License Advisory Limited · Nigeria
Bring your people, products and operations into Nigeria with a clear plan for the permissions that apply. Our Abuja-based team supports your application and the compliance that follows.
350
Licences secured
15
Nigerian regulators
10
Years of experience
Nigeria · Your Next Step
We help businesses obtain expatriate quota and business-permit approvals from Nigeria’s Ministry of Interior, and support individual work and residence permissions through the Nigeria Immigration Service. Quota approval and an employee’s immigration permission are separate.
We guide banks, fintechs and payment companies through Central Bank of Nigeria licensing — identifying the right licence category, preparing your application and supporting regulator queries and ongoing compliance.
We help investment advisers, fund managers, broker-dealers and other capital-market operators navigate SEC Nigeria registrations and licences, with activity-specific application, governance and compliance support.
We manage money lender licence applications and renewals in Nigerian states and the FCT, including the applicable court and ministry stages. State money lending permission is distinct from a CBN licence or any additional digital-lending requirements.
We support Nigeria Data Protection Commission registration, compliance audits, annual returns and data-protection frameworks. We also advise eligible organisations on DPCO licensing and the obligations relevant to their processing activities.
We help Nigerian operators and service companies secure the approvals relevant to their activities — NUPRC licences and permits for upstream operations, and NMDPRA approvals for midstream and downstream businesses.
We guide manufacturers and importers through NAFDAC product registration, facility inspection and applicable permits for food, medicines, cosmetics, medical devices and other regulated products in Nigeria.
We support Mining Cadastre Office applications for reconnaissance permits, exploration licences, mining leases and quarry leases in Nigeria, alongside the relevant environmental, community and operating requirements.
We help Nigerian businesses handling payment-card data prepare for PCI DSS compliance validation, with scope assessment, security controls and evidence preparation. Validation follows the applicable payment-brand and assessor requirements; it is not a government permit.
We help you establish an information security management system, close control gaps and prepare for ISO/IEC 27001 certification. Independent certification is issued by a certification body, not a Nigerian regulator.
We prepare Nigerian businesses for SOC 2 Type I or Type II examinations through control design, evidence collection and audit coordination. An independent qualified CPA firm issues the attestation report; SOC 2 is not a licence.
Requirements depend on your activity and, for state-level licences, your Nigerian state. Government approvals, PCI DSS validation, ISO certification and SOC 2 attestation are distinct; final decisions rest with the relevant authority or independent assessor.
Explore Nigerian regulatorsTell us your company, planned activity and the approvals you are considering. Your enquiry goes to our partnerships team, with a copy to support.
partners@licenseadvisory.com