By Jimitota Onoyume with Agency report

PORT HARCOURT — An Islamic radical website (www. mansoorah.net), which claimed responsibility for the Christmas eve bombings in Jos and attack on churches in Maiduguri, has been shut down.

Meanwhile, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, has denied media report linking it to the December 31, 2010 bomb blasts in Abuja, which killed at least 10 persons and left many others injured.

It also condemned Abuja blast.  An online statement by its spokesman, Jomo Gbomo said it was improper for those behind it to deliberately target innocent civilians.

MEND disassociated  itself from the blast in Abuja, noting that as a practice,  it sends warning alerts before detonating any blast.

Similarly, an online newspaper, African Examiner, yesterday, said it could not ascertain if the shut website belongs to Boko Haram, an Islamic sect which has also claimed responsibility for both Jos and Maiduguri’s mayhem.

“Meanwhile, our visit to the website, yesterday, showed that the site is no more available on the net. We contacted IX WebHosting, an Ohio based web hosting company to find out why the website is unavailable.

The company’s representative told us that the hosting account of the website was suspended “due to terms of service violation,” it said.

“Our earlier exclusive investigation about “whois” behind the website produced the  following technical  information, Registrant: Aliyu Dahiru, 1234 Dankura Street, Gandun Albasa, Off Zoo Road, Kano, NA 234 NG. Domain name: MANSOORAH.NET. Administrative Contact: Dahiru, Aliyu  [email protected], 1234 Dankura Street, Gandun Albasa, Off Zoo Road, Kano, NA 234, NG +1.2348028539.  Technical Contact: Dahiru, Aliyu  [email protected], 1234 Dankura Street, Gandun Albasa, Off Zoo Road, Kano, NA 234, NG +1.2348028539. Domain servers in listed order:

NS19.IXWEBHOSTING.COM, NS20.IXWEBHOSTING.COM,” it added.