Company ownershipSINGLE_SOURCEACCESSIBLE

CAC Beneficial Ownership Register

Public starting point for Persons with Significant Control and corporate entity matching.

Publisher: Corporate Affairs Commission
Country: Nigeria
Source type: OFFICIAL_GOVERNMENT_RECORD
Years: CAMA 2020 framework; record-level historical coverage unconfirmed
Format: HTML; BODS / JSON described
Access: Landing page retrieved; record search and bulk access not tested
Priority: High
Last checked: 2026-10-03

Evidence

The retrieved landing page describes PSC searches by company name or RC number, BODS-compatible JSON exchange and REST services through an Enterprise Service Bus. This confirms published access descriptions, not an unrestricted public API.

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Limitations

No actual company or ownership record was retrieved. Current ownership cannot be projected backwards onto earlier elections. Completeness, authentication and bulk permissions remain unknown.

Ingestion plan

Request documented lawful BODS access and confirm authentication, rate limits and export terms. Use RC numbers for entity resolution; retain statement IDs, notification and cessation dates. Reject name-only political matches without corroboration. Refresh on entity discovery; bulk backfill only after access confirmation.

Expected records, as stated: Not measured — source discovery only; no underlying records ingested.

Terms of use

Reuse licence, robots policy and automated-access permissions have not yet been established. Link to the publisher; do not redistribute or automate collection until reviewed.

Possible joins

RC registration number
BODS entity statement ID
Ownership effective dates

Joins describe keys that could connect datasets. A link between ownership, contracts or finance records does not show causation or wrongdoing.

Referenced in coverage

Related gaps

Establish lawful ownership-data accessHigh