After Twitter deleted Mr President's tweet referring to the Nigeria's civil war in a warning about the recent unrest in south east. The tweet sent by Mr Buhari on 1 June referred to the 1967-70 Nigerian Civil War and to treating "those misbehaving today" in "the language they will understand".


A Twitter spokesperson said at the time that the post "was in violation of the Twitter Rules".

After suspending Twitter's operations indefinitely, two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules.

Its statement, which was released on Twitter, also revealed that the national broadcasting regulator, NBC, has been told to start "the process of licensing all OTT [internet streaming services] and social media operations in Nigeria".

Osai Ojigho, director of Amnesty International Nigeria, condemned the announcement that the ban was due to "the persistent use of the platform for activities... capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence", a statement said by

And in a statement on Friday, the company - which in April announced its new African headquarters would be based in neighbouring Ghana - said it was "investigating and will provide updates when we know more" about the ban.

Although Twitter helped give many Nigeria's youths a voice. But in the eyes of the government, the company's role in motivating the young population was a line crossed.

Yet the Federal government appears not to have reckoned with the ingenuity of #EndSars protesters. People are already downloading VPNs to bypass the block when it happens.

We can all see that the Federal government doesn't love us at all, the only platform where we can share with the pain we face everyday has now been taken down by the same government that frustrates us everyday...


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