Having gained regular access to the Web on visit to UK from Biafranigeria, I commenced on my usual browsing of pro Igbo and pro Biafran websites. Imagine my shock when I logged visited (Biafra National Union (bianu) website at www.bianu.com only to be redirected to gamji.com.
What is going on? The cynic in me says that it may be that the people at gamji may be the sponsors of bianu. The other part of me says that it was just a case of Bianu being unable to manage their web site had it taken over by gamji.com just like BNW did to Hausanet.(remember Ashilac?)
Now if the later were to be the case, how can people who cannot even manage their website hope to Manage Biafra?
Odi kwa Egwu oh!
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Sponsor or no sponsor, you folks started the hostile take over gambit when you hijacked hausanet and yorubanet. Kudos to Gamji for taking over your BIANU.com site.
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There is nothing like "hostile take over" of Domain names. If your Domain registration period has expired, and you, as the Domain name owner, do not renew your registration contract, then your Domain name will be publicly declared as "available", and the one who registers that Domain name first gets it.
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Guys, Alchemist is one thousand percent right. What he stated is how it goes so my advice to anyone reading after mine is to not make any further contribution to avoid the topic being degenerated into something else. But that’s your choice to make I only suggested.
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The war is on. Next stop, visit: biafranigeriaworld.com Then, all this Internet treason will come to an end.
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Who are the leaders of this BIANU group that allowed Hausa-Fulani Mohammedans to take control of a Biafran site? I don't care how the take over happened. It should be reversed.
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I wanted to get the BIANU side of the story before I commented on this unfortunate incident, but it does not seem to be forthcoming. I don't quite buy the idea that gamji was behind BIANU all along, but what is troubling is why BIANU allowed there domain name to be taken over by gamji.
As Victor asks,
quote:how can people who cannot even manage their website hope to Manage Biafra?
If they cannot properly control there domain name, what task can we expect them to perform properly?
quote: I don't care how the take over happened. It should be reversed.
Dave, many of us share the same sentiments. I believe there are some on this forum who are trying to reverse this. The snag seems to be that BIANU has not given any indication as to the cause of the problem so as to enable these individual to channel their energy in the proper direction.
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Before anyone goes off to try and rescue anything, have we verified that BIANU did not willingly sell the domain name to gamji.com? You have to keep in mind that there are all kinds of Igbo Efulefu running errands for Yoruba and Hausa people in Igboland.
Just look at the 2007 campaign for president. Everywhere you look, Igbo people abroad are chairman of one thing or the other for IBB or Atiku. Maybe, the domain name was sold to show BIANU leaders' "goodwill" to a future Hausa president of BiafraNigeria.
Count me out in this fight. It is not worth it.
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quote:have we verified that BIANU did not willingly sell the domain name to gamji.com?
Ikemba,
I hear you! This is the precise reason why people are worried with the silence from the members of BIANU. One does not want to go into a project without knowing the full implications of what he is up against.
Do you think that a private contact with BIANU would shed some light on this isssue? My mails to them seem to be bouncing back. Who are the members of BIANU? How else can I contact them?
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How did the group, BIANU, get the name bianu.com in the first place? If they stole it from someone else, then they deserve to have it stolen from them.
Are there no BIANU members at BNW to answer the questions by WACKO? Perhaps, they don't care about getting back the domain name.
Personally, I don't think they deserve to get back the name.
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I don't think that the people in BIANU have any business operating a website if they cannot even maintain one. That a bunch of gworo-eating hausa-fulani people would take control of a Biafran domain name is unacceptable. The goons in BIANU should be lined up and flogged.
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We are on the right direction because we ask good questions. If we continue in this manner and apply it randomly on all Igbo organizations, we will help sanitize our society.
What are the available options? 1) Bianu has financial difficulties and failed to pay for the domain name. This in turn has been sold to another buyer. It could have been anybody or any organization. But what Bianu managers would have done was to inform umu Igbo about their problems. I am almost sure that some Igbo out there would have come to their rescue.
2) Bianu had problems, finanacial or other and was forced to sell the domain name to Gamji. The question in is case would be: why not sell it or at least propose it to other Igbo/Biafra organizations?
3) Bianu has been sponsored by non-Igbo form the origin and the same sponsors have taken it back. The sponsor could be an Oyibo or a Nigerian belonging to other component nations in Nigeria.
I had and even expressed the same fears concerning WIC. We all remembered that WIC invited Buhari during one of its conventions, and when umu Igbo protested against his presence and in particular his speech, nobody from WIC was able to tell us how come Buhari was invited there in the first place(meaning WIC not accountable to Ndi-Igbo).
My conclusion is that before embracing any Igbo organisation, we should first understand how it is financed.
4) We can get Bianu back if the former managers so desire.
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quote: My conclusion is that before embracing any Igbo organisation, we should first understand how it is financed.
Sylva, thanks for this statement. I think it is really important that we ask how an organistaion if financed before we can really say how pro Biafran/Igbo they really are. There have been several organisations who are raising funds in diaspora on behalf of MASSOB members incarcerated by OBJ's goons. They are yet to tell UmuIgbo what they have done with these monies.
quote:4) We can get Bianu back if the former managers so desire.
This is clearly true! I know someone who is ready to get into negotiations with the Gamji people. He is ready to meet there demand's provided it is reasonable. His stumbling block seems to be that he has not got enough details as to the circumstances behind the takeover. He is also not certain about what to do with the domain name when he has recovered it.
The BIANU management really have to get there acts together and provide answers to these puzzles!
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1) Bianu has financial difficulties and failed to pay for the domain name. This in turn has been sold to another buyer. It could have been anybody or any organization. But what Bianu managers would have done was to inform umu Igbo about their problems. I am almost sure that some Igbo out there would have come to their rescue...
4) We can get Bianu back if the former managers so desire.
It's easy for you to sit in the basement of your house and spew nonsense, the kind of hogwash in pretence as if you will come to the rescue of Bianuu when called upon. Rather, it is people like you assuming Bianu needs your help that will troop all over the place to scandalize Bianu's fall from Grace to grass in jubilation of its demise.
On the other hand, Bianu may have decided to let go whatever it was in its quest to accomplish; or perhaps the purpose of the website had been served; thus, no longer needed.
If you feel Bianu's disappearance is of concern to you, why don't you contact Bianu and take the next step and stop the gospel you've been spreading? That would be a good thing to do.
My name is Mota Ogallala Tekumseh, the proud native American!
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quote:Originally posted by Motia On the other hand, Bianu may have decided to let go whatever it was in its quest to accomplish; or perhaps the purpose of the website had been served; thus, no longer needed.
Motia whatever,
Do you think that your presence on this board is still needed? What contributions, other than attacking people, have you made on this board?
You seem to be losing sleep each time you read my post.
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It is only a foolish man like you that takes a valid question personal. If you have no solutions to a problem, just shut your mouth and stay away from your keyboards. That will save the owners of this website enough space.
Now that Bianu is history, what are you doing about it? Or, do you think the keyboard in your basement will revive Bianu? I have no problems at all with your posts, rather I have problems with the way you think.
My name is Mota Ogallala Tekumseh, the proud native American!
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Everything should be done to get bianu.com from whoever has it now. If there is nowhere to direct the domain, it should just be pointed to this message board. At least then the people in BIANU will know to come here to discuss getting it back. That is my suggestion.
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I hear you! Your suggestion is very welcome. It was alway a problem deciding what to do with BIANU.COM once the domain had been reclaimed. You have just solved that problem.
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Three days ago, I received a phone call from the President of BIANU. He has indicated that he is interested in working with Wacko and others to recover the the bianu.com domain name. He has indicated that since he is a member of this board, he will be commenting in this thread shortly.
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It is better late than never! I will look forward to hearing his side of the story. He can PM me if he would rather keep it private.
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Three days ago, I received a phone call from the President of BIANU. He has indicated that he is interested in working with Wacko and others to recover the the bianu.com domain name. He has indicated that since he is a member of this board, he will be commenting in this thread shortly.
Hope you have his phone number so that we call him back if he fails to keep his promise.
quote:Originally posted by Wacko: It is better late than never! I will look forward to hearing his side of the story. He can PM me if he would rather keep it private.
You are not alone anxious to ask him questions, but it would be better that he talks to all us directly. That would enable us to name and shame him and teach others a lesson.
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You are not alone anxious to ask him questions, but it would be better that he talks to all us directly. That would enable us to name and shame him and teach others a lesson.
Whatever that means, you are really terrible. What's your cup of tea in this very matter and what lesson would others be taught?
My name is Mota Ogallala Tekumseh, the proud native American!
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quote:Whatever that means, you are really terrible. -- Mota Oga
For the first time you make a little sense...a BNW first! It must be raining in the desert. Congrats!
By the way, do you have African ancestry by any chance? If you do please don't tell anyone.
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There are always two sides to a story. An alleged perpetrator must be proven beyond reasonable doubt to be declared guilty. But then we human beings are always ready to jump to conclusion.
We respect everyone's criticisms, as well as sympathies to BIANU.COM's plight. What happened to the site is very simple. Gross negligence on the part of the "caretaker" of the site. Nothing more, nothing less. Like comrade Victor Ifezua partly said as he opened this tread, it is not unconnected to "Ochi Namas" looking for revenge on what they perceived was done to them. But then again Alchemist countered correctly when he opined that it also has everything to do with "first come, first serve." If you do not take care of yours, someone else will do it for you. Again, its that simple. The lesson is that we are going to be more vigilant in the future as we now work with all concerned to secure the domain back.
Biafra National Union remains a force to be reckon with in the quest for Biafra Actualization. We are not going to relent. We feel sorry for fools who still believe in the sham called ******-Area (Nigeria). Luggard's "whore" must still be laughing in her grave knowing that the ******-Area fools still uphold her "funky" nickname to this 21st Century. What a pity!
Biafra is ordained. Biafra is given. Some folks may not like it, but there is not a thing they can do about it. This nightfall will soon turn into day light.
N. Uma (Osionwu Nwa Biafra) For: Biafra National Union Washington,DC
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quote:Biafra is ordained. Biafra is given. Some folks may not like it, but there is not a thing they can do about it. This nightfall will soon turn into day light.
What is important is not whether Biafra becomes free or not, but what type of Biafra we will have. Will we have a democratic Biafra or a dictatorship? Is it a Biafra where the citizens would be talked to and convinced that Biafra would be better than Nigeria or a Biafra where some people would be carrying guns and telling the rest of the population to shut up? Will Biafra become another Somalia?
To make Biafra project happen, it is better to obtain the endorsement of majority of its citizens. It is the only way to have a democratic Republic of Biafra. And to achieve it, we have to adopt a different tone and approach.
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quote:Originally posted by Motina whatever: Whatever that means, you are really terrible. What's your cup of tea in this very matter and what lesson would others be taught?
My name is Mota Ogallala Tekumseh, the proud native American! [/QB]
quote:By the way, do you have African ancestry by any chance? If you do please don't tell anyone.
Motina, I really hope you don't get too bored trying to figure out what we are talking about.
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The Domain name BIANU.coms reaquired and would be pointed to BNW( admin) willing until BIANU officials tell us what they want us to do with it!
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