Buhari regime finally lifts ban on Twitter after 222 days - Mantlemedia

The President, Muhammadu Buhari has lifted the ban imposed on the operations of Twitter in Nigeria, effective from 12am, January 13, 2022.

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This was disclosed in a press statement on Wednesday signed by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement, Kashifu Abdullahi.

The Federal Government had suspended Twitter operations in the country on June last year.

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According to the statement, the Federal Government asked Twitter to meet up with some conditions before the removal of the ban, and the social media company has agreed to the conditions, with the execution of the agreement starting this week.

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