Update: FG Suspends Twitter's Operations In Nigeria

The Federal government has announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter's operations in Nigeria.

This suspension was announced on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Adeyemi.

This suspension comes days after the platform deleted tweets from President Buhari's handle. 

Dafy World Entertainments had earlier reported that the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked President Buhari to tender an unreserved apology to the Igbos over his tweet referencing the civil war. Read here...

The statement released from the office announcing the suspension reads below;

''The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence.

The Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.''