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Nigerian Government Indefinitely Suspends Twitter Operations in the Country

George Kamau by George Kamau
June 5, 2021
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Early this week, Twitter deleted Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet. The Nigerian President had posted threatening tweets which got Twitter users to report them as they incited violence.

“Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand,” read the post.

Twitter deleted that tweet on Wednesday and suspended his account for 12 hours since his tweet violated the company’s policy regarding abusive behaviour.

On Friday, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture announced on Twitter that they were indefinitely suspending Twitter’s operations in the country.

“The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.” 

According to the post, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the country’s Minister of Information and Culture said the suspension was because of “persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.”

After this announcement, Twitter said that the ban was deeply concerning and that they’re investigating it and will provide updates when they knew more.

Users in Nigeria have now resorted to using VPNs to access Twitter.

People in Nigeria can circumvent a ban on Twitter by using VPNs. – Gbenga Sesan, ICT expert#PoliticsToday#CTVTweets pic.twitter.com/jZqUTaEaSC

— Channels Television (@channelstv) June 4, 2021

The information minister also announced that the Federal Government direct the country’s National Broadcasting l Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT(over-the-top media services) and social media operations in Nigeria.

Twitter recently set up its first African offices in neighbouring Ghana that angered the information minister saying that the social network has been influenced by the country’s misrepresentation in the media which included social media-organized protests for police reform.

SERAP, a legal non-profit group said that they will sue the Nigerian government and its president over the suspension.

BREAKING: We're preparing court papers to sue President Buhari and @NigeriaGov over the illegal and unconstitutional suspension of Twitter in Nigeria.

Please indicate your interest to join the suit as co-applicant by stating your full names, and saying "I wish to join the suit."

— SERAP (@SERAPNigeria) June 4, 2021

Good reminder that while we definitely need to be talking about the power that social media platforms have to amplify or silence people, the biggest threat to free expression globally remains government censorship backed by state violence https://t.co/7dxWXfySPq

— Evan Greer is on Mastodon and Bluesky (@evan_greer) June 5, 2021

"When asked about the details of the suspension, a ministerial aide told Reuters: "Wait and see how things will turn out."

Yup, trying to figure out how to spare oga's blushes and unsettle Twitter

"Twitter continued to work in Abuja and Lagos on Friday" https://t.co/186hmqP4vc

— Yinka Adegoke (@YinkaWrites) June 5, 2021

No sis, we're now in UAR. I pray tweeps in naija are doing good though cause I heard twitter is banned over there. 😀

— J Jones (@JonesJoy17) June 4, 2021

might be our last night here, can we run tl sleep one last time? lol

— smada eh? (@SuperSmada) June 4, 2021

Nigerians complaining about Twitter shutdown

Ugandans: pic.twitter.com/t5Ei1BTJTS

— JONAM’S PRINCESS👑👑 (@AtimCharlotte) June 4, 2021

The most shameful thing about the ban of Twitter in Nigeria is not even that it was announced.

It's the realisation that this government can't see the divisiveness and irresponsibility of that Buhari tweet, and the barefacedness with which it is going about it.

— 'Fisayo Soyombo (@fisayosoyombo) June 4, 2021

Amnesty International condemns the Nigerian government’s suspension of Twitter @Twitter in #Nigeria🇳🇬 — a social media widely used by Nigerians to exercise their human rights, including their rights to freedom of expression and access to information. #TwitterBan

— Amnesty International Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) June 4, 2021

Nigeria has suspended Twitter indefinitely.

Though we don't yet know what that means, it's not the first time that the country's government has attempted to regulate social media.@briticoyemo explains the Social Media Bill, which has many Nigerians concerned. pic.twitter.com/69BBS7XTpF

— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) June 4, 2021

This is a developing story. Refresh for new updates.

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