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'''.ng''' is the ccTLD for Nigeria. It is managed by the [[Nigeria Internet Registration Association|Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA)]].<ref>[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ng.html IANA: Delegation Record for .NG]</ref>
'''.ng''' is the ccTLD for Nigeria. It is managed by the [[Nigeria Internet Registration Association|Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA)]].<ref>[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ng.html IANA: Delegation Record for .NG]</ref>
== Delegation History ==
On 15 March 1995, the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (which then performed the IANA functions) approved a request for establishment of the .ng ccTLD. Upon its establishment, the .ng ccTLD was delegated by [[Jon Postel|Dr. Jon Postel]] (then in charge of the IANA function at the Information Sciences Institute) to Ms. Iyabo Odusote from Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria as administrative contact; and Mr. Abraham Gebrehewit, from IAT, Pisa, Italy, as the technical contact.
In the Nigerian National Policy for Information Technology (IT) dated March 2001, the National Information Technical Development Agency (NITDA) was established. NITDA's goal was to foster the development and growth of IT in Nigeria and, among other responsibilities, become the "operating agency" for .ng. In a message dated 8 December 2003, the Nigerian Government, through the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology recognized NITDA as the appropriate delegee for the .ng ccTLD and expressed an interest to have NITDA formally recognized by ICANN as the delegee for the .ng ccTLD. In 2004, ICANN redelegated the .ng top-level domain to NITDA.
A new request for redelegation was received by IANA on 15 January 2009. The proposed redelegation appeals for the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) to be designated as the Sponsoring Organisation for the .ng top-level domain. On 23 April 2009, the Board of ICANN passed a resolution approving the proposed redelegation.
== Rules and Restrictions ==
== Rules and Restrictions ==
** the ten western digits (0-9); and
** the ten western digits (0-9); and
** hyphens.
** hyphens.
*The first or last Characters of a domain name must not be a hyphen.
* The first or last Characters of a domain name must not be a hyphen.
*The domain name must not consist of only numeric characters.
* The domain name must not consist of only numeric characters.
* As NiRA does not offer Internationalised Domain Names (IDN) for now , domain names that start with the characters "xn--" (i.e., "xn" followed by two dashes) may not be registered.
* As NiRA does not offer Internationalised Domain Names (IDN) for now , domain names that start with the characters "xn--" (i.e., "xn" followed by two dashes) may not be registered.
* A domain must not be one Character long or two characters long. For example, an application to register 1.com.ng or ab.com.ng would be rejected. Except offered by auction at the second or third level. For example, bubbl.i.ng can be permitted.<ref name="rules"></ref>
* A domain must not be one Character long or two characters long. For example, an application to register 1.com.ng or ab.com.ng would be rejected. Except offered by auction at the second or third level. For example, bubbl.i.ng can be permitted.<ref name="rules"></ref>