The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday,
said it was due to persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
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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.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
