Free .com.ng, .org.ng domain name registrations to Nigerians
Friday, January 14th, 2011 | 19,953 views | Posted in Domain Names | 18 Comments »The .NG Registry as part of its Nigeria @ 50 independence celebration is offering 50,000 .ng domain names within 50 days. According to TelecomPaper:
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), manager of the Nigerian web domain .ng, has released 50,000 free domain names for Nigerians as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the country. Registration of free domains will run until 21 March. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) will provide the funding for the project. The agency is committed to training a substantial number of Nigerian youths as web developers in readiness for an envisaged increased demand for the services of web developers with the registration of 50,000 .ng domains in the first quarter, and the target population of the .ng registry with 250,000 domains by the end of 2011. The project will be launched this month by NITDA, which will also sponsor the capacity building effort of NiRA and setting up a data centre and co-location facility to support the activation of the 250,000 domains. While the free domain name offer lasts, registrars will register domains at no cost to registrants for a period of one year. The offer of free domains is restricted to the following second level domains (SLDs): .com.ng, .org.ng, .name.ng, .mobi.ng, and .sch.ng. Recipients are expected to renew their domains at the usual fees at the expiration of the one-year period.
While the offer lasts, Web4Africa would register the .ng domains at no cost to Registrants for a period of one year. The offer of free domains is restricted to the following Second Level:
- .com.ng
- .org.ng
- .name.ng
- .mobi.ng, and
- .sch.ng (This would be part of it with the provision that a process of verification should be adhered to).
The following terms apply:
- The domain name is for free for one year (the first year). The domain name is subject to renewal fees in the subsequent years.
- Domain names that are not put to a meaningful use within 6 (six) months will be withdrawn.
- All domain names must be in compliance with NIRA Domain Name Policy.
To register your free .ng domain names, head to www.web4africa.com.ng now. Use Promo code: NG@50 in the shopping cart for the free domain registration.
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Hi,
Is this true or we should ignore it.
http://www.web4africa.net uses an invalid security certificate.
The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is unknown.
(Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer)
I got the message above while trying to use the site
Ignore it and proceed with alacrity.
Thanks for this info, but how much is the renewal of this free domain. Moreover I thought it should be for ex: mydomain.ng and not mydomain.com.ng? Furthermore how can I access the free web developers training from NITDA? Thanks
A way to encourage Nigerians to have internet presence is good from this corner(provider).More greese to your elbow
We appreciate you. I will spread the Gospel News about this to many nigerians.
thanks a lot
happy 4 d development in IT in nigeria, it gives access for many online businesses in nigr.
pls. i wants 2 know how long it takes for activation after registering and why it is more expensive compare to the international domain. e.g .com.thanks
Thanx very much for the info, i will help pass the message round.
Thanks for this offer, but how much will it cost to renew any of the second level free domains per year after the free period is over.
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PLS I CALLED ON THURSDAY about my ACCOUNT not having access to EDIT my nameserver after registration…
I GOT 4 DOMAINS just one of it is working but d other 3 am yet to make them work but dis freebiesworld.com.ng NEVER propagated to CPANEL PLS HELP ME
You may try them again now. Please restrict further comments about this issue to our ticket system.
please the domain you said will close on 21 march… but its telling me it has expired
Unfortunately, the .ng registry closed the offer earlier than we anticipated.
just wounder if this is still available
just found this site today why search for something else
Pls i need first year free domain name. Help me out
Henry, unfortunately the free domain promo is over.
I have tried to by domain name and hosting plan but could not because there was no promo code. I tried one and it was said to have expired and I can’t find any on web4africa.net. please, can anyone help me? I already own an account with web4africa.net.
The promo is long over.