.ng

.ng
Introduced	1995 (active since 1990)
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 Nigeria
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	NIRA (Nigeria Internet Registration Association); Nigerian Network Information Center (another 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]

References

^ "NIRA registrars listing". Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "NIRA Domain name policy" (PDF). Retrieved 16 March 2011.
^ NIRA gets 3 life Patrons, IT Realms, Retrieved 23 January 2016

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[1] "NIRA registrars listing". Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "NIRA Domain name policy" (PDF). Retrieved 16 March 2011.

[3] NIRA gets 3 life Patrons, IT Realms, Retrieved 23 January 2016

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