Tag: Nigeria Vs Twitter

Nigeria worthy of emulation, Trump Congratulates Buhari for banning Twitter

Wonuola Olujobi

  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…

Read More

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

Aliyu Aliyu

  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…

Read More