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| Nigeria banned Twitter on June 4 after it deleted a tweet of President Buhari |
ABUJA, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s federal government has lifted a ban on global social media giants Twitter.
The decision was announced by Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria – Twitter Engagement and Director-General of the Nigeria Information and Technology Development Agency, NITDA.
The government reportedly gave Twitter a number of conditions which included registering as a company and paying taxes.
The suspension of Twitter in Africa’s most populous nation spanned some seven months starting June 4.
The action was largely related to Twitter’s deletion of a tweet by Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari with the view that it flouted their rules.
Meanwhile, Nigerians are reacting to the news with a number of them relishing tweets from the president, the presidency and other state institutions. — NNN-AGENCIES
