Reads Riot Act to Companies, Registrars
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned quoted companies and capital market registrars to desist from selective payments and distribution of dividends. Mr Lamido Yuguda, director-general…
- 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…
- 14 Apr 2023
SEC Vows to Protect Minority Interests in Capital Market
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has assured investors that the interest of minority shareholders would be protected during all transactions in the capital market. Mr. Lamido Yuguda, the…
- 29 Aug 2022
SEC to Flush Out Ponzi Scheme Operators
Mr Lamido Yuguda, director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that his agency partner with relevant agencies to flush out Ponzi scheme operators . Speaking over the…
- 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…
- 21 Feb 2023
SEC DG says Capital Market Developing Products to Attract Younger Generation
Mr. Lamido Yuguda, the Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has stated that the capital market regulating body is working to develop products targeted at making the market…
- 25 Nov 2021
SEC Pledges Crackdown on Ponzi Schemes, Illegal Fund Managers
The Securities and Exchange Commission has vowed to continue to crack down on Ponzi schemes and illegal fund managers amid the recent resurgence of their activities. Mr Lamido Yuguda, the…
- 8 Dec 2022
SEC Targets N5trn Capitalization for Shariah Products by 2025
Mr. Lamido Yuguda, the Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in Abuja said that the revised edition of the Capital Market Master plan (2021 – 2025) that was recently launched…
- 25 May 2021
SEC Considering Job Cuts to Save Cost
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), said it was considering an option that would help it reduce the cost of governance. Lamido Yuguda, director-general of SEC, who appeared the House of…
- 13 Aug 2021
Nigeria’s Unclaimed Dividends Hit N170Bn- SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday said the total unclaimed dividends in the Nigerian capital market stood at N170 billion as of December 2020. Mr Lamido Yuguda, director-general,…
- 30 Mar 2021
SEC Affirms Potential of Non-interest Capital Market in Deepening Financial System
Mr. Lamido Yuguda, the director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has described the non-interest capital market sector in Nigeria as one that is unique and full of potentials to…
- 23 Apr 2024
Former SEC Leadership Failed to Regulate, Develop Capital Market- ASCSN
Senior Staff Union under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused the past administration of the Commission led by…
- 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.…
- 3 Dec 2020
SEC to Partner SON on Commodities Trading
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has disclosed its intention to collaborate with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to ensure speedy approval and publication of standards relevant to…
- 14 Feb 2023
SEC, NAIC to Partner on Commodities Trading Ecosystem
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stated its readiness to partner with the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) in a bid to further deepen the commodities trading…
- 3 Sept 2021
CIS Unveils Honour Roll, Seeks Funding Support
The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) has unveiled Roll of Honour for 57 companies and 24 individuals that supported its acquisition and renovation of a new corporate headquarters even as it…
- 20 Nov 2023
SEC Partners NAICOM, CMOs in Enhancing Commodity Supply Contracts
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said it is planning to collaborate with the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and Capital Market Operators (CMOs) to enhance commodity supply…
- 24 May 2022
SEC Working on Solution to Identity Theft in Capital Market- DG
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has stated that the Identity Management System being developed by the capital market would tackle the lingering identity management issues while allowing…
- 6 Dec 2021
SEC Urges Stakeholders to Leverage on Technology to Deepen Financial Inclusion
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called on policymakers and capital market stakeholders to leverage technology to expand access to financial services and deepen financial inclusion.…