No. There are no documents required to register the .NG domain extension.

No. There is no Trustee Service (Proxy) available for this domain name extension.

Trustee Service helps you satisfy most local presence requirements when there are restrictions on registering a domain name.

No. ID Protection is not allowed for this domain name extension.

ID Protection is a service that hides your private information (name, address, email, etc.) from being displayed publicly in a global database on WHOIS to reduce spam.

Yes. There are some domain names restricted for the registration of .NG

Violating rights of third parties, names and activities that are offensive and against international, federal and local laws are prohibited. 

Click here for more information about the .NG domain restrictions.

Anyone or any business is eligible to register the  .NG domain extension.

The minimum period to register the  .NG domain name extension is 1year. 

This registration is immediate.

Once the domain expires, it will be in Renewal Grace Period for 0-60 days when the domain name can only be renewed but not transferred to another registrar, followed by a 28-day Redemption Period (also known as Pending Delete Restorable) when all services associated with the domain name (eg. DNS, website, emails) will automatically not be available but the domain can still be renewed. This comes with an additional restoration fee of N1,500. At the end of the Redemption Period, it enters into a 14-day Pending Purge period and the domain name can no longer be renewed or recovered. After this period, the domain will be available to the general public for re-registration on “First come First serve basis

The domain name must:

• have a minimum of 3 and maximum of 63 characters
• begin with a letter or a number and end with a letter or a number
• use the English character set and may contain letters (i.e., a-z, A-Z), numbers (i.e. 0-9) and dashes (-) or a combination of these
• neither begin with, nor end with a dash (-)
• not contain a dash in the third and fourth positions (e.g. www.xy- -db.ng)
• not include a space (e.g. www.xy db.ng)
• not include underscore (e.g www.ab_cd.ng)

The maximum period for the domain registration is 5 Years.

Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) manages the registration of .NG domain extension.