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Cyber War against Nigeria! RepublicReports, NaijaJive implicated in IBB- Boko slander
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Update: February 11th, 2012- NaijaJive article connecting IBB to Boko pulled after NewsRescue expose! Bible4Africa website now solely implicated
February 5th, 2012
NewsRescue- Classified reports reaching our news desk, indicate that certain websites are engaged in an intense cyber war against Nigeria and its people. Cyber propaganda wars are frequently carried out via online and mobile platforms, to foment discord, stoke the fires of tribal, religious or other sentiment – ultimately resulting in deadly violence and destabilization.
We can clearly implicate NaijaJive, but it appears Republic Report is only guilty by association and lax operational guidelines. We do hope the later is the case for this news media outlet.
Unscrupulous culprit behind malicious propaganda, character- 'Rossquo' from Naijajive
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In a widely circulated article, an alleged Boko Haram- Christianity convert, appears to point fingers at Nigeria’s ex president from Niger State in the Middle Belt, Babangida (IBB) among many other Nigerians including MEND leader Asari Dokubo (a claim Asari swiftly rejected as fraud and ’419′). The article which is presented as an interview is perfectly articulated, with extraordinary composition, brilliant grammar, a concise message and tertiary level vocabulary. Clearly not produced by a novice, very possibly a trained intelligence operative.
Article source, ‘Naijajive’, a propaganda website or ‘cheap publicity’?
The two articles appeared suddenly on the internet on February 2nd and 3rd. Both posted by a certain ‘Rossquo‘, a ‘Global moderator’ of a surprisingly brand new forum online, ‘NaijaJive’. IT experts upon investigating Naijajive, discovered it to be a brand new website, with no logo, no online reputation, a current Alexa internet presence score of 3,700,000, which corresponds to no activity.
We further checked the type of posts on Naijajive and found them all to be recent, rapid, by the same posters and all of an anti-Nigeria or anti-North and religious bigotry agenda.
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Upon investigation, we found that the domain, only created and registered on 21st, November 2011, was registered by:
S********* edited as article was pulled totally
Our several attempts to contact the site administrative contact were fruitless.
Our readers may contact the administrator to find out what his agenda is all about: l*****@gmail.com, of S***** ****** ******o, Lagos, Nigeria Tel: 2348********* edited as the article was pulled totally!
Alexa rank just apprecated to 2.5 M, from 4M. Nairaland is 2000 in world
Boko Haram convert; fingers IBB: Fictitious article!
In addition to the article of an alleged Boko Haram convert, Sheik Sani Haliru, in which IBB was fingered, there was another supportive article posted on February 3rd, 2012 of another alleged convert, Paul Ado Bayero, who was spoken of in the initial February 2nd article. Apparently, the second, article was created urgently to backup the first article and give it more cyber-credence.
Investigating the pungent article that has gained amazing internet traction in just a few days, we found the following points indicating a clear cyber warfare agenda against Nigeria.
- The articles have no source, except the Rossquo forum moderator who posted them.
- Both articles were created and entered suspiciously in February 2012, one day apart.
- Both articles are written in exactly the same language and lexicon.
- Both articles are supposedly from books, which can not be found any where on line or off line.
- The same undercover Rossquo identity pushed and published the article by himself on Republic Report.
- From his profile, it can be seen that moderator, ‘Rossquo‘, who posted and distributed both articles to Republic Report, registered as a user on November 23rd, 2011. A day after the forum was created. This suggests a ‘cheap publicity’ stunt.
It is rather unfortunate that websites which appear to be Nigerian can allow themselves be used in such a dangerous cyber war, with deadly implications.
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Republic Report also allowed the suspicious entity, ‘from New York’, Rossquo, sign up on their website and post the same fictitious and malicious article. The article has since generated cheap publicity and attracted 77 comments on Republic Reports.
We refuse to link any of these media sources, because the less people even go to their pages and invariably allow them earn the advertisement monetary reward they are hoping to achieve the more we contribute to safety of life, property and our Nigerian federation, and indeed, the world at large.
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Snapshots of the evidence on the implicated websites
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Nigerians must be vigilant
A recent article carried by the Nigerian Tribune newspaper on December 30th, 2011; an article written by Gordon Duff a popularly known national security specialist with decades of experience in Nigeria and an editor for the Veterans Today US magazine, a foreign plot to destroy Nigeria was described. See: NewsRescue-Nigeria Targeted For Destruction: Gordon Duff, US
Indeed there is much evidence that Boko Haram is a machination, created and/or organized and propelled by foreign powers.
Related: NewsRescue- Boko Haram linked to Qatar, Western Powers
These fictitious articles are not the first, nor shall they in any way be the last of several dangerous and blood spilling articles and tweets that shall be propagated about and around Nigeria in the near future. Please check with NewsRescue for confirmation on authenticity of articles or information you may receive, and where there is doubt, please take the peaceful, compassionate road. The war is at hand, but we choose a path of peace.
Related: NewsRescue- The End of Boko Haram
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Update, February 11th, 2012
Currently the sole source of article against Dokubo Asari, IBB: Bible4Africa website; Spreading the Bible or spreading the seed of hate and discord in Africa?
Though edited after our February 4th article, the article page has not yet been removed on NaijaJive, as the forum obviously enjoys the cheap publicity it received, and though the article was pulled, the moderator of the forum who posted it, still left the title and put a link accessible only for registered members, to another propaganda source: Bible4Africa.
NewsRescue at this time refuses to investigate Bible4Africa, which has a Nigerian headquarters in Delta State, Nigeria, with details below, because we are too sad to see such a propaganda campaign being waged against peace, life, prosperity and progress of Nigeria and the world at large, by a religion affiliated website claiming to wish to spread the Bible:
Yomi Opeola-Messiri and wife, on 'Messianic' mission {Img: FaceBook}
Bible4Africa details:
Tel: 234-703-276-9762; 0708-598-6742.
Mailing address is: P. O. Box 618 Warri, Delta State, Nigeria.
US contact: Mike Nicholson, Cell: 316-516-9093
Bible4Africa.com domain information:
Registrant and administrative contact:
Yomi Opeola of 524 onanor, Wichita, KS 67208, US
Phone: +1.3168580924
Email: yahsbeed1@yahoo.com
Website record: 2011-10-08
Yomi Opeola-Messiri of Bible4Africa and his wife engage in their ‘missionary’ work in Effurun/Warri, Delta State Nigeria.
Our readers can again satisfy their curiosity and settle their consciences by contacting this platform and requesting their source and reason for spreading this anti-Nigeria, destructive propaganda.
Readers Comments (14)
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Thanks for good info
please if your not africa by blood I don’t think you have anything good for africa , bible or no bible because we africa have suffer enough because of your religion beside you sold africa in slave now you came back and kill africa for oil and gold and diamond.
Whoever behaves like terrorist nowadays is labeled as terrorist, be it european, Colombian, Afghan maghrebian or Nigerian. You don’t see colombians trying to excuse their national terrorists on the base that there were others doing much worse some decades or centuries ago… If you’re not commited to those acts the least thing you’re expected to do is letting everybody know you condemn them. Be clear: condemn them or be with them.
Thank ALLAH for what u are trying to do but you guys must be focus
Just dis evening I called bible 4 Africa’s office in Delta state 2 make enquiries regarding the fabricated story, a woman pick d phone and after introducing myself she called a man called Yome both of which have a foreign accent and d man immediately hissed after listening 2 me and drop d phone, a kind of response I was not expecting from dis kind of institution. Muslims let’s kip prayn
Is unfortunate dat because of a fabricated story by bible 4 Africa, Islam was insulated, but I said it dey will be exposed and this is just d begining ALLAHU AKBAR…..
I liked the answer of this German Muslim scholar when he was asked about terrorism and Islam :
He said : Who started the first world war ? Muslims ? Who started the second world war ? Muslims ? Who killed about 20 millions of Aborigines in Australia ? Muslims ?? Who sent the nuclear bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ? Muslims ?? Who killed more than 100 millions of Indians in North America ? Muslims ?? Who killed more than 50 millions of Indians in south America ? Muslims ?? Who took about 180 millions of African people as slaves and 88% of them died and was thrown in Atlantic ocean ? Muslims ?? No , They weren’t Muslims!!! First of all, You have to define terrorism properly… If a non-Muslim does something bad..it is crime. But if a Muslim does the same..he is terrorist… So first remove this double standard…then come to the point!!! , . . . . .
weldone for d information
News rescue you have done a lots thanks. But keep on the telling the facts to the public. More especially the northern region, people are willing to the truth of what is happening today.
I think for IBB to be parts of participating in to the current situation of Boko Haram that is happening in the Country is a disgrace to Nigerian, in general. And all his legacies is meaningless to all Nigeria, and this can not impact in good things to his children, definitely will affect his in the future.
The current problem facing the world today, that shows that the Islamic Religious has not done a lots to it's followers, by given them good moral teaching of the qua-ran that the believe on, and more especially there teachers they fail in their responsibility by telling them the truth of qua-ran. If they believe that the truth was thought to them, then why are all this things happening today?. And where is the sharia law?, why were not kill as the laws was thought in some state in the north?. I think is time for people to know the truth about the Islamic and the sharia law is all about. There's nothing can be hidden anther the sun, so let just wait an see, time will tell no matter how long its take, even if you pretend the true color about your Identity will prevail its self.
All 9gerians,all we need is prayer for the country.With that i know that things will go well for us.news rescue thanks for info.
in the case of Jos eating roasted flesh, may ask who is a christian?
NewsRescue your seem to have the correct facts for every reporteur.
Propaganda!
lets hope ur site will give us d 'true' picture of issues in naija.
news rescue! you are really trying please keep it up.