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8 /lifestyle.php LIFESTYLE NEWS

Nigeria Reinstates Twitter After a Six-Month Ban

By John Wanjohi Thu, 01/13/2022 @ 05:00pm 206 views 6 comments
Nigeria Reinstates Twitter After a Six-Month Ban

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Twitter has been restored in Nigeria after the government on Thursday lifted a six-month ban on the social media giant.

The Nigerian government deactivated the social media platform in June last year after a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists was deleted.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, said the decision to lift the ban was made after Twitter agreed to meet all conditions set by the Nigerian government.

“Twitter has agreed to act with a respectful acknowledgement of Nigerian laws and the national culture and history on which such legislation has been built…the company would work with the federal government and the broader industry to develop a Code of Conduct in line with global best practices, applicable in almost all developed countries,” read the statement.

“Therefore, the federal government lifts the suspension of the Twitter operations in Nigeria from midnight of 13th January 2022.”

The conditions include managing prohibited publication in line with Nigerian law and addressing issues of operations and tax.

Abdullahi pointed out that the US company agreed to appoint a country representative to engage with Nigerian authorities and comply with local tax obligations.

 

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Rotten

Thu, 01/13/2022 @ 09:40pm

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They should have done like Donald Hitler and have their own tweetstorm

Guesty

Fri, 01/14/2022 @ 07:06am

In reply to They should have done like… by Rotten

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They just did not like going through the virtual help desk.
Now they have a local Twitter office in Lagos. Where they can physically take their complaints.

That was the problem.

Rotten

Thu, 01/13/2022 @ 09:41pm

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They should have done like Donald Hitler and have their own tweetstorm

Mr. Collusion

Fri, 01/14/2022 @ 12:52am

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How much did Twitter lose for outage in Nigeria? $0. Nigeria needs Twitter and Twitter will be just fine without Nigeria

Guesty

Fri, 01/14/2022 @ 07:03am

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LOL.

Buhari should threaten people on National television like all the confused presidents of Africa such as Idd Amin.

K

Fri, 01/14/2022 @ 07:36am

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Kashifu inua. Sisemi kitu.

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