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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 30 Jan 2018
FG Sacks Gwarzo, Orders Refund of N104m Severance Package
Kemi Adeosun, minister of Finance, on Tuesday insisted that the suspension of Mounir Gwarzo, director-general of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) was valid. At an investigative hearing…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 Apr 2019
Panel Accuses Gwarzo of Awarding N33m Contracts to Personal Companies
Mounir Gwarzo, suspended Director General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allegedly awarded contracts to a company in which he is a director to the tune of N33m while in office. …
- 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…
- 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…
- 29 Nov 2017
FG Suspends SEC DG, 2 Others over Allegations of Fraud
Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Finance minister of Finance, has suspended Mr. Mounir H. Gwarzo director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), from Office, to allow for an unhindered…
- 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…
- 11 May 2017
SEC Says 2.2m Registered for eDividend
Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, director-general, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday said that a total of 2.2 million investors have registered for the edividend payment platform. Gwarzo said this…
- 5 Apr 2019
SEC Woos Youths to Invest in the Capital Market
Mary Uduk, acting director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission, (SEC) is encouraging Nigerian youths to invest in the capital market instead of indulging in gambling. Uduk said…
- 16 Apr 2018
SEC Boss Sacked for Disobeying Finance Minister
The federal government removed Abdul Zubair as acting director-general, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for reportedly defying Kemi Adeosun, minister of Finance minister’s orders to lift the…
- 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)…
- 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…
- 9 Apr 2025
Nigeria to Exit Grey List Soon – SEC
Nigeria may soon exit the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, Emomotimi Agama, director-general, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has said. Emomotimi Agama, DG, SEC This is with…
- 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 …
- 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…