The Federal Government has suspended operations of micro blogging platform, Twitter, in Nigeria indefinitely.
Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed made the announcement during a press conference on Friday.
“The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.”
He cited the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
The Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.
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