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FG suspends Twitter operations in Nigeria

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 by his media aide Segun Adeyemi in Abuja on Friday.

He cited the “persistent use” of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.

Dateline Nigeria reports that the Federal Government had earlier accused Twitter of double standard for deleting President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets warning youths attacking security agents and burning government property in the South East.

Twitter said the tweets were deleted for violating its rules and constituting abusive behaviour.

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.

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