Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria is the government agency responsible for managing and regulating Nigeria’s commercial airports and related aviation infrastructure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2669665 — 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: Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria Context triple: [Murtala Muhammed International Airport, operatedBy, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria]
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A.
Nigerian Ports Authority
The Nigerian Ports Authority is the federal government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing the operations of major seaports across Nigeria.
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B.
Ministry of Finance of Nigeria
The Ministry of Finance of Nigeria is the federal government body responsible for managing the country’s public finances, including budgeting, fiscal policy, and economic planning.
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C.
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.
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D.
Port Harcourt International Airport
Port Harcourt International Airport is a major Nigerian airport serving the city of Port Harcourt and the surrounding oil-producing region of the Niger Delta.
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E.
Nigerien Ministry of Interior
The Nigerien Ministry of Interior is the government body responsible for internal security, public order, and administration within Niger.
- 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: Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria Target entity description: The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria is the government agency responsible for managing and regulating Nigeria’s commercial airports and related aviation infrastructure.
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A.
Nigerian Ports Authority
The Nigerian Ports Authority is the federal government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing the operations of major seaports across Nigeria.
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B.
Ministry of Finance of Nigeria
The Ministry of Finance of Nigeria is the federal government body responsible for managing the country’s public finances, including budgeting, fiscal policy, and economic planning.
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C.
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.
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D.
Port Harcourt International Airport
Port Harcourt International Airport is a major Nigerian airport serving the city of Port Harcourt and the surrounding oil-producing region of the Niger Delta.
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E.
Nigerien Ministry of Interior
The Nigerien Ministry of Interior is the government body responsible for internal security, public order, and administration within Niger.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviation authority
ⓘ
government agency ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of Nigeria ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
ensuring efficient airport operations in Nigeria
ⓘ
ensuring orderly airport operations in Nigeria ⓘ ensuring safe airport operations in Nigeria ⓘ |
| hasRole |
airport operator
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aviation infrastructure manager ⓘ service provider to airlines and passengers at airports ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Nigeria ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Lagos ⓘ |
| industry | aviation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Government of Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Government of Nigeria
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | statutory corporation ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
West Africa Time (WAT)
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surface form:
West Africa Time
|
| operates |
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
ⓘ
Murtala Muhammed International Airport ⓘ Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport ⓘ Port Harcourt International Airport ⓘ other federal airports in Nigeria ⓘ |
| operatesInSector | air transport ⓘ |
| oversees | aviation infrastructure at federal airports in Nigeria ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development
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surface form:
Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development of Nigeria
|
| providesService |
airport infrastructure services
ⓘ
airport management services ⓘ airside operations services ⓘ passenger terminal services ⓘ |
| regulates | commercial airport operations in Nigeria ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
airport fire and rescue services
ⓘ
airport management of domestic airports in Nigeria ⓘ airport management of international airports in Nigeria ⓘ airport security services at federal airports ⓘ development of airport infrastructure in Nigeria ⓘ maintenance of airport infrastructure in Nigeria ⓘ management of Nigeria’s commercial airports ⓘ operation of Nigeria’s commercial airports ⓘ provision of airport facilities and services ⓘ regulation of services at federal airports in Nigeria ⓘ |
| sector | transportation ⓘ |
| shortName | FAAN ⓘ |
| supervises |
airport concessionaires in Nigeria
ⓘ
ground handling operations at federal airports ⓘ retail and commercial activities in airport terminals ⓘ |
| website | https://www.faan.gov.ng/ ⓘ |
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: Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria Description of subject: The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria is the government agency responsible for managing and regulating Nigeria’s commercial airports and related aviation infrastructure.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development
→
oversees
→
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
ⓘ
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport
→
operator
→
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
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subject surface form:
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport