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FG Suspends @Twitter Operations in Nigeriapic.twitter.com/7z5BQ0Mi3U
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The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
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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.
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The Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting l Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.
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Segun Adeyemi @SegunAde88 Special Assistant To The President (Media) Office of the Minister of Information and Culture Abuja 4 June 2021
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You announce the ban of Twitter on Twitter... My country my country
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This is a useless move and shows just how out of touch with reality the people in govt today are. Banning Twitter won't make people love you guys. You will go down in history as tyrants who resisted free speech with everything in their power while making Nigeria poverty capital!
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Sometimes i wonder if the FG of Nigeria,the house of assembly, if they think with their brain or their Annus
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People who think with annus are still better wallahi
nah the shit them Dey think with
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You can imagine how shameless these guys are. You are announcing the ban
@Twitter via the same platform. I hope@GarShehu aka Mr. Presidency,@FemAdesina@BashirAhmaad@adamugarba@fkeyamo@ProfOsinbajo and co will be honourable enough to delete their handles immediatlyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Did they mean Tinder? Or a 'Rich-Nigerian-Generous-Prince' scam ver.2021?..Indian Govt. be like, 'We too can clip wings now'.
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Activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's Cooperate existence you say? Is it only Nigeria that is a country in the world? You simply want to rule but don't want anyone to correct you when you're going wrong.
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But it’s ok for FG to threaten people with the horrors of genocide?
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