The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
The ban comes after Twitter deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet where he threatened people of south east Nigeria.
Buhari wrote: “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand.”
Twitter deleted Buhari’s tweet for violating rules.
The Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National BroadcastinglCommission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.
