Nigeria Internet Registration Association, (NiRA) was established on 28th March 2006 when stakeholders within the Nigerian Internet Industry got together to adopt its constitution, under the stewardship of an Interim Board of Trustees (iBoT).
The iBoT thereafter conducted an election that day, and the Pioneer Board of Trustees (BoT) was elected, with Dr. Isaac Odeyemi as the Chairman of the BoT. The current Chair of the BoT is Deacon Chima Onyekwere, OON.
The BoT thereafter conducted elections for the Pioneer Executive Board (EBoD), with the late Engr Ndukwe Kalu being elected as the Pioneer President of NiRA. The late Kalu was succeeded by Mrs Mary Uduma, our immediate Past President who completed her term of office in 2015. The current President of NIRA is Reverend Sunday Folayan.
The transfer of the appropriate management of the .ng National Resource was coordinated by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on behalf of the Federal government of Nigeria.
NIRA, the leading Country Code Top Level Domain Name Registry in West Africa, is proud to celebrate a decade of managing Nigeria’s critical national resource and identity flagship on the Internet, the .ng name string.
Today, NiRA Represented by the Current Chairman Board of Trustees, Deacon Chinma Onyekwere and the President, Executive Board of Director, Reverend Sunday Folayan, announce the commencement of NiRA’s 10th year anniversary with this press conference. The activities for the celebration, which will contribute to building awareness and appreciation of .ng includes.
- Nigeria Internet Registration Association, (NiRA) was established on 28th March 2006 when stakeholders within the Nigerian Internet Industry got together to adopt its constitution, under the stewardship of an Interim Board of Trustees (iBoT).
- The iBoT thereafter conducted an election that day, and the Pioneer Board of Trustees (BoT) was elected, with Dr. Isaac Odeyemi as the Chairman of the BoT. The current Chair of the BoT is Deacon Chima Onyekwere, OON.
- The BoT thereafter conducted elections for the Pioneer Executive Board (EBoD), with the late Engr Ndukwe Kalu being elected as the Pioneer President of NiRA. The late Kalu was succeeded by Mrs Mary Uduma, our immediate Past President who completed her term of office in 2015. The current President of NIRA is Reverend Sunday Folayan.
- The transfer of the appropriate management of the .ng National Resource was coordinated by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on behalf of the Federal government of Nigeria.
- NIRA, the leading Country Code Top Level Domain Name Registry in West Africa, is proud to celebrate a decade of managing Nigeria’s critical national resource and identity flagship on the Internet, the .ng name string.
- Today, NiRA Represented by the Current Chairman Board of Trustees, Deacon Chinma Onyekwere and the President, Executive Board of Director, Reverend Sunday Folayan, announce the commencement of NiRA’s 10th year anniversary with this press conference. The activities for the celebration, which will contribute to building awareness and appreciation of .ng includes
At NiRA, we are passionate about local content development and we believe that great ideas begin with a simple inspiration and thereafter become stories that entertain, educate and capture the imagination of the audience. With our passion in mind, we will launch the NiRA .ng selfie and animation competitions to create compelling local contents that inspire. We encourage Nigerians to take advantage of the opportunities offered by these competitions.
The Domain Name Systems (DNS) industry is a revenue generator with abundant business opportunities in the .ng domain industry. We request that all Nigerians join in the noble act of promoting our businesses, our culture, our heritage and our economy online, by promoting .ng.
We appreciate your presence and the role of the media in projecting .ng and communicating NiRA’s activities.
We equally have the press at heart. The Media College event, for engaging Gentlemen of the Press, would hold in the 2nd quarter of 2016. We thank you for coming today and encourage you to register your .ng domain names and use it for your websites, blogs and email activities.
