Nigeria said it would suspend social media giant Twitter's operations in the country on Fri, two days after Twitter suspended its president's official account.
SaharaReporters had reported how the police and the military raided innocent residents from certain communities in the South-East, giving specific names of some of the victims in custody.
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Nigeria's information minister said the platform was being used to "undermine" Nigeria, though gave no examples. The US media giant recently deleted a tweet from Nigeria's president for being "abusive" toward minorities.