Nigeria, July 16 -- The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has commenced another round of striking off companies from Nigeria's register of incorporated entities, placing 100,000 companies at risk of deregistration over failure to meet statutory filing obligations.

In a public notice issued Wednesday, the commission said the exercise, tagged Batch Six, affects 100,000 companies whose names have been published on its website.

"The affected One Hundred Thousand (100,000) companies can be accessed at the Commission's website," CAC stated.

In February, CAC said that it struck off more than 400,000 companies from Nigeria's corporate register in 2025 over inactivity and non-compliance with regulatory requirements.

It noted that the effort w...