Nigeria Immigration Service
E254237
The Nigeria Immigration Service is the federal agency responsible for immigration control, passport issuance, and border security in Nigeria.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nigeria Immigration Service canonical | 5 |
| Nigerian Immigration Service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2308880 — 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 Immigration Service Context triple: [Government of Nigeria, controls, Nigeria Immigration 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 police
The Nigerien police are the national law enforcement body of Niger responsible for maintaining public order, enforcing laws, and ensuring internal security across the country.
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D.
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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E.
Nigerian Air Force
The Nigerian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Nigeria’s armed forces, responsible for defending the nation’s airspace and providing air support for military operations.
- 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 Immigration Service Target entity description: The Nigeria Immigration Service is the federal agency responsible for immigration control, passport issuance, and border security in Nigeria.
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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 police
The Nigerien police are the national law enforcement body of Niger responsible for maintaining public order, enforcing laws, and ensuring internal security across the country.
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D.
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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E.
Nigerian Air Force
The Nigerian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Nigeria’s armed forces, responsible for defending the nation’s airspace and providing air support for military operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
immigration authority ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
ECOWAS member states immigration authorities
ⓘ
International Organization for Migration ⓘ National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons ⓘ Nigeria Police Force ⓘ Nigeria Customs Service ⓘ
surface form:
Nigerian Customs Service
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| employerOf |
border patrol officers in Nigeria
ⓘ
immigration officers in Nigeria ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
ECOWAS and African affairs desk
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border patrol commands ⓘ investigation and compliance unit ⓘ migration management unit ⓘ passport offices ⓘ visa and residence section ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Nigeria ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Abuja ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Nigeria
|
| legalBasis |
Nigerian Immigration Act
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Nigerian Immigration Act ⓘ
surface form:
Nigerian Immigration Regulations
|
| mandate |
implementation of Nigerian government migration policies
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issuance of travel documents to Nigerian citizens ⓘ protection of Nigeria’s international borders ⓘ regulation of the entry of persons into Nigeria ⓘ regulation of the exit of persons from Nigeria ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Ministry of Interior of Nigeria ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
border patrol operations
ⓘ
border security in Nigeria ⓘ combating human trafficking related to migration ⓘ combating irregular migration ⓘ enforcement of Nigerian immigration laws ⓘ enforcement of deportation orders ⓘ immigration control in Nigeria ⓘ issuance of diplomatic passports ⓘ issuance of official passports ⓘ issuance of refugee travel documents ⓘ issuance of residence permits ⓘ issuance of the Nigerian e-passport ⓘ issuance of the Nigerian standard passport ⓘ issuance of work permits ⓘ monitoring entry into Nigeria ⓘ monitoring exit from Nigeria ⓘ passport issuance in Nigeria ⓘ visa issuance and control ⓘ |
| sector |
border security
ⓘ
immigration ⓘ internal security ⓘ |
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 Immigration Service Description of subject: The Nigeria Immigration Service is the federal agency responsible for immigration control, passport issuance, and border security in Nigeria.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nigerian Immigration Service
subject surface form:
Nigerian passport
subject surface form:
Federal Ministry of Interior (Nigeria)