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A Message From The President

July 5, 2018                       Volume 6 No. 137
2018 .ng Awards

The 2018 edition of the .ng Awards (The third edition) comes up on Friday 6th July 2018. Over the past three years, the .ng Awards have rewarded those organisations and individuals who are promoting the .ng brand, the Nigerian Online Identity. 

These entities are companies and individuals using the .ng domain names for their websites, projecting the Nigerian culture and norms, and helping to make the Internet more secure, open and accessible. The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) is rewarding these entities for their various achievements. Nominations and voting for the eventual winners in the various categories was done by the general public.  

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TECH SPEAK

Google Begins another Move Towards a Secure Web

Google has always taken Internet security and Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) seriously by advocating that sites adopt HTTPS encryption. Currently all Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) sites are not marked as “not sure”. HTTPS is a secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between a browser and a website. The “S” at the end of HTTPS, stands for Secure, meaning all exchange of data/information between the browser and the website is encrypted.

NEWS

NIRA at the 2018 IT ASSEMBLY

The Computers Professionals [Registration Council] of Nigeria (CPN) of Nigeria hosted the 2018 IT Professionals Assembly at the Abuja International Conference Centre from Wednesday, 20th June to Thursday 21st June, 2018. The theme of the event was tagged ““Professionalism in Information Technology: Past, Present and Future.”

The event which was attended by various dignitaries and Senior Information Technology (IT) officials featured many seasoned speakers in the Information Technology profession. 

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.NG Domain Name Registration Statistics as at 30th June 2018


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Medallion wins 2018 Inter-connectivity Company award

Medallion Communications Limited has won another Interconnect Company of the year award at the Ghana Information And Telecom Awards, organized by InstinctWave in Accra, Ghana.

Last year, Medallion Communications Limited also won the Interconnect Service Provider Of The Year at the prestigious Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA) in Lagos. The event was also powered by Instinct Wave and supported by the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON).

Reacting to the award, Engr. Ikechuchwu Nnamani, CEO, Medallion communications, said that the award would encourage Medallion to strengthen its efforts as a company and as an organization that believes that everyone must be connected. The company plans on maintaining its clear leadership position in the telecom industry and raise the bar of their service delivery. Engr. Nnamani stated clearly that the award would also spur his organisation to redefine inter-connectivity in the telecom industry.

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NIRA at the 2018 NIGF
The 2018 Edition of Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) held on the 2nd and 3rd July 2018 at Shehu Musa Yaradua Center, Central Business District Abuja, with the theme “Internet: An enabler for good Governance’’.

The Youth Forum, with the theme “Internet for Opportunities, Value Creation and Empowerment” held on the 2nd of July 2018 at Shehu Musa Yarádua Centre, Central Business District, Abuja.

At the Youth event was well attended, many questions were asked about the .ng brand and the activities of the NIRA Academy and satisfatory answers were given.

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UPCOMING EVENTS


Date: 6th July 2018
Venue:
Celebration Gardens International, 28 Isaac John St, Ikeja GRA, Ikeja, Nigeria

Celebrating 20 Years of Internet governance in Africa
July 06, 2018,
Cotonou, Republic of Benin.






The pre-conference event of 5th July 2018 was confirmed with a cultural tour from 14.00pm to 19.00 pm
Conference Agenda has been drafted and key panelists have been contacted - This event is being organized back to back with the 6th Africa DNS Forum organized by AFTLD, ICANN and other partners, and hosted by ARCEP (The telco regulator) of Benin

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.ng Media College

Date: Friday 20th July 2018
Venue: NiRA Office Complex
Website: https://nira.org.ng/mediacollege

ICANN 63: Barcelona, Spain

Registration is open for the ICANN63 Annual General in Barcelona, Spain. The Public Meeting will take place from 20th to 25th October 2018 at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB). Look forward to seeing you at the Annual General in Barcelona.
Online pre-registration is available for all ICANN public meetings. Register Here

 
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