30 results
- 6 May 2015
Sunday Folayan Emerges NiRA President
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) at its seventh Annual General Meeting (AGM) had the four vacant positions in the Executive Board of Directors filled. From the elections, Mr.…
- 15 May 2015
Folayan Salutes Uduma, Targets Improved .ng Registration
Mr. Sunday Folayan, the newly elected president of the Nigeria internet Registration Association (NIRA) has expressed appreciation to the Mrs Mary Uduma, the immediate past president. Folayan emerged…
- 22 May 2016
NIRA Registers Additional 2,436 .ng Domain Names in April
Mr Sunday Folayan, President of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), said on Saturday that 2,436 dotng (.ng) domain names were registered in the month of April. Folayan made this…
- 2 May 2017
CFA, Nweke, Others Join NIRA Board
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has elected five new members of the Executive Board of Directors (EBOD) into its fold with two of them emerging as Treasurer and Financial…
- 4 Oct 2015
Nigeria @55: n.g Domain Catalyst for Economic Dev- Folayan
The 55th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria provides a unique opportunity for every patriotic Nigerian to introspect on what the country has achieved since its independence in 1960, said Mr. Sunday…
- 2 Apr 2015
AFRINIC Appoints Alan Barrett as CEO
The African Network Information Centre’s (AFRINIC) Board of Directors, has announced the appointment of Alan Barrett as AFRINIC’s chief executive officer (CEO). Barrett would assume the position of…
- 22 Jun 2022
NiRA Honours Institutions, Individuals Supporting .NG Growth
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the registry for .ng Internet Domain Names and maintainers of the database of names registered in the .ng country code Top Level Domain, has…
- 9 Aug 2015
NiRA to Discuss .ng Domain Name Relevance to Internet Governance
The Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA) has identified that who manages the Internet and how the Internet is governed as constantly discussed in the domain name system (DNS) requires…
- 13 Feb 2017
HTTPS,. Ng Adoption to Increase this Year- Web4Africa
Nigeria’s web hosting and domain name system (DNS) industry has been tipped to witness massive growth in the year 2017. Sunday Folayan, president, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA),…
- 26 May 2017
Shittu, Dambatta, Others Set for 2017 ICT CEO Forum
Stakeholders across the public and private sector of the nation’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are set for the 2017 edition of the Nigeria ICT Impact CEO Forum (NIICF) & Africa…
- 23 Apr 2026
From Malta to Marriott: IPv6 Council Nigeria Inauguration Solidifies 16-Year Path to Digital Sovereignty
The formal inauguration of the IPv6 Council Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the Marriott Hotel, Ikeja GRA, on Thursday, April 23, 2026, marks the historic fulfillment of a…
- 11 Nov 2014
IIM to Honour Omobola, Okere, Others @ Induction Ceremony
Institute of Information Management (IIM) is set to record another milestone in the promotion of the profession in Nigeria, particularly with the induction of experts in the related fields. The…
- 12 Jan 2018
NiRA Achieved 24,788 Domain Names in 2017
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) said that 24,788 domain names were registered in the country’s code domain name as at 2017 bringing the total to 101,695, up from 76,907 names…
- 21 Jul 2023
Anambra State ICT Agency, Others host One-day Technology Appreciation Workshop for Media Professionals in the State
Anambra State ICT Agency on Friday, took select media professionals in the State on a technology appreciation workshop at the Agency’s conference hall, Government House, Awka. The training was…
- 6 Sept 2015
NiRA Hinges .ng Domain Adoption to Broadband Penetration
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) said it looks forward to faster connectivity, increased penetration, usage and affordable Internet as panacea for improved internet business in…
- 22 Sept 2015
NCC Seals Skannet General Data over License Issues
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State, sealed Skannet General Data Engineering Services located at the Kongi Area of the for not regularising its licence since 2005.…
- 15 Oct 2015
.ng Domain Names Surpass 27,000, NiRA Seeks Support
Statistics released on Wednesday by the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NiRA) revealed that the domain name renewal rate in September 2015 was higher compared to the renewals in other…
- 1 Nov 2015
NiRA Targets Youths with “.ng Scout”, Outlines Rebranding Strategies
The Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA) has introduced “.ng Scout”, as part of measures to promote .ng domain name registration and adoption in the country. According to a statement…
- 29 Mar 2016
Nigeria Loses N10Bn Annually Hosting Domain Names Offshore - NiRA
Nigeria is losing not less than N10 billion yearly through hosting its country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), dotng (.ng) domain names outside the country, the Nigeria Internet Registration…
- 3 Jul 2016
Rise of Disruptive Technologies Vital to Nigeria’s GDP - Airtel
Airtel Nigeria, has described disruptive technologies will contribute significantly to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) if ICT start-ups are encouraged to create innovations that deliver…
- 24 Oct 2016
NiRA Changes Strategy on Getting States, Local Govts. on .ng
After unsuccessful efforts to get all the 774 local governments and state governments in the country to register on.ng just as federal ministries and parastatals, Nigeria Internet Registration…
- 21 Aug 2017
ADA 2017: NCC, NigComSat, Others for Honours
The 2017 edition of the twin event, the Nigeria ICT Impact CEO Forum (NIICF) and Africa Digital Awards (ADA), gets closer as the organisers have released some of the corporate and individual nominees…
- 21 Jul 2017
NIICF 2017 Focuses on Social Media Effects on Cyber security
Nigeria ICT Impact CEO Forum (NIICF) & Africa Digital Awards (ADA) would this year have a session on how to tackle the effects of social and the challenges of cyber security. According to Mr.…
- 29 May 2015
NiRA Sets Up Stakeholders Engagement Committee
Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA) executive board of directors had at its quarterly meeting last week, reviewed its plans and noted the various successes recorded in the quarter. At…
- 16 Feb 2016
NiRA Celebrates Decade of .ng Domain Name Management
Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA), the leading Country Code Top Level domain name registry in West Africa, has scheduled a number of activities to mark its tenth year anniversary.…
- 1 Apr 2016
NiRA@10 Focuses On Youths As Bedrock of Nation’s Development- Folayan
It has been a beehive of activity in the last few weeks, as stakeholders celebrate NiRA at 10. Some of the activities lines up for the anniversary were a Youth Empowerment Programme and the NiRA…
- 17 Feb 2017
NIRA: OBJ Spices 2017 Retreat, Body Records Over 15000 on 2nd Level Domain
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, elder statesman and former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, added glamour to the recent retreat organized by the Nigerian Internet Registration Association…
- 19 Oct 2020
NITDA Cautions Nigerians to Stay Safe Online
Due to the growing rate of dependence on technology and the increasing rate of cyber-attacks, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) organised a national Cyber security…
- 24 Aug 2016
ATCON, NiRA & UI Tap AFRINIC to Train Network Engineers on IPv6 Migration
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON); Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA) and University of Ibadan in conjunction with African Network Information Center…
- 20 Jun 2016
Key Speakers, Topics Unveiled as #nitec2016 Begins Thursday
The much talked about Nigeria International Technology Exhibition & Conference (#nitec2016) holds this week, precisely, June 23rd and 24th at the Civic Center, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island,…