Federal Government has suspended Twitter in Nigeria following Twitter’s decision to censor President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment on unleashing Biafra’s level of assaults on IPOB and others.
In a statement released on Friday, the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture said the Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of Twitter in Nigeria.
The suspension was announced by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja.
The minister claimed the microblogging and social networking site has consistently used its platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
The statement read in part, “the Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.”
Lai Mohammed hinged the decision on “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.”
He also said the Federal Government has “directed the National Broadcasting l Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.”
