If you want to host a website in Nigeria, you may decide to choose the .ng domain name registration since it is the official Internet Country Code Top Level Domain of Nigeria sponsored by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) with the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) as the Registry.

To register the .ng domain name, you must have actual physical presence in Nigeria (as an individual or as an entity) and you can make the registration through several registry services that offer the .ng registration. NiRA has announced that it expects to gain 2 million users over the next 18 months, fueled in part by a January 2008 memorandum of agreement between NiRA and NITDA.

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If you are wondering what web hosting companies are leading the pack in Nigeria, perhaps this web host ranking information from WebHosting.Info would give you an idea of what web hosting company to choose when registering domains or getting a webhosting package from Nigeria.
The ranking is based on the overall market share and total domains registered as at November 11, 2008.

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proCareersNigeria.com is a professional networking site for colleagues and contacts interested in careers in Nigeria. The site was launched in March 2008 and now has over 1000 members making connections with friends and colleagues. With this service, users can invite their workmates, classmates and business associates and build their network and thus progress with their careers and relationships.

Update: Site doesn’t exist anymore

The site has a similar idea like LinkedIn (as a professional network of business contacts), but also has a Facebook approach as it leans towards social networking in Nigeria with the usual features of blogs, events, photos, etc As part of it’s marketing strategy, proCareersNigeria.com is offering a FREE Nokia E65 mobile phone for any of it’s members that has 300 friends or connections by August 31st, 2008. Sounds cool, huh?

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