This is an article from Jideweb.com . It shows the comments made by Seun during the downtime on his twitter account.

This seems like an insight to what really happened. I hope he comes to give a detailed explanation .
Till then tho. Check this out. what happened to Nairaland ?

What Happened To Nairaland?



Nairaland is down – it’s almost 48 hours now and Nairaland members are still wondering what happened to Nairaland.

Personally, I don’t know what really happened to the forum but considering tweets posted by Seun, (Nairaland owner) today, it seems it’s not a problem that could be fixed overnight. He tweeted that It may take much longer than we expect but hopefully will explain what happened by the end of this week.

We’re going into a quiet period to concentrate on bringing back Nairaland. By the end of the week, we will be able to answer your questions.

— Seun Osewa (@seunosewa) June 24, 2014


We failed to protect what you entrusted to us. We tried, but we failed. We wish we would have been the only ones affected by our failure. — Seun Osewa (@seunosewa) June 24, 2014
It may be worse than you think. It may take much longer than you expect. — Seun Osewa (@seunosewa) June 23, 2014


I am so sorry.

— Seun Osewa (@seunosewa) June 22, 2014


Some are speculating that it might be a DDos attack or server overload if not hacked.

Whatever happened, I just hope there is an up-to-date back up that can be used to restore the forum as soon as possible.

I can only imagine how tirelessly Seun and his team are working to get it back online…. I support him and pray the site comes back online asap.

What do you think might have happened to Nairaland?

From jideweb.com