#TwitterBanInNigeria : The Nigeria Government is alleged to have lifted the suspension placed on the operations of the microblogging platform in Nigeria. The update was made known by Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi – the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), CCIE yesterday January 12. In an official statement released on […]
#TwitterBanInNigeria has reached 200 days with the government having to deal with huge economic & financial Loss. According to reports , the Nigerian economy has reached a whooping N499.29bn loss since the microblogging platform, was shut down by the government on June 4, 2021. From the statustics of the NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool, Nigeria economy […]
Twitter Ban to be lifted only if Nigerian Citizens are allowed to use it for Business and Positive Engagements President Muhammadu Buhari, during his Independence Day speech. President Buhari said a Presidential Committee which was set up to engage Twitter to checkmate the possibility of settling the issue, took into cognizance a few key issues which includes […]
#TwitterBan : The federal government of Nigeria has issued a statement concerning the long running ban of the operation of social media platform Twitter, in the country . According to an official statement through its Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed in response to a question asked by state house correspondents on the status of the […]
ECOWAS Court has Restrained Nigerian Government From Prosecuting Twitter Users Despite Ban. Earlier, bluebloodz.com reported that the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami had threatened to prosecute those violating the government’s ban on Twitter’s operation in Nigeria through the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) had also ordered all radio and television […]
Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami who deactivated his Twitter account following president Buhari’s controversial and illegal ban on Twitter being dragged for having Cryptocurrency Platform Amongst the array of Icons on his mobile phone. Malami who shared a confirmation screenshot on Facebook on Tuesday listed a major cryptocurrency platform […]
The Federal Government last Friday suspended the operations of micro blogging platform Twitter barely two days after the social media platform deleted a tweet by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), which many Nigerians believed was repugnant. The Buhari regime subsequently came under huge criticism from several rights groups across the world for restricting […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has threatened to sue the Federal government following the decision to suspend Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. In a statement released on Friday evening, June 4, NBA president – Olumide Apata, said the federal government lacked constitutional authority to back its decision. Apata described the action of the government as […]
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has Received formal instructions from NCC to suspend access to Twitter bluebloodz.com has learnt. The Nigerian Communications Commission NCC earlier today gave an official directive all telecommunication service providers in the country to block Twitter’s URL in furtherance of the move to enforce the indefinite suspension […]
Micro – Blogging platform Twitter Reacting to Federal Government’s decision, said it found the suspension of its operations in Nigeria to be “deeply concerning”. The platforms Senior Policy Communications Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Sarah Hart, stated this in an email response. She said :- “The announcement made by the Nigerian Government that […]