(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Kayode Ajulo, a Legal Practitioner, has said that the planned prosecution of users of the suspended twitter microblogging platform by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, is unknown to the county’s laws. Ajulo, also a Constitutional Lawyer, stated this on Sunday, while speaking with the NAN. He […]
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kunle Adegoke has said the Federal Government and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar
A human rights lawyer, Adeola Oyinlade, on Sunday, declared as illegal and unconstitutional, the directive of the Attorney-General of the Federation and
The announcement came just days after Twitter deleted a tweet from the official account of
President Muhammadu Buhari after it was deemed to have violated its rules. The tweet had been widely reported by Nigerians as harmful after the president appeared to threaten separatist agitators in the south east region with a repeat of the civil war that killed millions between 1967 and 1970. The Minister of Information and Culture,
Lai Mohammed, said the action made Twitter s mission in Nigeria suspicious, especially in light of its past actions considered an affront to the Nigerian government. Friday s suspension announcement was met with widespread outrage and condemnation from Nigerians, opposition politicians, civil society organisations, and even the Embassy of Sweden in Abuja.