Tag: Twitter
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BREAKING: FG suspends Twitter operations in Nigeria
The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. 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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Twitter’s action, warning signal to Buhari – Ohanaeze
Vice President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, has applauded Twitter for deleting a controversial post by the President, Muhammadu Buhari on Nigerian Civil War from 1967 and 1970. The tweet, which was posted on Tuesday, read in part, “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss…
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Twitter deleted Buhari’s post out of malice –Daniel Bwala
Social commentator and lawyer, Dr Daniel Bwala, has said social media outfit, Twitter, deleted a post by the President Muhammadu Buhari, out of malice but failed to erase the provocative posts of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Bwala made this revelation in an interview The PUNCH. TheNewsGuru recalls that President Buhari…
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‘Their mission in Nigeria is suspicious’, FG reacts to Twitter’s removal of President Buhari’s tweets threatening trouble makers in S’East
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has taken a swipe at the US media giant, Twitter, saying its mission in Nigeria is suspicious. Mohammed’s comments came after Twitter deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet where he issued a threat to trouble makers in the country while making reference to Nigeria’s civil war. While defending…
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BREAKING: Twitter deletes Buhari’s controversial tweet on threats issued to rebellious Nigerians
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) on Wednesday deleted the controversial tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari, wherein he vowed to treat Nigerians “misbehaving” in “the language they understand”. TheNewsGuru, yesterday published a report on how Buhari threatened zero tolerance on rebels who he said are destroying national assets and instigating civil war in the country. Buhari made the…
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Russian court fines Twitter for failure to remove illegal content
A local court on Thursday fined Twitter 19 million rubles (about 259,000 U.S. dollars) for its failure to remove banned content. This includes calls for unauthorised protests, increasing fines on the company to 27.9 million rubles (380,000 U.S. dollars). Twitter was fined 8.9 million rubles (121,000 dollars) in early April for the same offence according…
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Privacy: NITDA searches for local alternatives to WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said it will organize a hackathon for Nigerians to pitch solutions that can provide services that will provide functional alternatives to existing global social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports this is contained in a public advisory issued by NITDA and released…
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Twitter suspends several accounts sharing posts from Donald Trump’s website
Twitter has suspended several accounts that have been set up to share posts from Donald Trump’s website. The micro-blogging site said the accounts broke the rules by helping the former president to circumvent a ban from the social network. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the ex-president was banned from a number of platforms after his supporters…
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Nigerians on Twitter demand suspension of Keyamo’s account over leaked chat
A myriad of Nigerians on Twitter have taken to the micro-blogging platform to call for the suspension of the account of the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, over his tweets showing the screenshots of his chat with popular rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem. TheNewsGuru recalls that Keyamo earlier accused Eedris Abdulkareem of dissing…
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First Jollof, Now Twitter. What Next? – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene Something Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said reminded me of British political journalist, Andrew Marr. Journalism, Marr wrote in his book, My Trade, is a chaotic form of earning, ragged at the edges and full of snakes and con artists. Last week, Mohammed, furious at Twitter’s decision to start…