Nigeria Customs Service
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The Nigeria Customs Service is the federal agency responsible for collecting customs revenue, facilitating trade, and enforcing import and export regulations at Nigeria’s borders.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nigeria Customs Service canonical | 4 |
| Nigerian Customs Service | 2 |
| Nigerian Customs Service office | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2308879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigeria Customs Service Context triple: [Government of Nigeria, controls, Nigeria Customs Service]
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A.
Nigerien Ministry of Interior
The Nigerien Ministry of Interior is the government body responsible for internal security, public order, and administration within Niger.
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B.
Nigerien Ministry of Defence
The Nigerien Ministry of Defence is the government department responsible for formulating and implementing Niger’s national defense policy and overseeing its armed forces.
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C.
Nigerien Ministry of Justice
The Nigerien Ministry of Justice is the government body responsible for overseeing the judicial system, legal affairs, and the administration of justice in Niger.
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D.
Nigeria Trust Fund
The Nigeria Trust Fund is a concessional financing facility established by Nigeria and managed by the African Development Bank to support development projects in low-income African countries.
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E.
World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental body that develops international customs standards and promotes cooperation among national customs administrations to facilitate trade and ensure border security.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigeria Customs Service Target entity description: The Nigeria Customs Service is the federal agency responsible for collecting customs revenue, facilitating trade, and enforcing import and export regulations at Nigeria’s borders.
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A.
Nigerien Ministry of Interior
The Nigerien Ministry of Interior is the government body responsible for internal security, public order, and administration within Niger.
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B.
Nigerien Ministry of Defence
The Nigerien Ministry of Defence is the government department responsible for formulating and implementing Niger’s national defense policy and overseeing its armed forces.
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C.
Nigerien Ministry of Justice
The Nigerien Ministry of Justice is the government body responsible for overseeing the judicial system, legal affairs, and the administration of justice in Niger.
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D.
Nigeria Trust Fund
The Nigeria Trust Fund is a concessional financing facility established by Nigeria and managed by the African Development Bank to support development projects in low-income African countries.
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E.
World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental body that develops international customs standards and promotes cooperation among national customs administrations to facilitate trade and ensure border security.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customs agency
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government agency ⓘ |
| activity |
anti-smuggling operations
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border control ⓘ cargo inspection ⓘ classification of goods ⓘ enforcement of trade prohibitions and restrictions ⓘ implementation of customs policies ⓘ issuance of customs licenses ⓘ valuation of imported goods ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Federal Inland Revenue Service
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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ⓘ Nigeria Immigration Service ⓘ Nigeria Police Force ⓘ Nigerian Navy ⓘ Nigerian Ports Authority ⓘ Standards Organisation of Nigeria ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| enforces |
export regulations of Nigeria
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import tariffs of Nigeria ⓘ trade embargoes and sanctions applicable in Nigeria ⓘ |
| goal |
facilitation of legitimate international trade
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prevention of smuggling ⓘ protection of Nigeria’s economic interests ⓘ protection of society from prohibited goods ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of Nigeria ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Nigeria ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Abuja ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Government of Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Government of Nigeria
|
| legalStatus | federal agency ⓘ |
| mandateSource |
Nigerian customs and excise laws
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federal fiscal policies of Nigeria ⓘ |
| operatesAt |
airports in Nigeria
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free trade zones in Nigeria ⓘ land border posts in Nigeria ⓘ seaports in Nigeria ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Finance of Nigeria ⓘ |
| primaryRevenueType |
VAT on imports
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customs duties ⓘ excise duties ⓘ levies and fees on imports ⓘ |
| responsibility |
border security support
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customs revenue collection ⓘ enforcement of export regulations ⓘ enforcement of import regulations ⓘ trade facilitation ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| usesSystem | Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nigeria Customs Service Description of subject: The Nigeria Customs Service is the federal agency responsible for collecting customs revenue, facilitating trade, and enforcing import and export regulations at Nigeria’s borders.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nigerian Customs Service
this entity surface form:
Nigerian Customs Service office