PRESS STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, NIGERIAN COPYRIGHT COMMISSION (NCC), DR. JOHN O. ASEIN, ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY, 26TH APRIL 2022

The theme for this year’s World Intellectual Property Day is IP and Youth: Innovation for a Better Future. This theme draws attention to the place of the youth population as […]

Press Statement of Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Dr. John O. Asein, on World Book and Copyright Day 2022

Today, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2022 World Book and Copyright Day, an annual event initiated by the United Nations Educational, […]

Senate Passes Copyright Bill to Boost Creative Industry

The Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday, 6th April 2022 passed the Bill for an Act to Repeal the Copyright Act, Cap C28 LFN, 2004 and Enact the Copyright Act to Provide […]

LET THE BLIND READ

This is a good time to reflect on the book as an enduring legacy with which humanity has been endowed, and address the perceived decline in the reading culture in […]

NCC Intensifies Antipiracy Operations, Arrests 4 Suspects, Impounds Infringing Books

As Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) renews its antipiracy drive for effective copyright protection, four suspected pirates have been arrested and infringing books worth over two million, Five Hundred Naira (N2.5million) […]

NCC Arrests 3 Piracy Suspects in Benin, Seizes Books Worth N800,000

THE Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), in its efforts at curbing book piracy in the country, has impounded books worth about eight hundred thousand Naira an antipiracy operation carried out in […]

NCC Establishes Copyright and Creativity Club in Secondary School

THE Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has established a Copyright and Creativity Club at the Government Senior College, Ikoyi, Lagos State. The event, which took place in the school on 24th […]

DG, NCC, Dr. Asein, others bag ANA Patriot Award

THE Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has honoured the Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Dr. John O. Asein with the ANA Patriot Award in appreciation of his enduring and […]

MCSN Donates Operational Vehicle, Equipment to Copyright Commission

MUSICAL Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) has donated a Toyota Hiace bus, 20 HP Laptops and an HP Laserjet Pro-MFP colour printer to the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to boost […]

Copyright Commission Pledges Support for CMOs Survival

THE Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) will do everything possible to assist Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) to survive in order to sustain wealth creation in the creative industry. NCC Director-General, Dr. […]