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- 3 May 2021
Copyright Commission to Support Anti-Plagiarism Software for Tertiary Institutions
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has pledged institutional support for the newly launched anti-plagiarism software to address incessant plagiarism and other copyright abuses in Nigerian tertiary…
- 19 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…
- 13 Feb 2024
NCC Appoints Essay Competition Winners as Copyright Ambassadors
AS part of efforts to encourage creativity, strengthen IP and deepen Copyright knowledge in higher institutions, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has appointed winners of the 2023 World IP Day…
- 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…
- 28 Jun 2021
Court Strikes Out Copyright Infringement Suit against Nigerian Breweries
Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit filed against Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc and three others for alleged copyright infringement. One Mr Paul Allen Oche had dragged the brewery giant…
- 18 Nov 2020
Copyright Commission Offers Support to Boost IP Knowledge
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has offered institutional support to Bingham University, Karu, near Abuja, in the development and use of Intellectual Property (IP) as a tool for enhancing its…
- 4 Jul 2019
NCC, NTA Partner for Enhanced Copyright Protection in Broadcast Industry
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) have reached a commitment to launch an intensive copyright awareness and enforcement campaign to engender a…
- 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…
- 24 Apr 2019
Copyright Commission Warns Schools against Pirated Books
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has vowed to prosecute institutions and schools that use pirated books. It said it would work with the Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) to explore ways…
- 1 Jan 2020
NCC @ 30 Pledges to Change Copyright Narrative for Wealth Creation
As the Federal regulatory and enforcement agency charged with all copyright matters under the Copyright Act, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), this year, commemorates its 30th Anniversary. The…
- 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…
- 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…
- 20 Sept 2020
NCC, AVCNU Set Agenda for Model IP Policy for Nigerian Universities
The first draft of an Intellectual Property (IP) Policy for Nigerian universities will soon be finalised by Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), working with the Association of Vice-Chancellors of…
- 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…
- 15 Feb 2022
NCC, NJI Renew Commitment to Training of Judges on Intellectual Property
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and the National Judicial Institute (NJI) have agreed to intensify their collaboration in the training of judges to enhance the adjudication of intellectual…
- 7 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…
- 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…
- 23 Mar 2009
NCC, Stakeholders Agree on Copyright Law Enforcement
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), in a bid to address the issue of piracy in the creative industry recently organized a one-day workshop for the chief executive officers and operating managers…
- 26 Apr 2022
John Asein, Copyright DG, Says Youths are Key in Intellectual Property Ecosystem
As Nigeria joined the world to mark Intellectual Property Day yesterday, Dr. John Asein, director general of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) said that Youths are major drivers of Nigeria’s…
- 15 Dec 2020
Copyright Commission to Regulate the Business of Printing
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) is set to introduce a new regulatory regime for printers of copyright works as part of efforts to entrench copyright best practices in their operations and curb…
- 19 Apr 2021
NCC Poised to Introduce Model IP Policy for Nigeria
As Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) partners stakeholders to develop a Model Intellectual Property (IP) Policy for Nigerian Universities, it has also appointed the 15 winners of the World…
- 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…
- 6 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…
- 21 Aug 2020
NCC, NFVCB Sign MoU on Regulation & Enforcement of Anti-piracy Operations
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise their partnership for enhanced regulation,…
- 16 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).…
- 14 May 2024
Copyright infringement: NCC Accuses MTN CEO Of Evading Service of Court Process
Karl Toriola, chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria has been accused of evading service in a copyright infringement case. The legal team of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) led by Barrister…
- 21 Feb 2022
Copyright Commission, MCSN, DJAN Discuss Royalty Payments
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has facilitated the emergence of an appropriate framework between the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) and Disco Jockeys Association of Nigeria…
- 9 Jan 2026
Court Dismisses N1Bn Suit against MTN, Awards N3m Costs
A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a N1 billion lawsuit filed against MTN Nigeria Communications Plc by Walls and Gates Ltd and Okechukwu Udeichi, its managing director, over alleged…
- 17 Nov 2009
High-quality Packaging of Counterfeit Software Pose threat to Businesses
The Nigerian Copyright Commission has said high quality packaging of counterfeit software signals a new threat to Nigerian Business. The Commission raided the premises of Plum Telecom, a computer…