Bola Tinubu

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Nigerian politician human politician

Bola Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Lagos State who became president of Nigeria in 2023.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bola Ahmed Tinubu	14
Bola Tinubu canonical	3
Tinubu	2
Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T101559 — 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: Bola Tinubu
Context triple: [Nigeria, headOfState, Bola Tinubu]

A. Olara Otunnu
Olara Otunnu is a Ugandan diplomat, lawyer, and human rights advocate known for his work on behalf of war-affected children and his leadership roles at the United Nations.
B. Luceal Guterres
Luceal Guterres is the wife of António Guterres, the Portuguese politician and diplomat serving as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
C. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian diplomat and statesman best known for serving as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996.
D. Patrice Motsepe
Patrice Motsepe is a South African billionaire mining magnate and philanthropist, known as the founder of African Rainbow Minerals and for his extensive charitable initiatives across Africa.
E. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is the president of Egypt and a former military officer who rose to power after leading the ouster of Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
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: Bola Tinubu
Target entity description: Bola Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Lagos State who became president of Nigeria in 2023.

A. Olara Otunnu
Olara Otunnu is a Ugandan diplomat, lawyer, and human rights advocate known for his work on behalf of war-affected children and his leadership roles at the United Nations.
B. Luceal Guterres
Luceal Guterres is the wife of António Guterres, the Portuguese politician and diplomat serving as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
C. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian diplomat and statesman best known for serving as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996.
D. Patrice Motsepe
Patrice Motsepe is a South African billionaire mining magnate and philanthropist, known as the founder of African Rainbow Minerals and for his extensive charitable initiatives across Africa.
E. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is the president of Egypt and a former military officer who rose to power after leading the ouster of Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nigerian politician ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship	Africa ⓘ
countryLed	Nigeria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1952-03-29 ⓘ
degree	Bachelor of Science in Accounting ⓘ
educatedAt	Chicago State University ⓘ
electionWon	2023 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
employedBy	Mobil Oil Nigeria ⓘ
endTime	Governor of Lagos State, 2007-05-29 ⓘ Senator for Lagos West, 1993 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Yoruba ⓘ surface form: Yoruba people
familyName	Bola Tinubu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tinubu
fieldOfWork	governance ⓘ public administration ⓘ
fullName	Bola Tinubu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu
givenName	Ahmed ⓘ Bola ⓘ
governorOf	Lagos State ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Yoruba ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Action Congress of Nigeria ⓘ All Progressives Congress ⓘ Alliance for Democracy ⓘ
nickName	Jagaban ⓘ
notableFor	being elected President of Nigeria in 2023 ⓘ governorship reforms in Lagos State ⓘ
occupation	accountant ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeAssumed	President of Nigeria, 2023-05-29 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Lagos ⓘ
politicalIdeology	progressivism (Nigerian context) ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Lagos State ⓘ President of Nigeria ⓘ Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
predecessor	Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
residence	Abuja ⓘ Lagos ⓘ
spouse	Oluremi Tinubu ⓘ
startTime	Governor of Lagos State, 1999-05-29 ⓘ Senator for Lagos West, 1992 ⓘ
stateRepresentedInSenate	Lagos State ⓘ
workedAs	auditor ⓘ treasurer ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nigeria → headOfState → Bola Tinubu ⓘ

Nigeria → headOfGovernment → Bola Tinubu ⓘ

Bola Tinubu → fullName → Bola Tinubu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu

Bola Tinubu → familyName → Bola Tinubu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tinubu

President of Nigeria → currentHolder → Bola Tinubu ⓘ