The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
The FG ironically announced the ban on twitter.
This comes after twitter deleted a genocidal threat against Ndigbo by president Muhammad Buhari.
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, Segun Adeyemi
Special Assistant to the Office of the Minister of Information and Culture said.
The Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.
