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The federal government says it has suspended the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, announced the suspension in a statement issued on Friday.
The suspension of the social networking service was also shared on the Twitter handle of the federal ministry of information.
Lai Mohammed cited “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.”
However, the platform is still active within Nigeria.
The suspension comes days after Twitter deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari’s official account. The tweet had referenced the Nigerian civil war as the President threatened to treat Nigerians “misbehaving” in “the language they understand”.