The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has started the process of striking out 513,338 business names which have lapsed from the Business Names Register for defaulting in their renewal. The exercise is in line with Section 5A (2) of the Registration of Business Names Act, 1962 (Act 151) on annual renewals. The act […]
A former principal Accountant at the Registrar General’s Department is in hot waters for allegedly defrauding the State by over US$163,510.00. Mr. Tahiru Haruna, according to the Auditor-General’s report, transferred the amount from the Registrar General’s account into his private account in 2014 contrary to the country’s financial regulations. He is currently assisting the security […]
