Tag: Twitter
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Respect citizens’ right, reverse suspension of Twitter, U.S. tells FG
The President Joe Biden-led United States government has called on the Nigerian government to respect the rights of its citizens to freely express themselves by reversing its suspension of Twitter’s operations in the West African country. In a statement issued on Thursday evening by the spokesperson of the Department of State Ned Price, the US…
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FG opens account on Koo, days after sidelining Twitter
Less than a week after banning American microblogging site Twitter indefinitely, the Nigerian government has joined its India-made rival Koo. Shortly after the ban, Koo had announced that it was available in Nigeria and was working to add local languages on its platform. Recall the government had alleged that the microblogging site was being used…
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FG didn’t ban Twitter, it’s only a suspension-APC
The National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ismaeel Ahmed, on Wednesday, said the Federal Government didn’t ban the use of Twitter, it only suspended its operations. He said this at a press conference before the rescheduled Progressive Youths Conference now to hold next week. Ahmed said, “The government didn’t ban social media as…
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Suspension: Twitter approaches FG for dialogue
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the microblogging platform, Twitter, has approached the Federal Government for dialogue with a view to resolving the problem that led to the suspension of its activities in Nigeria. Mohammed made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal…
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Twitter, Facebook, others must register in Nigeria – Lai Mohammed
As part of its controversial move to regulate social media, the Nigerian government said on Wednesday that Twitter, Facebook and other social media giants must register in the country. Information minister Lai Mohammed also said Twitter, which was recently suspended by the Nigerian government, has called for a ‘high-level’ discussion. Mr Mohammmed said these in…
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Twitter won’t function in Nigeria till it is duly registered, licensed – FG
The Federal Government says the management of tech giant, Twitter, has reached out for dialogue. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said this on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council. He declared that the ban has so far been very effective following reports of Twitter’s huge financial losses…
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Nigerians demand prosecution of Malami for bypassing FG’s #Twitterban with VPN to deactivate account
Nigerians are calling for the prosecution of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, who had earlier threatened to prosecute Twitter users after FG laced a ban on the micro-blogging site in the country. However, to the dismay of many Nigerians, Malami also breached Buhari’s Twitter ban, by side-tracking all…
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Twitter insulted Buhari, humiliated Nigerians -Yemi Solade
Veteran actor, Yemi Solade has said Twitter went too far insulting President Muhammadu Buhari by deleting his tweet. TheNewsGuru recalls that Twitter had earlier deleted Buhari’s tweet wherein he spoke about the civil war experience and threatened to deal with those “bent on destroying” Nigeria through “insurrection.” The occurrence led to the eventual suspension of…
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Breaking: PDP Reps walk out of plenary over Twitter ban
…unban Twitter now they insist …we’ll continue to tweet …Malami should arrest us not our constituents …says PDP Reps are one family Members of the House of Representatives Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Tuesday staged a walkout of plenary protesting the ban of Twitter by the Federal Government. Briefing journalists after the walk out, PDP…
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We are in depressing times in Nigeria – Kate Henshaw
Popular actress, Kate Henshaw has urged Nigerians to look out for one another in this trying times. Henshaw, in a tweet on Monday, said, “Talk to someone if you have to. Take a break. We are in depressing times. Make person head no go blow like gasket for engine. (sic) “We need each other at…