WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR 19-HOUR TRAVAIL HAS ENDED , AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. LAST NIGHT, OUR SITE WENT DOWN UNDER VERY SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT HAPPENED? OUR WEBHOSTING COMPANY DECIDED TO SHUT US DOWN WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATIONS OR PRIOR NOTICE OF ANY IMPROPRIETY ON OUR PART, INFACT, WE DID NOT KNOW THAT WE WERE OUT UNTIL E-MAILS POURED IN FROM READERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WHEN OUR TECHNICAL CREW CONTACTED THE HOST COMPANY, THEY RESPONDED THAT OUR WEBSITE HAD "ABUSED THEIR SERVER" RENDERING OTHERS WEBSITES CO-HOSTED WITH SAHARAREPORTERS "INOPERABLE". FURTHER THEY CLAIMED THAT OUR SITE WAS USING THEIR CPU AT 100%. TO "ROADSIDE REPORTERS", THESE LANGUAGES DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, SO WE SOUGHT HELP FROM OUR READERS AND WE ARE GLAD THAT SO MANY OF YOU, TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION, RESPONDED POSITIVELY OFFERING ADVICE AND TECHNICAL HELP, SOME EVEN OFFERED FREE HOSTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US. SO MANY OTHERS SENT US LOADS OF PRAYERS AND ENCOURAGING WORDS, SOME OFFERED TO GIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. AS A RULE, WE HAVE AVOIDED SEEKING FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE PUBLIC SINCE WE STARTED, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH GOOD INTENTIONS OUT THERE WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP, WE MUST CONFESS THAT MONEY (FINANCIAL RESOURCES) COULD BE AS TRICKY AS ANYTHING AND AS SUCH WE HAVEN'T SOUGHT SUCH HELP SINCE WE STARTED.
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EARLIER TODAY OUR TEAM SENT E-MAILS TO THOSE ON OUR LISTSERV REFERRING TO HOW THEY COULD DONATE TO HELP US ACQUIRE INDEPENDENCE FROM HOSTING COMPANIES, BUT IN AS MUCH AS WE APPRECIATE THOSE KIND OF SUPPORT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO STAY AWAY FROM SUCH SOLICITATIONS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF OUR TRADE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE BACK! IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW APPRECIATION TO OUR READERS FOR STANDING UP TO BE COUNTED WITH SAHARAREPORTERS AS SOON AS WE INDICATED TO THEM THAT WE HAVE UNEXPLAINED TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THAT THREATENED OUR EXISTENCE.
ALL OF THAT IS CURRENTLY RESOLVED, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY.
AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIG "THANK YOU" TO ALL OF YOU GREAT PEOPLE FOR STANDING WITH US, WE HATE TO BRAG, BUT WE PROMISE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO BRING YOU THE BEST AVAILABLE UNDILUTED, UNBIASED AND FEARLESS REPORTS THAT OUR "ROADSIDE" CAPACITY CAN PERMIT. WE WILL NOT SPARE ANYONE WHO IS FOUND WANTING AMONGST THE CHARACTERS WHO TURNED-NIGERIA AND INDEED THE REST OF OUR CONTINENT AFRICA-AN OTHERWISE BLESSED COUNTRY TO A COUNTY, WE REALLY MEAN "COUNTY" , OF POVERTY, WHERE THE CITIZENS WALLOW IN ABJECT POVERTY DEPRIVED OF THEIR DIGNITY, HUMANITY AND ALL FORMS OF RIGHTS!
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THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES...
OMOYELE SOWORE -ON BEHALF OF THE SAHARAREPORTERS TEAM
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