.ng
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Introduced | 1995 (active since 1990) |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Nigeria_Internet_Registration_Association |
Sponsor | National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria Network Information Center |
Intended use | Entities connected with ![]() |
Actual use | Very Popular in Nigeria and abroad |
Registered domains | 69,000,000 (January 9, 2017)[citation needed] |
Registration restrictions | Open domains can be registered by anybody with those intent to use; some of these semi-closed and closed domains have varying specific industry-based restrictions. There are no other restrictions |
Structure | Registrations are typically made at the third level beneath second-level names; NIRA may register premium domains at the second level |
Documents | NIRA Policies |
Dispute policies | NIRA Dispute Resolution Policy |
Registry website |
.ng is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Nigeria.
On May 13, 2009, IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) completed the process of re-delegation of the .ng domain name from temporary authorities to the current Nigerian ones. For many years, Randy Bush had been the Technical contact of the .ng domain name. With the IANA re-delegation, the technical contact is now the local Nigerian DNS administrator, while the administrative contact is the president of Nigeria Internet Registration Association.
To speed up the process of registering .ng domain names, NIRA has accredited a first batch of 29 Domain registrars, most of whom are Nigerian companies. Registrars are categorized into Platinum, Gold, Silver and Standard categories.[1]
History
Einführung
Registering .ng Website domains
Second level domains
Registrations are made Directly at third-level beneath second-level Domains:
- com.ng – open domain, commercial entities and businesses
- org.ng – semi-open domain, non-commercial organizations
- gov.ng – closed domain, governmental organizations
- edu.ng – closed domain, degree awarding institutions
- net.ng – closed domain, ISP infrastructure
- sch.ng – closed domain, Secondary Schools
- name.ng – open domain
- mobi.ng – open domain, suitable for mobile devices
- info.ng – closed domain
- web.ng – closed domain
- media.ng – closed domain
- ngo.ng – closed domain
- site.ng – closed domain
- tv.ng – closed domain
- group.ng – closed domain
- store.ng – closed domain
- tech.ng – closed domain
- tm.ng – closed domain
- news.ng – closed domain
- ind.ng – closed domain
- med.ng – closed domain
- firm.ng – closed domain
- sys.ng – closed domain
- biz.ng – closed domain
- arts.ng – closed domain
- lib.ng – closed domain
- home.ng – closed domain
- mil.ng – closed domain (Nigerian Military Establishments only)
- i.ng – open domain, All purpose and businesses
In addition, NIRA themselves reserve the right to register 'premium' top level domains under .ng (for example, google.ng).[2]
Ibukun Odusote was the first contact person for the .ng domain name and she was made a life patron of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association in 2013 for her pioneering work.[3]
See Also
References
- ^ "NIRA registrars listing". Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
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- ^ NIRA gets 3 life Patrons, IT Realms, Retrieved 23 January 2016