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Buhari names Mohammed, Fashola, Malami, others to interface with Twitter over suspension
The Federal Government has named a high-powered team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and...
Breaking: Twitter: Buhari, Lai Mohammed, others get ECOWAS Court restraining order, slammed for inference with human rights
“FG, its agents restrained from imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or prosecute Twitter and/or any other social media...
Twitter suspension directive to electronic media: SERAP slams, drags FG, Lai Mohammed to court
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order...
Twitter needs India and Nigeria to grow – CNN
Twitter is under siege in two countries that are critical for its global growth plans. The social media giant has been ensnared...
Former U.S President Trump praises Nigeria for banning Twitter
Former United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a statement praising the decision to suspend Twitter operations in Nigeria. “Congratulations to … Nigeria,...
Nigerian laws must be followed: Federal Government to Twitter
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said that Twitter management has reached out to seek high-level discussion to resolve the...
Reps summon Lai Mohammed over Twitter ban
As the dust of Twitter suspension in Nigeria is yet to settle, the House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Information...
Twitter suspension: FG can’t stop us from tweeting, CSOs, stakeholders say
Unperturbed by the Federal Goverment’s suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria, leaders of 27 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and stakeholders have vowed to...
Nigeria, Twitter and Other Stories By Reuben Abati
“Omo, I see you are still on Twitter. How you dey take do am? Come and teach your brother…” “Eishhh, Ishhh…Will you...
SERAP slams NBC over directive to electronic media to deactivate Twitter accounts, says unlawful
“This directive by the NBC is itself unlawful because it is based on another unlawful decision by the Federal Government to suspend Twitter...
Twitter suspension: Another governor calls for restrain, reversal, says youths are hurting, Nigeria is hurting
“Buhari government can sign ‘rules of engagement’ with the San Francisco-based social media giant on Twitter usage in Nigeria” “What I see is...
SERAP to Commonwealth: Suspend Nigeria over repression of human rights, media freedom, disregard for rule of law
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has joined forces with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Prof. Wole Soyinka and others in...
Twitter calls Buhari govt. bluff, promises to restore Nigerians’ access to its new platform
Twitter, the American micro-blogging and social networking service, has reacted to Buhari administration’s ban on its operations in Nigeria, promising to restore...
Just in: Twitter ban: FG goes tough, Justice Minister to prosecute violators
…Office of Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation to “swing into action” Following the ban slammed on Twitter by the President Muhammadu...
Twitter ban: Soyinka, NBA unimpressed, chide Pres. Buhari
“If Buhari has a problem with Twitter, he is advised to sort it out between them personally, the way Donald Trump did,...
Nigeria rebukes, suspends twitter operations in the country
Nigeria on Friday rebuked Twitter for deleting President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet on Biafra war and for not complying with government orders. The federal...
