Donald Trump will be allowed back onto Facebook and Instagram, after Meta announced it would be ending its two-year suspension of his accounts. The suspension will end “in the coming weeks”, the social media giant said. In a statement, Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said the public “should be able to hear what … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has hinted that the over two months suspension of Twitter’s activities in Nigeria will soon be lifted following agreement that has been reached in most areas of contention with the platform. The government had, on June 5, 2021, officially put an indefinite ban on Twitter, restricting it from operating in … [Read more…]
The Federal Government and the House of Representatives clashed yesterday over the suspension of Twitter. On June 4, government banned Twitter after the microblogging site pulled down a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. In reaction, the House mandated its Committees on Information, Communication and Justice to investigate the legal backing for government’s action. … [Read more…]
Twitter users’ wait for the suspension of the micro-blogging platform to be lifted by the Federal Government may be longer than anticipated. The government yesterday listed conditions that must be fulfilled by the United States firm for its service to be allowed again in Nigeria. It said the firm must be registered with … [Read more…]
Ex-president Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States, has just congratulated Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for banning the microblogging site, Twitter. In a statement, titled, ‘Statement by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States,’ he said, “Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned … [Read more…]
DAAR Communications PLC, owners and operators of Africa Independent Television, Raypower FM and Faaji Radio, has said that they will go to court to challenge the National Broadcasting Commission’s stance on the suspension of Twitter announced by the Federal Government once the strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria is over. They … [Read more…]
Four days after the Federal Government slammed indefinite ban on use of Twitter, prominent Nigerians have continued to flout the order. Those who have dared the FG include Governors of Kaduna and Ondo states, Nasir El-Rufai and Rotimi Akeredolu respectively, former Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose and senators Dino Melaye and Shehu Sani … [Read more…]
TWENTY-TWO years after exiting military dictatorship, Nigeria is gradually but steadily slipping back into full-scale repression. Stung by the international shame accompanying Twitter’s removal of a repugnant tweet by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the regime retaliated by suspending the operations of the microblogging site in Nigeria. The ban is rash, undemocratic and … [Read more…]