A business savvy individual or a greedy Nigerian( Depends on how you look at it) by the name of Olumayowa Elegbede , has claimed ownership of the domain names of NigeriaAir.ng and NigeriaAir.com.ng and put them up for resale at a cost of 24 million naira each.($66,489).

Entrepreneur or Unpatriotic Opportunist? What's your take?

https://techpoint.ng/2018/07/20/nigeria-air-domain-taken/

9jaAir, Air9ja, 9jaAirways. Airnaija.gov Nigerian have a lots of available names to use bet me after two years that name will be available to host with no cost.

not my business.

Brilliant. Just brilliant but I'm positive FG or whoever the "contract" of finding a domain name is awarded to will not even bother pricing his "market". They'll always find a way around it

czarina:
Brilliant. Just brilliant but I'm positive FG or whoever the "contract" of finding a domain name is awarded to will not even bother pricing his "market". They'll always find a way around it

Thought so as well, they would simply choose another domain name e.g FlyNigeriaAir.com or something else.

topgun98:


Thought so as well, they would simply choose another domain name e.g FlyNigeriaAir.com or something else.

spot on

topgun98:


Thought so as well, they would simply choose another domain name e.g FlyNigeriaAir.com or something else.

OfficialNigeriaAir.ng and OfficialNigeriaAir.com.ng

Smart entrepreneur but not smart enough.

An official website i.p address should be hosted by the country.

Abeg who patriotism epp? The guy is an entrepreneur jhor. Naija get money to pay

Intelxiii:
9jaAir, Air9ja, 9jaAirways. Airnaija.gov Nigerian have a lots of available names to use bet me after two years that name will be available to host with no cost.

They've bought every possible permutation. I saw different domains yesterday on twitter. As for using the number 9 to depict Nigeria, that won't be possible cos they've already shown us the logo and there was no number.

TarOrfeek:


Typical Afonja with a narrow minded thinking scope.

God please help me dash this mumu, tribal bigot small sense

Typical Afonja with a narrow minded thinking scope.

Last night I had a dream of me having sex with the girl next door,I just came across her now and she acts as if nothing happened

topgun98:


Thought so as well, they would simply choose another domain name e.g FlyNigeriaAir.com or something else.

he will soon go and buy this one too

The guy must be a compound laminated fool to think that they'll use that domain.

They are going to use Nigeriaair.gov.ng and he'll bite his bony fingers in regret.

By virtue of the Cybercrime Act 2015, he is guilty of cybersquatting and NIRA would retrieve the domains from him. He's liable to more than 2 years imprisonment (could be 14 years) and more than 2M fine (could be 24M). By the time the FG is through with him, he'll be begging the FG to collect the domains back.

However, considering how profligate this government is, if they can use 86M to cut the hair of a bald President, they would be willing to pay more for the domain names.

he is not business savy. He just a goat. he will eat his mumu domain name. E nor go hard govt to change name of website...rubiish

They will pay. Most likely an agreement with an insider to siphon money as usual.

SMART GUY.

My uncle did this sometime ago and bought many possible websites for eko atlantic city. Sharp pal set did country. Don't even know why I couldn't think of this quickly as I need money myself....

Smart guy

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When the government is ready, he'll lose those names unless the government isnt interested which might not be the case. He does not and cannot own the "Nigeria Air" trademark which is basically a sovereign entity.
You cannot just register "cocacola.whatever" just because you found the domain (you might get sued)

So wait, the airline does not have a website "under construction" yet? You mean the really commissioned only logo?

Nigerian leaders are not smart thinkers at all.

As it stands, the government has two options; to buy the domain names from Olumayowa or to include Nigeria Air in the gov.ng sponsored top-level domain. The latter is very unlikely since the carrier would be run as a private entity.

Also, failure to buy the domains would put prospective clients at the risk of being misled and defrauded because NigeriaAir.ng or NigeriaAir.com.ng would be the default go-to places for many people.

Therefore, it is safe to say that Olumayowa would be cashing out soon, even though he’d only be getting a fragment of the ridiculous amount we imagine would be budgeted to develop the National Carrier website.

this op no geh sense at all what is greedy when my state Governor turn Minister... dat time wey dollar cheap buy ordinary twitter for 5 million or so..

IamaNigerianGuy:
Sharp guy!
But it might backfire on him. Government has the power (and can create the legislation) to force the domain name away from him.

If the guy is a politician, his good to go

ElRapido:
As it stands, the government has two options; to buy the domain names from Olumayowa or to include Nigeria Air in the gov.ng sponsored top-level domain. The latter is very unlikely since the carrier would be run as a private entity.

Also, failure to buy the domains would put prospective clients at the risk of being misled and defrauded because NigeriaAir.ng or NigeriaAir.com.ng would be the default go-to places for many people.

Therefore, it is safe to say that Olumayowa would be cashing out soon, even though he’d only be getting a fragment of the ridiculous amount we imagine would be budgeted to develop the National Carrier website.

See someone that God bless with brain...

I agree that the guy has already foresee this... He knw that government may use another domina but it will tough for them.. Let wait and see noq

Sharp guy. Sort of...

But it might backfire on him. Government has the power (and can create the legislation) to force the domain name away from him. In addition, they could block all searches to that domain within Nigeria and promote an alternative name.

He should not have been in a hurry to list a price.

They would in turn buy .gov.ng

LOL. A game of chess, let's see who will checkmate.
Kiss the truth!

datz bad,,,sonm ppl dont tink at all

The goat has never heard of .gov.ng NigeriaAir.com AirNigeria.com NA.NG

Smart move but with the cyber crime act 2015 he could be charged for cyber squatting it’ll take time but trust me it’s a dangerous move for him