We are Chartered CAC Accredited Agents. We are into registration of your Business Name, Company (Private Limited Company and Public Limited Company), Limited Partnership and Limited Liability Partnership, Incorporated Trustee as Foundation, NGO, CLUB, Association, Churches, Mosque etc, with CAC.

We also undertake the rigorous process of your CAC post registration services such:

As Annual returns, change or correction of name, name substitution, change of address, change of directors, change of nature of business, registration of business name as a limited company etc.


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We undertake the rigorous process of registering your businesses and granting it a legal status with enormous benefits. Now, you can refocus on other critical areas of your business knowing well your registration process is carried out by credible and capable hands. We are credible, trustworthy and delivers on time.

What benefits do I enjoy for incorporating a company?

A: Ability to open a Corporate Accounts, Customers/Clients take you more serious if your Company is registered, Banks only grant business loans to registered businesses, Your Company becomes your brand, Investors are more comfortable with a registered business etc.

What's the difference between business name and company name?

Contrary to what some may think, a business name and a company name are not synonymous with one another. The key difference between a company name and a business name is that a registered business name is the name in which a venture operates under. A company name, however, is a legal entity on its own.

Can a business name be registered as a company?

Business name can be lawfully turned into a company by simply closing the business name's record in CAC and opening/registering a new company with same name, if available.


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HOW TO REGISTER A BUSINESS NAME AND AN ENTERPRISE IN NIGERIA

INTRODUCTION
Companies are not the only business organization in Nigeria. There are others like sole proprietorship and partnership, which are covered as business names under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA). Business name, also known as an enterprise is covered under Part B of the CAMA.
A business name is a fastest and most convenient form of doing business by a sole proprietor or partnership in a more recognizable form. The registration of a business name can be done by a sole proprietor or partners.
Section 574(1) CAMA makes it mandatory for every firm, individual or corporation required to be registered under Part B, to be registered within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of the commencement of the business for which registration is required.

It is important to note that the requirements for registration of an enterprise differ from that of a limited liability company.

PROCEDURE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAME IN NIGERIA

The first important thing to do before proceeding with a registration of the business name is to gather the necessary requirements or documents to b used for the registration. The requirements for registration of business name are minimal and simply involve names and identification of the partners or proprietors of the business, where more than one person is to register the business name.

The requirements may also include a partnership deed where necessary.
The procedure for how to register a business name in Nigeria or how to register a business enterprise in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) includes few steps, which must be adhered to strictly in getting the desired results. These steps include

STEP ONE

• First, an applicant should apply for availability check and reservation of the proposed business name through the CAC Portal.

• Applicant should now proceed to fill all necessary columns rightly in the Statutory Form (FORM BN1) and submit it appropriately. After the successful filling of the form, the applicant is to proceed with the payment of the necessary fees
• Subsequently, the applicant must print Business Name FORM BN and sign and date the required aspects of the form.

STEP TWO

Applicant must now submit or upload the duly completed statutory form together with two sized passport photographs
Below are the documents to be uploaded:
– Availability Printout —– (It is the same as the Approval Note).
– Statutory Form (FORM BN 1)
– Proficiency Certificate (where applicable)
– Means of identification
– Payment Receipt.
Finally, after the registration of the business name, the following documents would be given back to the proprietors by the CAC:
– Original Certificate of registration of the business name
– CTC of the Application for the Registration of the business name
Meanwhile, a business name of more than one proprietor may choose to file a partnership deed with CAC after completing the registration process.

How long does it take to register a business name in Nigeria?

Business name registration is faster. If the applicant provides all the required information, it takes just within 72 hours to register a business name in Nigeria.


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CONCLUSION

Business name registration is indeed a convenient and fastest means of setting up a small business in Nigeria. The procedure for how to register a business name is less tasking compared to the procedure for a company registration in Nigeria. The advantages of registering a business name include simplicity in registration, and affordability, as there is no need to pay stamp duty.

A lawyer may also be hired to carry out the registration, especially where the business involves more than one proprietor and a partnership deed stipulating the agreements between partners or proprietors required to be drafted and duly filed with the CAC.

It is however important for individuals registering a business name to be aware that registration of a business name does not entail a separate legal personality like a limited liability company, and any liability incurred in the cause of doing such business maybe personally extended to the owner or the proprietor of the business.

Finally, it worthy of note that a foreigner intending to participate in Nigeria business cannot do so through a registration of an enterprise, as foreign participation in Nigeria’s business entails different legal requirements, which does not give a room for a foreigner to use a business name as a mode of business set up in Nigeria.

We are CAC’s accredited agent, assisting individuals and entities for Enterprise and Company’s registration in Nigeria. We can be contacted through the below contact details/ 07033097160.

Registration of Private Limited Company In Nigeria

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) was established by the Companies and Allied Matters Act, which was promulgated in the year 1990 to regulate the formation and management of companies in Nigeria. The CAC is saddled with the responsibility of registering companies in Nigeria. It is a must for company formation in Nigeria if you want to run a legal business here.

Get A Company Name

The first step for any individual to start a company is to get its name registered with the authorities. In the case of Nigeria, after choosing a suitable name for your company it should be promptly submitted to the CAC website to check for its availability. Usually, you should submit two names so that if one is taken, the other might be available. A name can be rejected if it already exists, is confusing, or includes prohibited words such as ‘National’, ‘Federal’, ‘Government’ or ‘Holdings’ without special permission. It normally takes up to 2 weeks to complete the process of Private Limited Company registration in Nigeria.

If default is made in holding a meeting of a company in accordance with subsection (1) -

The Commission, may, on its own or on the application of any member of the company call, or direct the calling of a general meeting of the company and give such ancillary or consequential directions as the Commission considers expedient, including directions modifying or supplementing -

In relation to the calling, holding, conducting of the meeting, the operation of the company’s articles, and that the directions that may be given under this subsection shall include a direction that one member of the company present in person or by proxy may apply to the court for an order to take a decision which binds all the members.

All businesses transacted at annual general meetings are deemed special business, except declaring a dividend, presentation of the financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditors, election of directors
in the place of those retiring, the appointment, fixing of the remuneration of the auditors, appointment of members of the audit committee and disclosure of remuneration of managers of a company, which are ordinary business.

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EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

(1) The board of directors may convene an extraordinary general meeting whenever they deem fit, and if at any time they are not within Nigeria,
sufficient directors capable of acting to form a quorum, any director may convene an extraordinary general meeting.

(2) An extraordinary general meeting of a company may be requisitioned by any member or members of the company holding at the date of the requisition
not less than one-tenth of the paid up capital of the company as at the date of the deposit carrying the right of voting, or in the case of a company not having a share capital, members of the company representing not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the members having at the said date a right to vote at general meetings of the company, and the directors shall on receipt of the requisition immediately proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting
of the company, notwithstanding anything in its articles.


If you would like us to undertake the whole process of registering your business in Nigeria and get your approved Certificate of registration or Incorporation to you,reach us by Call/WhatsApp on 07033097160.

It is however important for individuals registering a business name to be aware that registration of a business name does not entail a separate legal personality like a limited liability company, and any liability incurred in the cause of doing such business maybe personally extended to the owner or the proprietor of the business.

Finally, it worthy of note that a foreigner intending to participate in Nigeria business cannot do so through a registration of an enterprise, as foreign participation in Nigeria’s business entails different legal requirements, which does not give a room for a foreigner to use a business name as a mode of business set up in Nigeria.


We are CAC’s accredited agent, assisting individuals and entities for Enterprise and Company’s registration in Nigeria. We can be contacted through the below contact details/ 07033097160

If the directors do not within 21 days from the date of the deposit of the requisition proceed to convene a meeting, the requisitionists, or any one or more of them representing more than one half of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves convene a meeting but any meeting so convened shall not be held after the expiration of three months from that date.


If you would like us to undertake the whole process of registering your business in Nigeria and get your approved Certificate of registration or Incorporation to you,reach us by Call/WhatsApp on 07033097160.

It is however important for individuals registering a business name to be aware that registration of a business name does not entail a separate legal personality like a limited liability company, and any liability incurred in the cause of doing such business maybe personally extended to the owner or the proprietor of the business.

Finally, it worthy of note that a foreigner intending to participate in Nigeria business cannot do so through a registration of an enterprise, as foreign participation in Nigeria’s business entails different legal requirements, which does not give a room for a foreigner to use a business name as a mode of business set up in Nigeria.

We are CAC’s accredited agent, assisting individuals and entities for Enterprise and Company’s registration in Nigeria. We can be contacted through the below contact details/ 07033097160

(1) The notice required for all types of general meetings is 21 days from the date on which the notice was sent out.
(2) A general meeting of a company, notwithstanding that it is called by a shorter notice than that specified in subsection (1), is deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed in the case of—
(a) a meeting called as the annual general meeting, by all the members entitled to attend and vote ; and
(b) any other general meeting, by a majority in number of the members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together holding at least 95% in nominal value of the shares giving a right to attend and vote at the meeting or, in the case of a company not having a share capital, together representing at least 95% of the total voting rights at that meeting of all the members.

The notice of a meeting shall specify the place, date and time of the meeting, and the general nature of the business to be transacted in sufficient detail to enable those to whom it is given to decide whether to
attend or not, and where the meeting is to consider a special resolution, set out the terms of the resolution.

In the case of notice of an annual general meeting, a statement that the purpose is to transact the ordinary business of an annual general meeting is deemed to be a sufficient specification that the business is for the declaration of dividends, presentation of the financial statements, reports of the directors and auditors, the election of directors in the place of those retiring, fixing of the remuneration of the auditors, and, if the requirements of sections 409 and 410 of
this Act are complied with, the removal and election of auditors and directors.

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To register an NGO, one need to follow laid down process. It's registration is peculiar in that it can only be done under Part A of the Companies and Allied Matters Act as a company limited by guarantee or by Part C of the Company and Allied Matters Act as Incorporated Trustees.

Provided that—
(a) so long as a company holds its first annual general meeting within 18 months of its incorporation it need not hold it in that year or in the following
year ; or
(b) except for the first annual general meeting, the Commission shall have power to extend the time within which any annual general meeting shall be held, by a period not exceeding three months so that not more than 18 months shall elapse between the date of the last annual general meeting and the date of any meeting so extended.

An error or omission in a notice with respect to the place, date, time or general nature of the business of a meeting shall not invalidate the meeting, unless the officer of the company responsible for the error or omission acted in bad faith or failed to exercise care and diligence provided that in the case of accidental error or omission, the officer responsible shall effect the necessary correction either before or during the meeting.

You might have wondered how NGO make money to sustain it's business operations. Because they are not profit generating organizations, they won't bank on profits as in limited liability companies.
Now, know this about NGOs. NGOs can accept donations from private individuals, for-profit companies, charitable foundations, and governments, whether local, state, federal, or even foreign. As nonprofit entities, they also can charge membership dues and sell goods and services.


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The Trademarks, Patents and Designs Registry under the Commercial Law Department of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, is the relevant trademark authority. Application for the registration of a trademark may be made by the proprietor or by an agent except in the case of a foreign proprietor where a local agent must be used. Barring all bureaucratic delays at the Registry, the entire process of registering a trademark usually takes about 12 to 18 months.

Where the owner of a foreign product intends to import it to the Nigerian market or a foreign business intends to carry on business in Nigeria, it is necessary for the trademark of the product or business to be registered in Nigeria to enable the owner benefit from the exclusive right over the trademark in Nigeria.

(1) At any general meeting, a resolution put to the vote shall be decided on a show of hands, unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of
the result of the show of hands) demanded by—
(a) the chairman, where he is a shareholder or a proxy ;
(b) at least three members present in person or by proxy ;
(c) a member or members present in person or by proxy and representing
at least one tenth of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote at the meeting ; or
(d) any member or members holding shares in the company conferring a right to vote at the meeting being shares on which an aggregates sum been paid up equal to at least one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right.