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- 16 Jun 2021
SEC Grants NG Clearing Approval to Operate
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted NG Clearing Limited (NG Clearing) registration to perform the function of a central counterparty (CCP) with effect from June 7, 2021. This…
- 15 Jun 2021
NG Clearing Limited Becomes Nigeria’s Premier Central Counterparty
Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted NG Clearing Limited (NG Clearing) registration to perform the function of a central counterparty…
- 19 Jan 2021
NG Clearing Acquires Clearing, Settlement Technology for its Operations
Following the receipt of an approval in principle from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in September 2020, to clear and settle exchange traded derivatives instruments, Nigeria’s premier…
- 3 Dec 2021
NG Clearing Sets to Launch as West Africa’s First Central Counterparty
The Nigerian financial services sector is agog as all is now set for the formal launch of NG Clearing Limited, the first central counterparty (CCP) in West Africa, on Thursday, 9 December 2021. The…
- 10 Dec 2021
The Nigerian Capital Market Witnessed the Emergence of Its First Central Counterparty
The Nigerian Capital Market on Thursday, December 9, 2021, witnessed a monumental milestone as NG Clearing limited, the first Central Counterparty in West Africa, formally launched her operations.…
- 18 Apr 2022
NGX Launches West Africa’s First Exchange-traded Derivatives Market
Nigerian Exchange Limited has launched West Africa’s first Exchange Traded Derivatives Market with Equity Index Futures Contracts. It said in a statement over the weekend that this was consistent…
- 4 Jul 2021
SEC Okayss NGX Derivative Contracts with MTN, Dangote Cement
Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) at the weekend said that it has received approval for seven derivative contracts from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In finance, a derivative is a…
- 9 Dec 2021
NiRA Parleys Registrars to Deepen .ng Domain Adoption
Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the Registry for .ng Internet Domain Names, which maintains the database of names registered on the .ng country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), has…
- 4 Aug 2008
No Alternative to Internet Local Content-Kalu
Ndukwe Kalu is president, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) and also the chief executive, Amsco Telecom Kalu is an accomplished engineer with robust credentials. He has been on the…
- 8 Aug 2016
A Case for .ng Domains
Quite frankly, it is very amazing that a country with close to 100 million or more (depending on whose data you choose to use) has sold less than 100,000 .NG domains to local and international…
- 5 May 2019
Non-Existing MDAs Seek Domain Registration – NITDA
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said that it has received requests for registration and assignment of domain names in the country’s Top Level Domain Name. A…
- 10 Nov 2017
eNigeria 2017: Participants Make 11-Point Recommendations To Government
By peter oluka To foster digital economy through local content development and regulation, participants at the just concluded eNigeria 2017, have recommended that the Government through NITDA and…
- 14 Sept 2009
Death of Mr. .ng, Ndukwe Kalu
Hard as it is to believe, Ndukwe Kalu is dead. Now it is clear that there is irreversible termination of the biological functions that defined the life and times of Kalu, the iconic…
- 21 Mar 2019
How Untrained Pilot Killed 157 on Ethiopian Airways-Report
The captain of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight that killed 157 people when the plane crashed shortly after take-off in Ethiopia, did not practise on a new simulator for the Boeing 737 MAX 8, a…
- 30 Jun 2019
MDAs Device Means to Flout Directive on .ng Domain Registration
Some ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the federal government are still flouting the federal government directive that all MDAs should register their websites on the country’s top level…
- 9 Feb 2015
NiRA Loses N10.5Bn Yearly to Foreign Domain Operators
Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the body mandated by the federal government to operate the country’s top level domain name, .ng, may be losing over N10.5billion annually to various…
- 22 Nov 2017
Facebook Announces Nigeria Initiative, Targets NG_Hub Launch Next Year
By peter oluka Facebook, Wednesday, announced a new nationwide initiative in Nigeria to further cement its commitment and investment in the country, and across the continent. Incorporating a series…
- 25 May 2026
NCAA Suspends Services to Air Peace, Others over Debts
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has placed 11 domestic airlines on its updated “No-Pay-No-Service” list over unpaid statutory charges, a move that could affect the renewal of key operational…
- 19 Apr 2021
Cyber Era NG Partners Tradepass on BYTES ’21: LIVE & CyFrica: LIVE
Cyber Era NG, leading ICT and Digital Economy Publication has wrapped up plans to partner B2B Conferences and event organizers- Tradepass on two potentially industry disruptive virtual events for the…
- 12 Dec 2016
NiRA Ponders on Enabling MSMEs, Online Biz & .ng Domain Growth
The place of Micros, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in employment generation and wealth creation translating into poverty reduction are well recognised and acknowledged especially in a…
- 21 May 2014
NIRA Appoints New COO
The Executive Board of Directors of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has named Mrs. Edith Udeagu as the new chief operating officer (COO) and Secretary to the Board. Mrs. Mary…
- 20 May 2017
NITDA Boosts NTA’s Operations with Digital Capacity Building Information Centre
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) donates a Digital Capacity Building Centre (DCBC) to Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) at their Corporate Headquarters in Abuja. This was…
- 8 Jun 2026
FCCPC Refutes Airtime Market Takeover Claims
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has rejected reports claiming it backed a major shake-up of Nigeria’s airtime credit market or secured presidential approval for new…
- 14 Apr 2025
NITDA Calls for Comments, Inputs on the Draft Technical Standards For Digital Public Infrastructure
The National Information Technology Development Agency wishes to announce the release of the draft Technical Standards for Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for public consultation and is actively…
- 9 Aug 2015
MDeC, IDC Rate Digital Transformation as Start of a Thousand-Mile Journey
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and International Data Corporation (IDC) recently held the third CIO Survival Guide event to help business and IT leaders understand and cope with the…
- 18 Aug 2016
Why .ng is Next Cash Cow- NiRA
As businesses continue to face challenges imposed by fluctuating foreign exchange market, the Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA), believes the situation presents opportunities in the…
- 31 Mar 2019
FG Orders Civil Servants to Use .gov.ng eMails
The federal government may have concluded arrangement to move all official government documents and exchanges on to a more secure domestic security infrastructure. This is in a renewed…
- 6 Feb 2012
FG Bans Use of Yahoomail, hotmail for Official Business
After what appears a long wavering, the federal government has dusted its project to migrate all its ministries, departments and agencies as well as civil servants to the .ng domain based websites…
- 10 Jun 2026
FG's $10m Hello.cv Deal Sparks Outrage as Experts Question Snub of .ng Domain
Stakeholders in Nigeria's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector have expressed concerns over the inclusion of a foreign country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in a recent partnership…
- 5 Oct 2009
FG to Ban Yahoomail, Hotmail, Other Free emails, Creates 10,000 New .ng emails
Federal civil servants will soon be banned from using free email accounts like Yahoomail, hotmail in a fresh security ethos designed to permeate through all tiers of government and its agencies and…