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Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture,Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement signed by his media aide Segun Adeyemi The minister cited the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
“We are the ones that must continue to show that what we are doing is helping the nation and making sure that there is restraint on the part of those in authority.” Naija Newsrecalls that Twitter had deleted President Buhari’s tweet wherein he spoke about the civil war experience.
Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand.” However, the social media platformdeleted the message, following widespread condemnation of the tweet.
The APC chieftain added that this is not the first time the federal government is trying to control the media, recalling that he had spent time in detention fighting for press freedom..
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