President Muhammadu Buhari
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SERAP Fumes. • Their Activities Capable Of Undermining Nigeria’s Corporate Existence Lai Mohammed
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Nigerians have continued to express shock and disbelief over Federal Government’s indefinite suspension of the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement yesterday in Abuja, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
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FG orders NBC to license all social media companies
Just like Twitter, Facebook pulls down President’s post
All the social media platforms operating in Nigeria are now to be licensed by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) following an indefinite suspension slammed on Twitter by the Federal Government on Friday.
Twitter said in its initial reaction to the clampdown that it was investigating the action against it.
Nigerians in their thousands condemned the ban.
Government cited “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence” for its action.
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