Tag: Twitter ban

A West African court has ordered the Nigerian authorities not to prosecute people for using Twitter while it considers a suit seeking to overturn a ban on its use. The ...

Tens of thousands of Nigerians took to the streets last October in protests against police brutality. They became known as the EndSars demonstrations as they were sparked after a video went ...

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has tweeted the Nigerian flag in what local media have interpreted to be support for the Saturday protests against poor governance and the suspension of the ...

Former US president Donald Trump has praised Nigeria's government for banning Twitter after it deleted President Muhammadu Buhari's post for breaching its rules. "Who are they to dictate good and ...

Nigeria says it's in discussions with Twitter, having suspended the social media platform over the weekend. After meeting diplomats, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said the government would see how negotiations ...

The U.S. and the European Union voiced concern over Nigeria's decision to indefinitely ban Twitter after the U.S. social media giant deleted a tweet from the president's account for violating ...

Millions of Nigerians struggled Saturday to access Twitter, a day after authorities suspended the service in response to the company's deletion of a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari for violating ...

Nigeria will prosecute anyone found to have breached the country's ban on the social media firm Twitter, a government spokesperson has told the BBC. The government announced on Friday it ...

In a major break from other internet companies, Twitter said on Wednesday it would no longer accept political ads, a decision that will affect users and political campaigns in the ...