The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to restore Creative Brains Academy Limited and JJ Integrated Services Limited to its register of companies after striking off their names in 2024.
Justice James Omotosho delivered the two separate rulings in October 26, 2026 following applications filed by the respective companies.
Nairametrics exclusively reports that the legal teams of the two companies dragged the CAC before the court, seeking favourable declaratory reliefs.
Creative Brains, among other reliefs, prayed for an order setting aside the CAC’s publication striking off the applicant’s name from the Register of Companies.
The company’s legal team submitted that the court’s restorative jurisdiction should be exercised judicially and judiciously, having regard to the facts placed before it.
The company argued that the applicant had demonstrated a bona fide intention to regularise its status by filing all outstanding annual returns.
For JJ Integrated Services, the company urged the court to direct the CAC to relist and restore its name to the register of companies maintained by the commission.
In the case involving Creative Brains, Justice Omotosho, citing the affidavit filed in support of the application, stated that the applicant had presented copies of acknowledgements confirming the filing of outstanding annual returns for 2016 to 2025, as required by the CAC.
He added that the application was brought timeously and that the court was empowered by the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020, to grant the relief sought.
In his final analysis, the judge ruled that Creative Brains’ application was meritorious and consequently ordered the CAC to restore the company to the register.
In his separate ruling on JJ Integrated Services, the judge also observed that the company had complied with the relevant laws by filing its outstanding annual returns for 2009 to 2026.
Citing Section 692(6) of CAMA 2020, the court expressed satisfaction that the company had been carrying on business at the time its name was struck off the register.
The judge subsequently ordered the CAC to restore the company’s name to the register.
The CAC is a Federal Government agency responsible for the registration, regulation and management of companies in Nigeria.
The CAC deregistered over 400,000 companies in 2025, citing prolonged inactivity and failure to meet statutory compliance requirements.
