Nigeria internet domain manager, NIRA eyes 100,000 name uptakes by Q2 2013

December 4, 2012 By 3 Comments
NIRA, which manages the Nigeria’s identity in cyberspace and its associated sub-level domain names and ensures cost-effective administration of the .ng ccTLD says that its accredited registrars have so far registered over 26,000 .ng domain names.

  By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. December 4, 2012: The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has set a target of 100,000 uptakes by the Q2 2013 for .ng, the internet domain name for the country. Over the last few years the Nigerian country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) name has continued to witness growing interest from [...]

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NIRA holds Special AGM in Lagos (Photo Gallery)

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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The Nigeria Internet Registration Association of NIgeria (NIRA) held a Special Annual General Meeting on May 1, 2012 at the MUSON Centre to review its Financial Year and other issues to foster the growth of the managers of the nation’s ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain), the dotNG.  Technology Times brings images from the event:

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Nigeria rues slow uptake of local Internet domain name

May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan: NIRA says that it is very important that individuals, businesses and government organisations switch to their dot ng signature on the Internet in order to achieve the target set to discontinue the use of foreign domain names in Nigeria.

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. May 4, 2012: The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), managers of Nigeria’s Internet domain name, the .ng, has expressed concern over the low rate of adoption of the online resource by its owners: Nigerians. NIRA says it has a target to grow the number of registrations of the ccTLD (country code [...]

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