Tag: Twitter ban
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Buhari’s Twitter ban, a petulant gesture, unbecoming of a democratically elected president – Soyinka
Professor Wole Soyinka has condemned the suspension of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter operations in Nigeria by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. Soyinka explained that Buhari should be able to sort whatever differences he has with the social networking service privately without infringing on the right of Nigerians to express themselves. Reacting on…
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Twitter ban: No constitutional authority to support FG’s peremptory action – NBA
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, the decision of the government…