Nigeria orders broadcasters to deactivate Twitter accounts
The government suspended Twitter after the platform removed a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari
07 June 2021 - 21:11
Abuja — Nigerian television and radio stations should not use Twitter to gather information and have to deactivate their accounts, the broadcast authority said following the move to suspend the US social media giant in Africa’s most populous country.
Nigeria’s government on Friday said it had suspended Twitter’s activities, two days after the platform removed a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish secessionists. Nigerian telecoms firms have since blocked access to Twitter...
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