Ibro Yaya:

All these people talking about Plagiarism. Do they know what  Plagiarism is?
Some people just want to talk.  

janus05:

SaharaReporters, New York
“[size=14pt]Our country is at the threshold of a new era; an era that beckons for a new kind of leadership; a leadership that is uncontaminated by the prejudices of the past; a leadership that is committed to change; a leadership that reinvents government, to solve the everyday problems that confront the average Nigerian.”[/size]

The rhetoric resonated with the crowd, which cheered him on. The crowd was obviously unaware that the paragraph was a plagiarized version of an old speech by Atiku. The former vice president used similar phrases in a speech he read at the Old Parade Ground in Abuja on November 25, 2006.

In paragraph nine of his four-year-old speech, Atiku declared: “[size=14pt]Today, as we stand on the threshold of a new era Nigeria requires a new kind of leadership, a leadership committed to this change process.[/size]

~Bluetooth:

Is plagiarism not the same thing as '' COPY and PASTE '' ?

Ibro Yaya:

You see what am saying.
Plagiarism Is Not COPY and PASTE my brother.
Plagiarism is copy and paste without Citing
You can Copy and paste any amount of words as far as it cited .
Secondly it depends on the percentage of words that you directly lift without putting quotation mark.
This was a speech that wasn't written but just spoken. How can GEJ cite something was not directly paraphrased or quoted.
Those two statements are just coincidence I tell you. Look at the length of the statements and compare what they have in common.
Well

slap1:

I believe plagiarism does not come into play; research does. When you get your text from different sources -- including your own effort -- it is called research. Plagiarism is more closer to regurgitation.

SaharaReporters, New York
“Our country is at[size=16pt] the threshold of a new era;[/size] an era that beckons for[b] [size=16pt]a new kind of leadership[/size][/b]; a leadership that is uncontaminated by the prejudices of the past; a leadership that is committed to change; a leadership that reinvents government, to solve the everyday problems that confront the average Nigerian.”

The rhetoric resonated with the crowd, which cheered him on. The crowd was obviously unaware that the paragraph was a plagiarized version of an old speech by Atiku. The former vice president used similar phrases in a speech he read at the Old Parade Ground in Abuja on November 25, 2006.

In paragraph nine of his four-year-old speech, Atiku declared: “Today, as we stand on[size=16pt] the threshold of a new era[/size][/b] Nigeria requires [size=16pt]a new kind of leadership[/size], a leadership committed to this change process.

Solomon227:

SaharaReporters, New York
“Our country is at [size=16pt]the threshold of a new era[/size]; an era that beckons for [size=16pt]a new kind of leadership[/size]; a leadership that is uncontaminated by the prejudices of the past; a leadership that is committed to change; a leadership that reinvents government, to solve the everyday problems that confront the average Nigerian.”

The rhetoric resonated with the crowd, which cheered him on. The crowd was obviously unaware that the paragraph was a plagiarized version of an old speech by Atiku. The former vice president used similar phrases in a speech he read at the Old Parade Ground in Abuja on November 25, 2006.

In paragraph nine of his four-year-old speech, Atiku declared: “Today, as we stand on [size=16pt]the threshold of a new era[/size] Nigeria requires [size=16pt]a new kind of leadership[/size], a leadership committed to this change process.

The highlighted clauses are the only things 100% common to both speechs. I have googled the clauses to see how often they have been used b/4, these are my findings:

~Bluetooth:

What if research takes you into another person's work without getting the person's consent ?

slap1:

We don't know for sure if Atiku was consulted or not.

~Bluetooth:

how does that sound to you;that the president consulted Atiku for copyright of his speech ? It doesn't make any sense.

slap1:

I agree with you on this (I typed dat in a hurry coz I was listening to the testimony of a friend's dad who just came back from the kidnapper's den. Horrible tale!). @ Topic.To write a speech, research must lead you to previous speeches. Moreover, I think Sahara Reporters are just making a mounatin out of a mole hill.

slap1:

And, please, what percentage of GEJ's speech was made up by 'Atiku's speech'?

slap1:

If the sentences: " the threshold of a new era" and "a new kind of leadership" are the only 'guilty' words in GEJ's speech, don't you think it smacks of mischief-making for Sahara Reporters to accuse him of plagiarism? They should go get a life on the double!

13volts: I just remember once upon a time GEJ copied from Atiku.

egift:

At least now we now know he got no skill set of his own - He has Fishery in BSc and Zoology in PhD, just imagine what you can do with that when leading 160 million people?

Fhemmmy:

Take am easy oh, Na person papa and husband oh

egift:
But na lie?