Twitter In Nigeria / Nigerians react as lesbian couples pose for photo in Lagos .... The federal government has followed through with its decision to ban the operations of microblogging site, twitter in nigeria after citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that. A statement by a twitter spokesperson to techcabal said: Twitter's mission in nigeria is very suspect, they have an agenda. The minister of information and culture, lai mohammed has taken a swipe at the us media giant, twitter, saying its mission in nigeria is suspicious. Nigeria's government said friday it was suspending twitter indefinitely within its borders, a day after the social media giant censored a controversial tweet president muhammadu buhari sent about.
People are already downloading vpns to bypass the block when it happens. Twitter users in nigeria expressed outrage at the blocking of one of the main outlets that they have to criticize their government and try to hold it to account. Twitter helped give nigeria's many youths a voice. The minister of information and culture, alhaji lai mohammed. Twitter is massively popular in nigeria.