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'''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]].<ref>[http://www.nira.org.ng/ NiRA]</ref>
'''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]].<ref>[http://www.nira.org.ng/ NiRA]</ref>
NiRA is interested in hosting [[ICANN]] meeting planned in 2013.<ref>[http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/constiution/14-icann-2013 NiRA]</ref>
==History==
==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.<ref>[http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/about-nira About NiRA]</ref>
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 National Information Technology Development Agency-[[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.<ref>[http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/about-nira About NiRA]</ref>
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.<ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/member-profiles/ng.htm ICANN ccNSO]</ref>
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.<ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/member-profiles/ng.htm ICANN ccNSO]</ref>