How To Get a .NG Domain Name?

Get in touch with this guy:

Randy Bush <randy at psg dot com>

I know he used to manage Nigeria's domain names at one point, but I'm not sure what the situation is. In any case, he should be able to point you in the right direction.

Thx Ka, randy bush has an extensive form on his site which I don't want to fill out for fear that it will take donkey years for the request to be fulfilled.  Plus this domain will be forwarded and that breaches one of the requirements.


Timmy thx for your input but that link is dead.  Anyone else have phone numbers or domains that u actually set up with .ng ?

Thanks in advance

Seun where u dey sef?  now wey i need your input I no come see u

Randy bush wont contact u even u knock on his front door especially these days that he's so "busy". There are are many pitfalls on the way,(i can tell because have been there).

ok. that was the name i was looking for earlier.  randy fox.  not very helpfull.  so what is the best bet  because i do want to register some extensions plsssssssssss.

thanks in advance

hi, fox
saw your posting, i was hooked on an assignment.(sorry). since its a private domain its a little bit different, (for govt organizations its free). i will get the info for private organisations and get back to you.
one thing to note is that it takes some time(not our usual 24-72hours).But your server ie the dns must be on different networks-eg

67.123.15.22  - ns1.yourname.com
58.23.116.45  - ns2.yourname.com

hope you get what i mean.

I wonder for Naija, if smaller African countries can get their ccTLD working fine it is a shame that Naija can not get .ng to to be avialbale without unnecessary problem.

Guys whats happening.. this .NG thingy is driving me crazy, i was forced to settle for a temporary domain for an old clients
www.oshodi-isolo.org   which should have been www.oshodi-isolo.gov.ng

@ Kazey i hope you can do some of your smart little tricks here man... Just can't wait for a ccTLD hero in nija

ok guys, for the gist:

 if you are registering for a government organisation, you download and print the form @ http://psg.com/dns/ng/ng.txt
 fill it:
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0.   NG DOMAIN TEMPLATE....: 2.32  2005.01.06

      1.   REGISTRATION TYPE
         * (N)ew (M)odify (D)elete..: New(for new domains)

      2. * FULLY-QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAME:  www.myorg.gov.ng
      3.   ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
      3a.* Organization Name.....: my org international
      3b.* Address Line 1........: Ibadan road lagos  
      3b.* Address Line 2........:
      3c.* City..................: Ikeja     
      3d.* Postal Code...........: po box 1254 festac town
      3e.* Country...............: Nigeria

      4. * DESCRIPTION OF ORG/DOMAIN:

      5.   Date Operational......:   01-12-05 (put date which you want the domain operational)

      6.   ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT OF ORG/DOMAIN
      6a.  NIChandle (if known)..:
      6b.* Whole Name............: Ade seun okeke
      6c.  Organization Name.....: myorg international
      6d.* Address Line 1........: ibadan road lagos
      6d.  Address Line 2........:
      6e.* City..................: Ikeja
      6f.* Postal Code...........: po box 1254 festac town
      6g.* Country...............: Nigeria
      6h.* Voice Phone...........: 01-523698
      6i.* Electronic Mailbox....: mymail@mail.com (it should be a mail that is presently operation, even yahoo mail will do)
      6j.* RC num (for .com.ng)..: ( if your client is a private organisation, input its company registration number)

      7.   TECHNICAL AND ZONE CONTACT
      7a.  NIChandle (if known)..:
      7b.* Whole Name............:  (your own name and address, mail, phone should be placed in this section)
      7c.  Organization Name.....:
      7d.* Address Line 1........:
      7d.  Address Line 2........:
      7e.* City..................:
      7f.* Postal Code...........:
      7g.* Country...............:
      7h.* Voice Phone...........:
      7i.* Electronic Mailbox....:
      7j.* Registration Mailbox..:
      7k.  Fax Number............:

FILL OUT QUESTION 8 AND 9 FOR DELEGATIONS ONLY (i.e those organizations
running nameservers for a branch of the NG Domain namespace,

Note that your domain name servers should exist on a different backbone or Network or else your application wont go through
      8.   PRIMARY SERVER: HOSTNAME, NETADDRESS
      8a.* Hostname..............: eg (dns1.myorg.com)
      8b.* IP Address............: 69.23.123.56
      9.   SECONDARY SERVER: HOSTNAME, NETADDRESS
      9a.* Hostname..............: (dns2.myorg.com)
      9b.* IP Address............: 62.125.14.25[/b]


[b]Leave the remaining entries below blank

FILL OUT QUESTION 10 FOR DIRECT REGISTRATIONS IP HOSTS (if you answered 8 &
9, do not answer 10, 11, and 12)

     10.   RESOURCE RECORDS (RRs) FOR IP INTERNET HOSTS
     10a.* IP ADDRESS (required).:
     10b.  HARDWARE .............:
     10c.  OPERATING SYS ........:
     10d.* MX ...................:

It is your responsibility to see that an IN-ADDR pointer record is entered
in the DNS database.  Contact the administrator of the IP network your host
is on to have this done.

FILL OUT QUESTIONS 11 AND 12 FOR NON-IP HOSTS (such as UUCP)

     11.   FORWARDING HOST INFORMATION
     11a.* Forwarding Host.......:
     11b.* Contact Name (req)....:
     11c.* Contact Email (req)...:

     12.   RESOURCE RECORDS (RRs) FOR NON-IP HOSTS (UUCP)
     12a.  DOMAIN NAME ..........:
     12b.  HARDWARE .............:
     12c.  OPERATING SYS ........:
     12d.* MX (required).........:



Good luck

icecool don't you think 30days is too long for a domain registration?
and by the way , you didnt put cost on your site.

Sorry please is Randy ? the registra of .NG domains

To get .ng right now seems to me like it's a pain in the butt

I have personally had several run ins with Randy Bush and I can say he is the most erratic fellow you can ever come across, he runs the .ng domain as his own personal fiefdom.

for the record I have sucessfully registered some domains with him and using the exact same procedure have sent others which fail. ALL the domains I tried to register are from reputable organsations so there is nor rhyme or logic to his methods of determining who gets registered or who doesnt.


This is his pet peeve because he actually wrote RFC (request for comment) which governs that bit of the requirements for DNS so even though other DNS registrars will allow you to register your domain.

Please we need to look for a company org another organisation to manage our .ng domain without having to go through the pains we are currently undergoing.

I shudder to think what will happen if Randy Bush's (Sounds like a relative of George Bush they both have bulldozer attitudes) server goes down or if he should kick the bucket. That would be a major disaster for Nigerians the NITDA should take up full responsibilty and administer the .ng domain is my own opinion

Also try Web4Africa 

Hello all

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Registration is for 2 years minimum

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optional
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