Nigerian Immigration Act
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The Nigerian Immigration Act is the primary legislation that governs immigration control, entry, residence, and exit of persons in Nigeria, defining the powers and functions of the country’s immigration authorities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nigerian Immigration Act canonical | 1 |
| Nigerian Immigration Regulations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10777655 — 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: Nigerian Immigration Act Context triple: [Nigeria Immigration Service, legalBasis, Nigerian Immigration Act]
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A.
Nigeria Immigration Service
The Nigeria Immigration Service is the federal agency responsible for immigration control, passport issuance, and border security in Nigeria.
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B.
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the supreme legal document that defines the structure, powers, and functions of Nigeria’s government and guarantees fundamental rights for its citizens.
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C.
Nigerian passports
Nigerian passports are official travel documents issued by the Nigerian government to its citizens for international travel and identification.
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D.
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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E.
Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act of Nigeria
The Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act of Nigeria is a federal law that defines and protects the authority, immunities, and procedural rights of Nigeria’s legislative bodies and their members in the conduct of parliamentary business.
- 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: Nigerian Immigration Act Target entity description: The Nigerian Immigration Act is the primary legislation that governs immigration control, entry, residence, and exit of persons in Nigeria, defining the powers and functions of the country’s immigration authorities.
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A.
Nigeria Immigration Service
The Nigeria Immigration Service is the federal agency responsible for immigration control, passport issuance, and border security in Nigeria.
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B.
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the supreme legal document that defines the structure, powers, and functions of Nigeria’s government and guarantees fundamental rights for its citizens.
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C.
Nigerian passports
Nigerian passports are official travel documents issued by the Nigerian government to its citizens for international travel and identification.
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D.
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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E.
Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act of Nigeria
The Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act of Nigeria is a federal law that defines and protects the authority, immunities, and procedural rights of Nigeria’s legislative bodies and their members in the conduct of parliamentary business.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Act of Parliament ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
maintain national security through immigration control
ⓘ
regulate movement of persons across Nigerian borders ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
foreign nationals entering Nigeria
ⓘ
foreign nationals exiting Nigeria ⓘ foreign nationals residing in Nigeria ⓘ |
| bindingOn | all persons subject to Nigerian immigration control ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| definesFunctionsOf | immigration officers in Nigeria ⓘ |
| definesPowersOf |
Comptroller‑General of Immigration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nigeria Immigration Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| empowers |
immigration officers to arrest immigration offenders
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immigration officers to detain immigration offenders ⓘ immigration officers to search and inspect travel documents ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Comptroller‑General of Immigration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nigeria Immigration Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
entry of persons into Nigeria
ⓘ
exit of persons from Nigeria ⓘ immigration control in Nigeria ⓘ residence of persons in Nigeria ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Federal Republic of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
administrative law
ⓘ
public law ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor |
classification of prohibited immigrants
ⓘ
classification of restricted immigrants ⓘ |
| objective |
control and management of migration into and out of Nigeria
ⓘ
protection of Nigeria’s territorial integrity through immigration rules ⓘ |
| primaryLegislationFor | immigration policy implementation in Nigeria ⓘ |
| providesFor |
immigration offences and sanctions
ⓘ
powers of arrest and detention by immigration officers ⓘ procedures for deportation ⓘ procedures for removal of illegal entrants ⓘ |
| regulates |
conditions for stay of non‑citizens in Nigeria
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issuance of Nigerian visas ⓘ issuance of entry permits ⓘ issuance of residence permits ⓘ removal of persons unlawfully present in Nigeria ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
border control
ⓘ
deportation of prohibited immigrants ⓘ offences and penalties relating to immigration ⓘ removal of illegal immigrants ⓘ residence permits ⓘ visas and entry permits ⓘ work and employment of foreigners in Nigeria ⓘ |
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: Nigerian Immigration Act Description of subject: The Nigerian Immigration Act is the primary legislation that governs immigration control, entry, residence, and exit of persons in Nigeria, defining the powers and functions of the country’s immigration authorities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nigerian Immigration Regulations