archiveJune 2021

Nigeria Twitter Ban - The Presidency has explained why President Muhammadu Buhari suspended the operation of Twitter in Nigeria. Nigeria's information and culture minister Lai Mohammed had on Friday announced Twitter's suspension in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi. Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman in a statement released...

President Muhammadu Buhari's government has suspended the operations of Twitter in Nigeria. By that action, telecommunication networks would restrict access to the microblogging site. The announcement of the suspension was made on Twitter on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammad. Giving its reason for the suspension...

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has ordered the prosecution of those violating the ban on Twitter.  The directive is in a statement issued by Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, media aide of Malami, on Saturday. On Friday, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter. Twitter’s suspension...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that there is no constitutional nor legal authority that supports the ban of Twitter by the Federal Government. NBA President, Olumide Akpata disclosed this in a statement on Friday night. Akapata described the government’s decision as illegal and threatened to challenge in court,...

Sweden has reacted to the indefinite suspension of Twitter by the Federal Government of Nigeria. In a brief communique shared on Twitter, the European country urged the Buhari-led government to respect ‘freedom of expression’ and the rights of the citizens. https://twitter.com/SwedeninNigeria/status/1400892494884311054?s=19 According to the tweet, Nigerians have a constitutional right...

This week has seen a lot of changes in the country. If you haven't been keeping up, you'll appreciate this summary of some of the most shocking events from the last few days. Without further let's, get into it. 1. Another group of students was kidnapped. Around 136 students were...

Nigerian youths have said they will make use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to have access to Twitter following the suspension of the social media platform’s operation in Nigeria.   The Federal Government through the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension on Friday. This was after...

The announcement that the Federal Government of Nigeria has banned Twitter has enraged social media users. This comes nearly two days after Twitter banned Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's 'abusive' civil war remark. In reference to the 1967-1970 civil war, President Buhari tweeted, "Those of us in the fields for 30 months,...