topgun98:
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/

SageTravels:


Can you explain in more details how he will goto prison.

LessNoise:
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

LZAA:

Nobody will call out the dull govt who will rather give out the it part to inept clowns who dont even know how to code
Thats their wahala sha
Me na biafran
Cc immhotep pointzerom justiceleague1 greenback

Hotfreeze:


As a Biafran, Nigerian matters aren't your concern. I suggest you register Biafranair.bf

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

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

Hotfreeze:


As a Biafran, Nigerian matters aren't your concern. I suggest you register Biafranair.bf

PointZerom:


Fly NigeriaCoffinAir.com at your peril.

cc Lzza Immhotep

PointZerom:



Fly NigeriaCoffinAir.com at your peril.

cc Lzza Immhotep

topgun98:
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/

Hotfreeze:
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.

topgun98:
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/

Hotfreeze:


Read section 16 of the Cybercrime Act 2015.

Hotfreeze:
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.

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.

HigherEd:
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....

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

Meklex:
this is possible only if such name were acquired AFTER it was actually registered. It's either federal government buys the domain from the guy or they find a different domain. Have you heard about domain name business before?

Hotfreeze:
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.

topgun98:


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.

Hotfreeze:


It's domain name flipping you're calling business? Have you ever heard of a single domain name flipped in naija under NIRA?
Better go and give a lawyer that thing to read and explain it to you. This is not Yankee o, SARS fit collect domain name here o!

When they ask him to present documents to back up his usage of the domain name and he's unable to do so, I hope you'll be there for him?

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.