# Nigerian Regulator Circulars (CBN and SEC) (`pajim/nigreg`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pajim/nigreg.md
- **Developed by:** [Jimly Okeke](https://apify.com/pajim) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$100.00 / 1,000 circulars

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Nigerian Regulator Circulars (CBN and SEC)

Get Central Bank of Nigeria and Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission publications as clean, structured data. Each record has the full text, including scanned PDFs read with OCR, plus who it applies to, affected sectors, and any labelled effective dates or deadlines.

Built for compliance teams, fintechs, law firms, analysts and AI agents that need to track Nigerian financial regulation without checking two websites.

### What you get

| Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `regulator` | `CBN` or `SEC` |
| `title`, `referenceNumber`, `publishedDate` | The official details |
| `category` | `circular`, `guideline`, `exposure_draft`, `sanctions`, `enforcement_notice`, `list` or `notice` |
| `sectors` | Rule based tags such as `banks`, `payments_fintech`, `bureaux_de_change` |
| `addressedTo` | Who the document says it is for |
| `summary` | The opening sentences, quoted from the document |
| `keyDates` | Effective dates and deadlines, each with its surrounding text |
| `fullText` | Extracted text |
| `textStatus`, `textSource`, `textTruncated` | How the text was obtained and whether it is complete |
| `sourceUrl`, `documentUrl` | Links to the official source |

### Example input

Monitor payments regulation every day and only receive new documents:

```json
{
  "regulators": ["CBN", "SEC"],
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "maxResults": 20,
  "onlyNew": true,
  "sectors": ["payments_fintech"]
}
```

Set `lookbackDays` as high as 10000 and `maxResults` as high as 3000 to pull history.

### Example output

```json
{
  "id": "cbn-8106",
  "regulator": "CBN",
  "title": "Revised Implementation Timeline and Enforcement on Pos Geo-Fencing",
  "referenceNumber": "PSS/DIR/PUB/CIR/001/003",
  "publishedDate": "2026-05-29",
  "category": "circular",
  "sectors": ["banks", "microfinance", "payments_fintech"],
  "keyDates": [{ "type": "deadline", "date": "2026-07-31", "context": "..." }],
  "textStatus": "ok",
  "textSource": "pdf"
}
```

### Pricing

You pay per document delivered with its text. Documents whose text could not be obtained are returned free, with the official link.

### Scheduling

Turn on `onlyNew`, then create a schedule in Apify Console. Each distinct filter combination keeps its own history, so several schedules can run side by side.

### Limits

- PDFs are read up to 30 pages, and scanned PDFs up to 15 pages. `textTruncated` shows when a document was cut short.
- OCR can contain errors, so `textSource` shows `ocr` for those documents.
- Sectors, categories and key dates come from text rules, so they can miss or mislabel a document. Only explicitly labelled dates are captured.
- Some older CBN files return 404 on the CBN website. They are returned free with their details.
- Sanctions and enforcement notices name people and companies exactly as the regulators published them. Exclude them with the `categories` filter if you do not need them.

### Disclaimer

This Actor is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the CBN or the SEC. It is not legal advice. Always confirm requirements against the official document.

# Actor input Schema

## `regulators` (type: `array`):

Which regulators to collect from.

## `lookbackDays` (type: `integer`):

Only return documents dated within this many days.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many documents. You are only charged for documents delivered.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Remember what has been delivered and skip it next time. Turn this on for scheduled monitoring.

## `sectors` (type: `array`):

Only return documents tagged with at least one of these sectors. Leave empty for all.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Only return these document types. Leave empty for all.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Only return documents containing at least one of these words or phrases.

## `includeFullText` (type: `boolean`):

Add the extracted document text to each result. Turn off for smaller output.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Only needed if a regulator website blocks direct requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "regulators": [
    "CBN",
    "SEC"
  ],
  "lookbackDays": 90,
  "maxResults": 20,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "sectors": [],
  "categories": [],
  "keywords": [],
  "includeFullText": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "regulators": [
        "CBN",
        "SEC"
    ],
    "lookbackDays": 90,
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pajim/nigreg").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "regulators": [
        "CBN",
        "SEC",
    ],
    "lookbackDays": 90,
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pajim/nigreg").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "regulators": [
    "CBN",
    "SEC"
  ],
  "lookbackDays": 90,
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call pajim/nigreg --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pajim/nigreg"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xuiUNj9AdG51bKkIm/builds/P7WNSURzChdDSu5nt/openapi.json