NiRA
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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]
Miss Mary Uduma, president of the organization, opposes ICANN's decision to create a .xxx sTLD.[2]
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 National Information Technology Development Agency-NITDA on behalf of the Federal Government and was hosted in USA by an American Randy Bush. Its board of trustees was elected in 2007 and its executive board in 2010.[3] To promote the ccTLD NiRA offered 50,000 free .ng domain names to its customers in March 2011.[4]
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.[5]
Events
NiRA, in collaboration with other internet related bodies, organized Digital Sense Forum 2010 held in Lagos.[6] It represents Nigeria in GAC conferences and is interested in hosting ICANN meeting planned in 2013.[7]
External Links
- NiRA registrars list.