#Breaking: FG lifts ban on Twitter.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the lifting of the suspension of Twitter’s operations in the country.
Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA, Kashifu Abdullahi, in a statement, announced the lifting of the suspension effective from 12am-midnight, 13th January 2022.
Mr. Abdullahi was also involved in the Nigerian government’s negotiation with Twitter.
The approval was given following a memo written to the President by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim.
The federal government had announced the suspension of the social media platform in June 2021, after it deleted a controversial tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The government also accused Twitter of working against Nigeria’s interest.
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