Company seal maker for Nigeria

CAMA 2020 made the common seal optional in Nigeria, reversing the position under CAMA 1990, though banks and many counterparties still expect a stamp carrying the RC number.

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This changed recently and the change is not universally known. Under the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990 a common seal was mandatory. CAMA 2020 made it optional, so a Nigerian company can now execute documents without one. Commercial habit has not caught up, and a document arriving unstamped is still frequently queried.

What a company stamp in Nigeria usually carries

The company name exactly as registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
The RC number, which is the registration number everyone verifies.
Often the year of incorporation in the centre.
Sometimes the registered address on a separate rectangular stamp.

Nigeria stamp templates, ready to edit

Corporate Seal template for Nigeria, editable online — Corporate sealSize: 56mmCustomize this seal

Received Stamp template for Nigeria, editable online — ReceivedSize: 56 x 22mmCustomize this stamp

Advocate Seal template for Nigeria, editable online — Advocate / lawSize: 56 x 34mmCustomize this stamp

Bank Stamp template for Nigeria, editable online — Bank stampSize: 56mmAdd an editable date

Company City Seal template for Nigeria, editable online — Company name + citySize: 56mmCustomize this seal

Company Information Seal template for Nigeria, editable online — Double-text info ringSize: 56mmCustomize this seal

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Every preview on this page carries a faint Estamplab watermark. Your own download does not: the editor renders your stamp again, clean, as a transparent PNG, an SVG or a PDF. See the full template library.

Why make it digitally

Banks are the most common place a seal is still demanded, particularly on account opening and mandate forms.
A physical seal ordered in Lagos or Abuja takes days and has to be re-cut whenever the name changes.
Most paperwork now moves as PDFs, so a mark that only exists in metal or rubber has to be printed and rescanned.

Questions

Is a company seal still required in Nigeria?

No. CAMA 2020 made the common seal optional, where CAMA 1990 required one. In practice banks and many counterparties still ask for a stamp, so the commercial expectation has outlasted the legal requirement.

What is an RC number and where does it go?

The RC number is the registration number issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission. It goes on the seal alongside the company name, and it is the detail a counterparty checks.

Can I use a digital seal on a scanned document?

For everyday commercial paperwork, yes, and that is how most documents move now. Whether a particular bank or agency accepts one is their policy rather than a legal question, so ask if the document matters.

Do I get a template or something I can edit?

You build it. The nigeria company stamp sample layouts are starting points rather than the product, so this is closer to a nigeria company stamp generator than a nigeria company stamp template. Adjust the nigeria company stamp design, build the nigeria company stamp online, preview at real size, then pay once. As a nigeria company stamp maker it charges nothing to try, and the nigeria company stamp price is $1.50 for a transparent nigeria company stamp png or $3.00 for the whole pack.

What people call it in Nigeria

rubber stamp Nigeria: The traditional inked die. If you want one made in Nigeria, the design is the part worth getting right before you order, because a die is remade from scratch when the wording changes.
company stamp Nigeria: The mark that goes on invoices, letters and forms in Nigeria, saying which company issued the document. This is the one most businesses actually use.
company seal Nigeria: The more formal version, conventionally round. Whether it is required in Nigeria is a separate question from whether a counterparty will ask for one, and the second is what usually decides it.
common seal Nigeria: Named in the articles of most companies registered in Nigeria, whether or not anybody has taken it out of the drawer this decade. Worth having a legible one if your articles mention it.
stamp maker Nigeria: The tool rather than the shop. Design it in the browser, preview it at actual size, and download it without waiting for anything to be cut or posted to you in Nigeria.
digital stamp: What you want if the paperwork is emailed rather than handed over. It also carries a date that fills itself in, which a rubber die in Nigeria or anywhere else cannot.
round stamp: The ring is the recognisable part: name curving over the top, town or jurisdiction along the bottom. Keep the registration number flat in the middle where it can be read.
rectangular stamp: Straight stacked lines, which hold more text than a ring and are easier to read. The practical choice in Nigeria for an address block or a received mark.
stamp templates: Browsing beats starting from nothing, because the hard part of a stamp is the layout and these already have one. The wording is placeholder text meant to be replaced.
free stamp maker: Designing and previewing costs nothing and needs no account, in Nigeria as anywhere. You pay once when you download a file, and there is no subscription.
putting a stamp on a PDF: Putting the mark on the document itself, which is where most stamping in Nigeria now ends up. The file is opened in your browser and never uploaded anywhere.

This describes common commercial practice rather than giving legal advice, and practice changes. Where a specific document matters, check the requirement with the body receiving it. Only produce a mark your own organisation is entitled to use.