Obasanjo
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Obasanjo is Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian military ruler and twice-elected civilian president who became one of Africa’s most prominent political leaders and diplomats.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Olusegun Obasanjo | 13 |
| Obasanjo canonical | 1 |
| Olusegun Obasanjo – People's Democratic Party | 1 |
| President Olusegun Obasanjo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8225124 — 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: Obasanjo Context triple: [Millennium Summit, hasParticipant, Obasanjo]
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A.
Yakubu Gowon
Yakubu Gowon is a former Nigerian military head of state who ruled from 1966 to 1975 and played a central role during the Nigerian Civil War.
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B.
Oluremi Tinubu
Oluremi Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former First Lady of Lagos State who serves as the First Lady of Nigeria and has been a prominent senator and advocate for social and women’s issues.
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C.
Bola Tinubu
Bola Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Lagos State who became president of Nigeria in 2023.
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D.
Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 and has been a prominent, recurrent presidential contender.
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E.
Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Babangida is a former Nigerian military ruler who seized power in a 1985 coup and governed the country through a mix of economic reforms and authoritarian control until 1993.
- 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: Obasanjo Target entity description: Obasanjo is Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian military ruler and twice-elected civilian president who became one of Africa’s most prominent political leaders and diplomats.
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A.
Yakubu Gowon
Yakubu Gowon is a former Nigerian military head of state who ruled from 1966 to 1975 and played a central role during the Nigerian Civil War.
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B.
Oluremi Tinubu
Oluremi Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former First Lady of Lagos State who serves as the First Lady of Nigeria and has been a prominent senator and advocate for social and women’s issues.
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C.
Bola Tinubu
Bola Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Lagos State who became president of Nigeria in 2023.
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D.
Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 and has been a prominent, recurrent presidential contender.
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E.
Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Babangida is a former Nigerian military ruler who seized power in a 1985 coup and governed the country through a mix of economic reforms and authoritarian control until 1993.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nigerian politician
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Obasanjo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gandhi Peace Prize
NERFINISHED
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Legion of Honour ⓘ
linked to:
Légion d'honneur
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOfService | Nigerian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Gbenga Obasanjo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Nigeria ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1937-03-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yoruba people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Obasanjo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Olusegun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
prominent role in African diplomacy and mediation
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serving two terms as democratically elected president of Nigeria ⓘ transitioning Nigeria from military to civilian rule in 1979 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | General ⓘ |
| name | Olusegun Obasanjo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
My Command
NERFINISHED
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My Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ Not My Will NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeEndTime |
1979-10-01
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2007-05-29 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime |
1976-02-13
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1999-05-29 ⓘ |
| participantIn | Nigerian Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Abeokuta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
African Democratic Congress
NERFINISHED
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People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairperson of the African Union
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Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Head of State of Nigeria ⓘ President of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Abdulsalami Abubakar
NERFINISHED
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Murtala Mohammed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Abeokuta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Stella Obasanjo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
Shehu Shagari
NERFINISHED
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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Abuja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Obasanjo Description of subject: Obasanjo is Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian military ruler and twice-elected civilian president who became one of Africa’s most prominent political leaders and diplomats.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
General Abdulsalami Abubakar
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General Abdulsalami Abubakar
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subject linked to:
General Abdulsalami Abubakar
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2003 Nigerian general election
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presidentialCandidateParty
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Olusegun Obasanjo – People's Democratic Party
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