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- 2 Apr 2012
Alaba Market No longer Haven for Piracy - Ezekude
Afam Ezekude, director-general, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), an agency with the responsibility of protecting the copyrights of artistes in the country. Ezekude, a lawyer, risk manager and…
- 14 Sept 2018
NCC Reaffirms Suspension of COSON’s Operating License
Mr. Afam Ezekude, director general of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has reaffirmed to stakeholders and the general public that the Operating License of the Copyright Society of Nigeria…
- 27 Apr 2016
Process of Satisfying Global Digital Demands Threaten IP Rights- Ezekude
The process of satisfying the demand of the digital world, if not properly guided, poses the potential of enormous damage to IP rights, according to Afam Ezekude, director general, Nigerian Copyright…
- 18 Jan 2019
Asein Replaces Ezekude as DG of NCC
John Asein, former director, Nigerian Copyright Institute, and copyright lawyer has been appointed director-general of Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC). He replaces Afam Ezekude who had…
- 15 Mar 2018
Workers Seek Sack of NCC Boss over Alleged N406m Fraud
Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has called for the removal of Afam Ezekude, director general, for alleged maladministration and…
- 14 Dec 2016
NCC Sensitizes Corp Members on Copyright Matters
Mr. Afam Ezekude, director-general, Nigerian Copyright Commission, (NCC), has urged the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) members currently in camp, to take advantage of the Commission’s…
- 23 Jan 2018
U.S Embassy to Collaborate with NCC on Copyright Administration
Mr. Afam Ezekude, Director General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has called for greater collaboration in areas of capacity building for the enforcement and prosecution of Intellectual…
- 1 Sept 2016
NCC Intercepts N10Bn Pirated Products
Mr. Afam Ezekude, director general, Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) said his Commission has intercepted and seized pirated products worth N10.3bn between January 2011 and August 2016. He disclosed…
- 31 Jul 2012
Evasion of Royalty Payment no Longer Acceptable - DG, NCC
Afam Ezekude, director general of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has said that the evasion of royalty payment by music users such as broadcast stations, hotels, restaurants, night clubs and…
- 9 Dec 2016
NCC Sensitizes Universities on Protection of Intellectual Property
Mr. Afam Ezekude, Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission, (NCC) has said that, as more nations leverage on their innovations and creative resource pool as foundation for development,…
- 6 May 2013
NCC Seizes N4.8Bn from Pirates
Afam Ezekude, director general, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has said that the commission has seized pirated materials with an estimated market value of about N4.8 billion, in the last one…
- 12 Sept 2014
NCC seizes Pirated Products Worth N6.3Bn
The Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) says it seized 5, 896, 644 units of various pirated foreign and Nigerian products valued at about N6.3 billion from January till date. Afam Ezekude,…
- 2 May 2016
NCC Seizes N8Bn Pirated Works in 5 Years
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has seized 7,918,605 units of pirated copyright works worth N8.113 billion from 256 anti-piracy raids in the last five years. Mr. Afam Ezekude,…
- 11 Apr 2018
NCC Asks COSON to Comply with Directives or Face Sanctions
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has asked the Governing Board of the Copyright Society of Nigeria, (COSON) to comply with its directives regarding the disputed chairmanship of the organisation or…
- 24 Apr 2014
Piracy Worse than Armed Robbery-NCC
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has described piracy as a crime that is worse than robbery, adding that theft of intellectual property kills a country’s economy and the creative ability of…
- 2 Mar 2016
NCC Destroys N2Bn Pirated Materials in Enugu
The Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) yesterday destroyed pirated materials valued at about N2bn in Enugu. The materials which include digital video discs, compact discs, books and among others,…
- 28 Aug 2018
NCC, WIPO Organize Capacity Building Workshop on IP Rights for Judiciary
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) in the thrust of its mandate to advance the growth of Creative Industry through strengthening of Institutional capacity has organized a train the trainers’…
- 30 Jul 2013
Piracy Costs Nigeria $1Bn Annually
Pirates are costing Nigeria over $1 billion annually through intellectual property thefts and copyright infringements, according to Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC). The entertainment and literary…
- 12 Jul 2017
NCC Seizes Pirated Materials Worth N300M, Arrests Chinese Suspect
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC)’s determination to stamp out piracy received a boost with the seizure of two thousand cartons of pirated books belonging to various publishers during an…
- 5 Dec 2012
FG Imposes Tax on Tech Devices, Others
The federal government yesterday granted the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) approval to impose levy on materials capable of being used for copyright infringement in a bid to compensate right…
- 26 Aug 2013
NCC Secures 40 Convictions against Copyright Infringers
The Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) secured 40 convictions against copyright infringers, with varying sentences of imprisonment and fines, while about 89 cases are at various stages of trial in…
- 11 May 2017
NCC Impounds N880m Pirated Goods in Q1
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), during the first quarter of Year 2017, secured 2 convictions of pirates of copyright-protected books and films works, broadcast signal and software products.…
- 27 Mar 2013
NCC Urges Lawyers to Upgrade Knowledge on Copyright
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has advised lawyers to upgrade their knowledge of copyright laws arguing that recent court decisions have betrayed the low level of copyright knowledge among the…
- 23 Apr 2012
NCC Commends UNESCO, Authors on World Book Day
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), joins the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), stakeholders in the Copyright Industry, particularly literary authors and…
- 25 Apr 2013
NCC Urges Nigerians to Harness Creative Youths Talents
Nigerians have been admonished to take more active interest in developing the creative talents of the nations’ teeming youth population who are the creative genius of the next generation, on the…
- 18 Mar 2014
Global Enterprises Loss Over $315Bn to Organized Crime Annually
Enterprises worldwide are expected to spend nearly $500 billion in 2014 to deal with issues caused by malware deliberately loaded onto pirated software — $127 billion dealing with security issues.…
- 26 Oct 2014
NCC Confiscates Equipment Worth N23.5m in Enugu, Ebonyi
In continuance of the Nigerian Copyright Commission's (NCC) committment to curbing piracy in Nigeria, a raid was conducted recently in Enugu and Ebonyi States, which led to the apprehension of…
- 22 Sept 2016
NCC Seizes N25m Pirated Items in Delta State
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) on Thursday said it has seized pirated broadcast items estimated at over N25m during its raid of Warri, Ughelli and Sapele in Delta State. It also released…
- 18 Mar 2017
NCC Sensitise University of Abuja Community on Copyright
In renewed efforts to strengthen partnership with stakeholders in the academia, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) took the entire Community of the University of Abuja through the rudiments of…
- 10 Apr 2017
Copyright Commission Impounds 29 Laptops, Arrests 14 In Aba
Following adequate investigation and due surveillance, Enforcement Officers of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) recently arrested 14 persons suspected to be involved in the illegal…