Elon Musk’s recent takeover of Twitter has raised questions about whether previous regime bans will be enforced. The most visible ban in Twitter history, arguably, was that of Donald Trump — but Twitter isn’t the only social media platform the former president can no longer use. The businessman-turned-politician is also barred from using Facebook and […]
The Federal Government has said it plans to lift the over two-month ban on the social networking site, Twitter, as it had reached an agreement with Twitter in most areas of misunderstanding. One such being the agreement to set of a Nigerian office in 2022. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this […]
Federal Lawmakers in Nigeria on Thursday, rejected the lifting of Twitter suspension in Nigeria. The lawmakers took the decision while considering the report of its joint Committee that investigated the suspension of the micro-blogging site by the Federal Government. Recall that the Nigerian Government had suspended the operation of Twitter in the country following allegations […]
A screenshot of Mr Malami’s deactivation of his Twitter account also contained a couple of icons including one used to trade the prohibited cryptocurrency. As a follow-up to his earlier threat to prosecute users of the microblogging platform, Nigeria’s Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, flaunted the deactivation of his Twitter account on Facebook Tuesday. Attached to […]
The United States government has warned the Nigerian Government to immediately reverse its ban on Twitter adding that it was tantamount to opposing free speech. Samantha Power, an administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. She revealed that Twitter has over 40 million users in […]
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