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Sep
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Twitter ban in Nigeria to end ‘very soon’

Twitter ban in Nigeria to end ‘very soon’

NEWS
NIGERIA expects to end its ban on Twitter in a "few more days", raising hopes among users eager to return to the social media platform three months after the suspension took effect, according to the government. The ban, announced in June, has hurt Nigerian businesses and drawn widespread condemnation for its damaging effect on freedom of expression and the ease of doing business in Africa's most populous nation. But Information Minister Lai Mohammed told a post-cabinet media briefing the government was aware of the anxiety the ban had created among Nigerians. "If the operation has been suspended for about 100…
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Jun
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s Twitter ban leaves businesses in the lurch

Nigeria’s Twitter ban leaves businesses in the lurch

NEWS
NNEKA CHILE LAGOS-based entrepreneur Ogechi Egemonu was selling more than 500,000 naira ($1,219) worth of watches, shoes and handbags on Twitter per week. Now, with the site suspended by the Nigerian government, Egemonu does not know how she will cope. "Social media is where I eat," she told Reuters. "I depend on social media for my livelihood." Scores of small and medium-sized businesses across Africa's most populous nation - and largest economy - are reeling from the indefinite suspension of the social media site. Nigeria announced the suspension on June 4, days after the platform removed a post from President…
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Jun
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Twitter ban will harm Nigeria as a technology investment destination

Twitter ban will harm Nigeria as a technology investment destination

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
IN recent years Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, has become Africa’s most attractive tech hub for investors. But that could be imperilled by the government’s decision to suspend Twitter’s operations in the country. TOLU OLAREWAJU, Lecturer in Economics, Staffordshire University Although no direct connection has been drawn, the ban came two days after Twitter took down a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. Twitter claimed the message had been deleted because it violated its rules against “abusive behaviour”. The ban could be in retaliation. A new chill entered into the relationship between Nigeria and Twitter in mid-April when the social media platform…
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Jun
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerians fight government’s Twitter ban with legal action

Nigerians fight government’s Twitter ban with legal action

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG ALMOST 200 Nigerians filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to lift a ban on Twitter, describing the government's decision to block the site as stifling "any dissenting voice" and digital rights. The ban was announced on Friday, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists, and the government said those who continued to use Twitter would be prosecuted. "The (suspension) negatively impacted millions of Nigerians who carry on their daily businesses and operational activities on Twitter," said Kolawole Oluwadare of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP),…
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