.ng Domains | Oluniyi D. Ajao

The death of Kalu Ndukwe & how it affected the .NG Domain Registry

Friday, October 2, 2009

The .NG domain name registry has been problematic for about two weeks now. New domains could not be registered via the Internet and some old ones stopped working. I had been sniffing around to find the root cause. It turned out that my suspicion on the problem was right – the problem is linked to [...]

Nigerian cc-TLD (.ng domains) – Something is definitely wrong

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

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It’s now crystal clear to me that there is something certainly wrong with the Nigerian Country Code Top Level Domain (cc-TLD), the .ng domain registry. It is bad enough that for the past 3 weeks, I have had 5 domains in the final stages of registration, but no action has been taken by NIRA and the [...]

.ng domains, why you need them

Saturday, January 13, 2007

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At the time of writing this piece, the total number of .ng domains that have been registered are less than a mere 1,500. Infact, the total number of .ng domains in the registry of the registrar, today January 13th 2007, is 1364. The registration of .ng domains have witnessed a very low patronage among Nigerians, over [...]