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- 28 Apr 2020
IP System Key to Unlocking Scientific Potential of Traditional Knowledge for Humanity - DG NCC
As the world commemorates this year’s Intellectual Property (IP) Day, Mr. John O. Asein, Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has declared that effective application of…
- 15 Aug 2019
Asien, DG NCC Initiates Staff Neighbourhood Anti-piracy Surveillance
Mr. John Ohi Asein, Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has initiated a new operational strategy for the Commission, named Staff Neighbourhood Anti-piracy Surveillance (SNAPS).…
- 2 Sept 2020
NCC Canvasses for Emerging Digital Platforms
Mr. John O. Asein, director-general of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has challenged music practitioners and rights managers in the country to make necessary changes in their business models to…
- 9 Aug 2021
DG NCC Urges Professional Bodies to Support Use of IP for Poverty Alleviation
Mr. John O. Asein, Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), have charged Professional bodies to support Government’s vision of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten…
- 11 Feb 2020
Asein, DG NCC says WIPO Office in Nigeria will Boost IP Development in Africa
Mr. John O. Asein, Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), says Nigeria will benefit immensely from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) External Office newly…
- 27 May 2021
NCC, Customs Renew Commitment to Border Enforcement of Copyright
Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd.), Comptroller General of Customs (NCS) and Mr. John O. Asein, the Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), have renewed their commitment to…
- 21 Jun 2021
Copyright Commission DG Charges Management to Maximise Digital New Normal for Better Service Delivery
Mr. John O. Asein, Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has urged the directorate staff of the Commission to restrategise and upscale their technological and managerial…
- 16 Sept 2020
NCC DG Calls for National Book Policy to Address New Challenges
Mr. John O. Asein, director-general of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has called on stakeholders in the book sector to work towards the formulation and adoption of a National Book Policy that…
- 13 Aug 2020
Board Writes Buhari to Suspend NCC Boss over Interference
Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja, chairman, governing board, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, over the interference John Ohireime Asein, director general of the…
- 28 Apr 2021
NCC Urges Banks, Others to Accept IPs as Collaterals
Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) has called on Banks and financial institutions to embrace the collateralisation of IP assets to support Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the creative…
- 18 Oct 2020
Copyright Commission Cracks Down Notorious Pirates in Yola
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has arrested and arraigned seven suspected pirates. Mr John Asein, Director General (DG) of the NCC, disclosed this in an interview in Yola, while presenting a…
- 5 Apr 2019
NCC Tasks AVRS on Licensing, Distribution of Royalties
Mr. John Asein, Director General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission,NCC, has urged the leadership of the Audiovisual Rights Society of Nigeria, AVRS, to evolve strategies to manage the impact of…
- 23 May 2021
NCC Pledges to Balance Royalty Payments for Good of All
Mr. John O. Asein, Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has given assurances that the Commission would continue to interrogate the tariffs set by collective management…
- 27 Sept 2020
NCC Board Chairman Alleges Threat to His life by Agents of DG
Tonye Jaja, chairman, Governing Board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has raised the alarm over alleged threat to his life by agents of John Asein, director general of the agency. He…
- 31 Jan 2020
US Department of Justice, NCC Clinch Merit Awards on International Customs Day
As Nigeria joined the world in marking the International Customs Day, on 26 January 2020, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has been honoured with a Merit Award by the World Customs…
- 28 Mar 2021
Copyright Commission Partners Booksellers to Sanitise Book Business
A Code of Ethics for Booksellers will soon be introduced by Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) in consultation with relevant stakeholders to bring sanity to book business in Nigeria. Mr. John O.…
- 21 Nov 2021
NCC Partners ABU, Zaria, on Copyright
The Nigerian Copyright Commission has indicated commitment to partnership with the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to boost copyright knowledge and development of creativity. Dr. John O. Asein,…
- 10 Aug 2018
GEM, COSON Partner on Intellectual Property Rights
In a bid to properly educate and enlighten the Nigerian populace and the entertainment industry in particular, the Growth and Empowerment Project, GEM, funded by the World Bank and domiciled in the…
- 15 Sept 2019
Liman, FRCN DG says Copyright Industries Viable Alternative to Oil & Gas if Developed
IF Nigeria would succeed in efforts at diversifying its economic sustenance beyond revenue inflow from petroleum products, the priority must be placed on the development of the creative industries…
- 16 Mar 2020
FG Shuts Down Firms Pirating Broadcast Signals of DStv, Others
Three broadcasting facilities engaged in pirating the broadcast signals of several right owners including Star Times, Communications Trends Nigeria Limited (CTL) and MultiChoice Nigeria (MCN) have…
- 24 Feb 2020
Copyright Commission, ICPC Commit to Intelligence Sharing
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have committed to exploring avenues of intelligence sharing and institutional…
- 10 Dec 2019
NCC, AFD Partner to Copyright Collective Management
A diagnostic study project to review the operations of Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) in Nigeria for enhanced performance has been commissioned by the Agence Française de Développement…
- 10 Jul 2019
NCC Board Adopts New Operational Strategy
The new Governing Board of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has affirmed its commitment to the management of dynamic operational strategies to reposition the Commission for effective discharge of…
- 27 Jan 2020
NCC, CIPPON Partner to Check Copyright Piracy in Printing Industry
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and the Chartered Institute of Professional Printers of Nigeria (CIPPON) have renewed their commitment to fine-tuning the regulatory regime to enhance…
- 6 Dec 2019
NCC Inaugurates Special Copyright Inspectors to Boost Anti-Piracy Drive
As part of its strategic interventions towards enhanced copyright protection, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has inaugurated a corps of Special Copyright Inspectors (SCIs) to check the…
- 11 Oct 2020
NCC Partners MOPPAN, Set to Reintroduce Hologram Stamps
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), in collaboration with stakeholders, will soon reintroduce the hologram scheme to boost copyright regulation and anti-piracy interventions in selected copyright…
- 2 Mar 2020
NCC, AVCNU Advocate IP Policy for Nigerian Universities
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and the Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) have agreed on the urgent need to formulate a model intellectual property (IP) policy…
- 15 Apr 2021
Prof. Jerry Gana Canvases Stakeholders’ Support for Renewed Anti-Piracy Campaign
Professor Jerry Gana, former Minister of Information, while underscoring the relevance of the creative industries to Nigeria’s economic development, has charged stakeholders in the copyright industry…
- 21 Jan 2020
FAAN, NCC Partner to Combat Copyright Piracy
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have committed to the development and implementation of a national anti-piracy strategy to address the sale of…
- 12 Feb 2024
MCSN Boss Vists NCC DG, Seeks to Deepen Collaboration
Mr Mayo Ayilaran, chief executive officer, Musical Copyright Society Nigeria (MCSN), has paid a courtesy visit to Dr John Asein, director general, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), as part of…