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- 7 Jul 2013
2m Nigerians Use Yahoo emails Accounts
There are some 2 million Nigerians, who own Yahoo email accounts-so-called free email account, according to Nigeria Internet Registration Association (Nira). Opeoluwa Odusan, chief operating officer,…
- 15 Apr 2013
Nigeria Loses N300m to Offshore gTLDs
The registration of Nigerian websites in several generic top-level domains (gTLDs), such .org, .net, .com among others is costing the country over N300 million every year, according to Nigeria…
- 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…
- 10 Aug 2014
Local Governments to Miss .ng Deadline
The August 31 deadline given to local governments in the country to host their websites on .ng, the country’s top level domain has recorded just 20% compliance, suggesting that most local governments…
- 8 Apr 2013
IXPN, NiRA to Hold Local Internet Content Forum
The Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), is collaborating with the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), managers of Nigeria’s country code Top Level Domain, .ng, to organise Local…
- 10 May 2015
LGAs Reluctant to Switch to .gov.ng
Most local government areas in the country are yet to comply with the directive to register their presence on .gov.ng, country’s top level domain name, some eight months after the expiration…
- 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…
- 26 May 2014
Revealed! How Costs Scare Registration on .ng
Many of the costs of changing to Nigeria’s top level domain name .ng have all conspired to hobble the efforts of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) and her registrars to attract…