Principality Clerks - Lagos Island, Nigeria

In Nigeria, companies are registered under the Companies and Allied Matters Act by the Corporate Affairs Commission. The requirements are quite simple: the name, address, email, telephone number and nature of the business; and the name, residential address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, occupation, nationality and valid ID of directors, secretary and shareholders of the company. The directors of a company may be the shareholders and the secretary may be one of the directors.

In Nigeria, small businesses (otherwise known as business name or enterprises) are registered under the Companies and Allied Matters Act by the Corporate Affairs Commission. The requirement are quite simple: Name, address, email, telephone number and nature of the business; and name, residential address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, occupation, nationality, passport size photograph and valid ID of the proprietors of the business.

In Nigeria, the trademarks are registered under the the Trade Marks Act - CAP. T13 L.F.N. 2004, while patents are registered under the Patents and Designs Act - CAP. P2 L.F.N. 2004. The Trademarks, Patents And Designs Registry of the Commercial Law Department, Federal Ministry Of Industry, Trade And Investment is the responsible for the registration. The requirements are quite simply: In the case of a trademark, the applicants name, residential address, phone number, e-mail address, and the classification no. of product, the image of the trademark in pdf format,and a Power of Attorney in pdf format. In the case of a patent, the particulars of the patentee, a petition or request for a patent with the applicant’s full name and address, a power of attorney /authorization of agent, a specification of the invention including a claim or claims in duplicate, plans and drawings if any in duplicate, and a declaration by the true inventor where applicable.

We can help with all of the above.