Category: ICT

Nigeria worthy of emulation, Trump Congratulates Buhari for banning Twitter

ADEOLA YUSUF

  United States (U.S.) former President, Donald Trump, has congratulated Nigeria for suspending the operations of Twitter in the country. Platforms Africa reports that Twitter and Facebook had in January suspended Trump’s accounts indefinitely. Trump, in a statement on Tuesday night, commended Nigeria for the action, calling on more countries to “ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech.”   READ ALSO: Use Twitter, Go to Jail, Nigeria tells Violators of Ban JUST IN: Count RCCG out of Nigeria’s Twitter Ban – Pastor Adeboye Over 1,000 by-pass…

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BREAKING: Nigerian Lawmakers Summon Minister Lai Mohammed Over Twitter Ban

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigeria’s House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over the indefinite suspension of Twitter in the country. Platforms Africa on Friday, reported that the federal government announced the suspended Twitter operations in Nigeria.   READ ALSO: Use Twitter, Go to Jail, Nigeria tells Violators of Ban JUST IN: Count RCCG out of Nigeria’s Twitter Ban – Pastor Adeboye Over 1,000 by-pass Nigeria’s Twitter Ban, Face Scam, Viruses threats BREAKING: Nigeria adamant, reiterates condition for Twitter ban lift   Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi…

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JUST IN: Count RCCG out of Nigeria’s Twitter Ban – Pastor Adeboye

ADEOLA YUSUF

Pastor E.A Adeboye, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has said that his church should be counted out of the Twitter ban by Nigeria. Reacting to the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria by President Buhari, Adeboye in a tweet on Monday afternoon, said the church would continue to use Twitter despite Mr Buhari’s ban stressing that the church is domiciled in 170 nations. “The Redeemed Christian Church of God is domiciled in more than 170 Nations & Territories. The tweets here are in accordance to…

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BREAKING: Nigeria adamant, reiterates condition for Twitter ban lift

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian government has given a condition to lift its indefinite suspension of Twitter. Minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said at a meeting with some envoys that Twitter’s operations in Nigeria will be restored only if the platform can be used “responsibly.” Asked when the ban will be lifted, Onyeama said there is no definite timeline for that, but added: “The condition would be responsible use of the social media and that really has to be it.” “We are not saying that Twitter is threatening the country or any…

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Use Twitter, Go to Jail, Nigeria tells Violators of Ban

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Country’s Justice Minister Orders prosecution of Twitter ban violators as country’s bickering with microblogging degenerate   Nigeria has threatened prosecution, which could lead to jail terms, for any of hundreds of thousands of Twitter users in the country who violates the suspension it slammed on the microblogging site. Apparently to show the Government’s seriousness, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Platforms Africa reports, ordered the prosecution of offenders of the Nigerian Government ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria.   READ ALSO: Outrage as…

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Over 1,000 by-pass Nigeria’s Twitter Ban, Face Scam, Viruses threats

ADEOLA YUSUF

  “If you aren’t paying for the service, you’re not the customer, you’re the product. You will likely be sold to clients including government.” Here is why bank accounts or data of government’s Twitter ban by-passers may be at great risk     Over 1, 000 Nigerians have engaged alternative sources including the services VPN providers to access Twitter and other social media networks 24 hours after the country suspended Twitter’s operations.   READ ALSO: Millions blocked as Twitter Operations Officially Grounded In Nigeria Why we Suspended Twitter’s Operations in…

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Millions blocked as Twitter Operations Officially Grounded In Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

Step by step process of how some Nigerians are already by-passing the government’s suspension of Twitter through VPN   Popular microblogging platform, Twitter, has officially stopped its operation in Federal Republic of Nigeria. Platforms  Africa reports that Twitter is the second most used social media network after facebook in Nigeria where millions of people in the country interact with others across other countries of the world. This development is coming hours after Federal Government announced the suspension of Twitter in a recent statement signed by Lai Mohammed.   READ ALSO:…

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Why we Suspended Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria – Minister

ADEOLA YUSUF

Government orders licensing of all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria   The Nigerian Government has declared that it slammed an indefinite suspension on operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria because Twitter has been persistently used for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement signed by his Special Assistant Segun Adeyemi sighted by Platforms Africa.   READ ALSO: Twitter Deletes Nigerian President Buhari’s ‘Civil War’ Tweet Twitter Office in…

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Twitter Deletes Nigerian President Buhari’s ‘Civil War’ Tweet

ADEOLA YUSUF

Here is the tweet before it was deleted and reason the microblogging site may suspend Buhari’s account   Twitter, an American microblogging and social networking service, has deleted Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet. Platforms Africa gathered from Twitter on Wednesday that it took down Nigeria’s President tweet for violating its policy.   READ ALSO: Buhari’s absence at Army Chief, Others’ burial sets Twitter on fire Young Nigerians set Twitter on fire over Bill, Melinda Gates’ Divorce Twitter Office in Ghana not a loss for South Africa, Kenya. Why Nigeria?  …

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ALERT: How WhatsApp Is Sharing Your Information With Sister Firms – NITDA

ADEOLA YUSUF

  What you must know from outcome of engagement between global policy officials of Facebook Incorporated, the owners of WhatsApp platform, and NITDA/African Network of Data Protection Authorities on 9th April, 2021.   Whatsapp has begun sharing of your information and that of other users with sister companies as its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy took effect from 15th May, 2021. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), which said this, added that it is under Section 6 (f) of the NITDA Act 2007 empowered to provide advisory to…

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