In a series of Tweets, Banky W said the government cannot stop kidnapping and other vices plaguing the country, but it can come out to ban Twitter.
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This comes hours after the Federal Government announced the suspension of the operations of the micro-blogging social networking service in the country.
The position of the US on the issue was stated by its Mission in Nigeria in a statement on its website on Saturday.
This was contained in a statement on Saturday by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, which described what was called a ban by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as a temporary suspension
In a statement by its President, Mustapha Isah, and General Secretary, Iyobosa Uwugiaren, the NGE said the Federal Government’s action has the unintended consequence of jeopardising the economic interests of many Nigerians who rely on the social media platform for vital information to make informed business decisions daily.
The President of ALTON, Gbenga Adebayo, made this known in a statement made in Lagos on Saturday.
The position of the Institute was contained in a statement by its Chairman, Kabir Yusuf, and Secretary, Raheem Adedoyin, on Saturday.
This followed the ban placed on the platform by the Federal Government on Friday.
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The Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday announced that it had suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
Saraki’s reaction, via Twitter, came minutes after the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the ban of the social media platform by Nigeria.
According to a statement by Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to the President (Media), Office of the Minister of Information and Culture, the suspension was announced on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.
The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
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 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.”
Speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday, Mohammed said Twitter had conveniently ignored inciting tweets by the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and others.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday night.
The pair disclosed this in a joint statement posted on Twitter by the Microsoft founder.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control released the data for Saturday shortly before midnight same day on its Twitter handle.