Users of the site on Monday night, had raised an alarm of being shut out, raising concerns of possible hacking.

However, it was later discovered that the Nairaland was “taken down” by the host of its server.

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A check on the platform showed several error messages indicating a problem with the server, a situation Osewa acknowledged was punishment for overlooking an earlier sent abuse report.

In a series of tweets on Tuesday morning, the Nairaland founder explained that even though the said offensive content had been removed, the server user interface was still experiencing a delay.

Osewa tweeted, “Nairaland’s server was taken down because I overlooked an abuse report that was originally sent on the 14th. After the takedown, I removed the offensive content.

“The UI for bringing back the server didn’t work so it took hours to get support on how to get that done. Minutes after the forum was brought back, they took the server down again with no warning.

“I’m guessing that the content I removed was still cached on Cloudflare servers, so they could still see it. I have cleared the caches now, but they are not communicating. I hope they will communicate tomorrow.

“If you have any ideas for working with abuse teams, please share. My track record is abysmal.”

He added that it could take 48 hours of review from the host’s abuse team before the site is finally restored

“The technical support team has informed me that only the abuse team has the power to reinstate our server, that their review could take up to 48 hours, and that nothing can be done to speed up the process.

I’ve been informed that the only thing I can do is wait. It’s humbling,” he added.

Meanwhile, users of the platform have shown their support with some suggesting ways the issues can be resolved faster.

Some of those who reacted also urged Osewa to upscale Nairaland into a full-blown social media platform to forestall a future occurence.

The Head of the Electoral Body, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Friday while delivering the keynote address at a stakeholders’ conference on handling election results in Abuja.

At the event, organized by YIAGA Africa, a civil society organization (CSO), Prof. Yakubu said, “Another technical concern for us is the repeated attempts to break through our cyber security system for the portal.

“Our engineers reported several cyberattacks on the portal during the Ekiti and Osun governorship elections, some of them from as far as Asia. I am glad to note that all of them failed.

“However, while we are confident in the security solutions that we have deployed for IReV and all our web presence, we must remain vigilant and continue to strengthen our defences.

We have tasked our engineers to do everything possible to fully protect the IReV and all our web resources,” he noted.