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- 7 May 2013
NCC Seizes N4.8Bn from Pirates
Afam Ezekude, director general, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has said that the commission has seized pirated materials with an estimated market value of about N4.8 billion, in the last one…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 22 Jun 2020
NGO Asks CCB to Probe Asein, NCC Boss over Double Salary
Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has asked the Code Of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to probe John Asein, director-general of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), over the…
- 12 Aug 2020
Commission Vows to Prosecute Online Service Providers for Copyright Infractions
Online service providers, including hosts of e-libraries, would be held responsible for any copyright infractions on their platforms, according to John O. Asein, director-general, Nigerian Copyright…
- 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…
- 9 Dec 2016
NCC Sensitizes Universities on Protection of Intellectual Property
Mr. Afam Ezekude, Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission, (NCC) has said that, as more nations leverage on their innovations and creative resource pool as foundation for development,…