Nigeria Internet Registration Association
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| Type: | Non Profit |
| Industry: | Registry |
| Founded: | March 23, 2005 |
| Headquarters: | 9 Kofo Abayomi Street Victoria Island Lagos |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Email: | admin[at]nira.org.ng |
| Website: | NiRA |
| Facebook: | NiRA |
| Key People | |
| Mary Uduma, President A. Odeyemi, Chairman Board of Trustees | |
NiRA or Nigerian Internet Registration Association is the registry of .ng domain names. Besides the ccTLD it supports some other second level domains including com.ng, edu.ng, name.ng, net.ng, org.ng, sch.ng, gov.ng, mil.ng and mobi.ng.[1]
History
NiRA was started as a stakeholder organization in 2005 for the maintenance of .ng domain names, prior to which this ccTLD was being managed by NITDA on behalf of the Federal Government and was hosted in USA by an American Randy Bush. NiRA's board of trustees was elected in 2007 and its executive board in 2010.[2]
NiRA follows the Registry/Registrar model according to which .ng domain names can be registered through NiRA accredited registrar. It does not directly register domain names.[3]
External Links
- NiRA registrars list.