Tag: Twitter ban
Will there be another Twitter ban in Nigeria after Elon Musk’s takeover?: Lai speaks
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Nigeria closely monitoring the evolving developments on Twitter after Elon…
Twitter: ECOWAS court adjourns suit against Buhari government
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has adjourned the suit, against President Muhammadu Buhari's government over the Twitter ban,…
Humongous cost of Nigeria’s Twitter ban revealed, it will shock Buhari, Lai
In real terms the cost is about 79 percent of the N13.59 trillion budget of 2021. This amounts to a…
Nigerians mock Buhari government over lifting of Twitter ban
Nigerians have taken to social media to mock President Muhammadu Buhari-led's government over the announcement that the Twitter ban has…
We hope Nigerians will appreciate lifting of Twitter ban – Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu said the leaders of the Nigerian government hope Nigerians will appreciate the lifting of the Twitter ban by…
Twitter ban: SERAP loses to Nigerian govt. in court
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit filed against the Federal Government for directing television and radio…
Twitter ban: Lai Mohammed shifts goal post, ‘matter of days’ turns to months
Today, in an interview with Reuters, Mohammed said the ban will be lifted before the end of the year.
ECOWAS court prolongs decision on Buhari’s Twitter ban
Nigerians awaiting ECOWAS court verdict on the legality of the 5 June Twitter ban imposed by the Buhari administration will…
Twitter ban: ECOWAS to consolidate suits against Nigerian Govt Friday
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has fixed Friday, July 9, 2021, to consolidate suits against the Federal Government on the…
Twitter ban: 177 Nigerians floor Buhari in ECOWAS court
Nigerians scored a major victory against the Buhari government on Tuesday over the suspension of Twitter and the threat to…
SERAP drags Buhari, Lai Mohammed to Abuja court
President Buhari and his information minister Lai Mohammed have been dragged to the Federal High Court in Abuja by Socio-Economic…
Lift Twitter ban, Economic Summit Group pleads with Buhari
Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has urged the Federal Government to lift the suspension of Twitter, in the interest of…
Twitter ban: ECOWAS court serves Buhari hearing notice
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has served hearing notice on the Buhari government in the suit filed by SERAP and…
Buhari leaves young Nigerians in the cold with Twitter ban
Scores of small and medium-sized businesses across Nigeria are reeling from the indefinite suspension of Twitter
I support Twitter ban wholeheartedly: Ned Nwoko
Billionaire Ned Nwoko has announced his support for the Twitter ban in Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Twitter ban: U.S. State Department sends fresh message to Buhari
The U.S. State Department on Thursday condemned the Buhari government for suspending Twitter and targeting individuals who use the social…
Buhari keeps Twitter users on tenterhooks
President Muhammadu Buhari has declined to be specific on when the suspension of Twitter, the micro blogging service, will be…
Twitter seeks dialogue with Nigerian govt over suspension
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Wednesday said microblogging platform, Twitter, has approached the Nigerian government for…
U.S. gets impatient with Buhari over Twitter ban
The United States is increasingly getting impatient with the Buhari regime over the Twitter ban, as it steps up pressure…
CPJ condemns Buhari, NBC Twitter ban: Statement
The U.S. based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Nigerian authorities to end their suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria.
Nigeria and Twitter
The presentation by the President was summarized by his media handlers and posted on Twitter, a global micro-blogging site, which…
BudgIT Nigeria, CSOs defy Buhari’s Twitter ban [ Statement]
BudgIT Nigeria, on Tuesday openly joined the growing population of Nigerians defying the dictatorial suspension of Twitter by the Buhari…
We’ll meet in court, DAAR Communications replies NBC
DAAR Communications PLC has vowed to challenge the National Broadcasting Commission's directive on the suspension of Twitter as announced by…
View from Abroad: Buhari the dictator is back
The real reason for the Twitter ban, is to silence a citizenry that found, through social media, an unfettered speech…
Twitter ban: Lai Mohammed replies Adeboye, Kumuyi, others
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information, has made it clear that Nigerians who accessed Twitter, including Pastor Enoch Adeboye, should…
Kumuyi breaks silence on FG’s ban on Twitter in Nigeria
General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has broken his silence on the ban of Twitter in Nigeria…
Twitter ban: People are losing money, economies being destroyed – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has told the Federal Government that the issue of Twitter ban must not be politicised…
Adeboye to Buhari: RCCG won’t bow to Twitter ban
Pastor Enoch Adeboye has made it clear that the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCGG, which he oversees, will continue…
Twitter ban: Buhari regime summons Canada, UK, US, EU envoys
Nigeria's foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama summoned envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and the EU over Twitter ban
Twitter ban: Nigerians are losing money, says Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said the suspension of Twitter by the Federal Government has made Nigerians lose money and…