.ng

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.ng
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Introduced15 March 1995
TLD type Country code top-level domain
StatusActive
Registry Nigeria Internet Registration Association
Sponsor National Information Technology Development Agency
Intended useEntities connected with Nigeria
Actual useVery popular in Nigeria
Registered domains157,072 (May 2020) [1]
Registration restrictionsOpen domains can be registered by anybody with intent to use; semi-closed and closed domains have specific industry-based restrictions.
StructureRegistrations can be made both at the second and third levels; NIRA may register premium domains at the second level
Documents NIRA Policies [ dead link ]
Dispute policies NIRA Dispute Resolution Policy [ dead link ]
Registry website NIRA (Nigeria Internet Registration Association)

.ng is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Nigeria. It is overseen by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA).

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History

The top-level domain was first delegated in 1995 to Ibukun Odusote at the Yaba College of Technology. [2] She was made a life patron of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association in 2013 for her work. [3]

Operations were initially handled by an organization in Italy, the Instituto per le Applicazioni Telematiche [2] (today known as the Istituto di Informatica e Telematica  [ it ]), [4] but were later transferred to Randy Bush. [2] In 2004, .ng was re-delegated to a Nigerian organization, the National Information Technology Development Agency, [2] and then in 2009, to the Nigeria Internet Registration Association. [2]

Second level domains

In addition, NIRA themselves reserve the right to register 'premium' top level domains under .ng (for example, "google.ng"). [5]

Statistics

As of March 2022, there are 75 registrars accredited by NIRA. [6] Almost 70% of all .ng domains are registered under .com.ng. 7% are registered under .org.ng, which is chiefly used by local non-profit organisations. Although registration at the second level (directly under .ng) is available, only 17% of active .ng domains are registered there. Third-level domains (such as those under .com.ng) are several times cheaper than second-level names, which the registry considers more valuable for their potentially shorter length. [7]

Adoption

In 2025, Nigerian media reported a coordinated push by public institutions and stakeholders to increase adoption of the .ng domain. [8]

References

  1. ↑ ".NG DOMAIN NAME REPORT MAY 2020". Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA). Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "IANA — Report on the Redelegation of the .NG Top-Level Domain". www.iana.org. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ↑ NIRA gets 3 life Patrons, IT Realms, Retrieved 23 January 2016
  4. ↑ "Vent'anni di Cnr-Iit". National Research Council.
  5. ↑ "NIRA Domain name policy" . Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "History of NiRA(new) – NiRA Website". 2 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  7. ↑ ".NG Domain usage statistics. December, 2017". Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  8. ↑ Umeh, Juliet (19 October 2025). "Senate, BPP, NITDA champion full .ng adoption to strengthen Nigeria's identity". Vanguard.
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