Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the National Broadcasting Commission, will immediately commence the process of licensing all social media operations in Nigeria. The NBC is the regulator of all radio and television stations in Nigeria. The minister announced this just as he said the Federal Government has also.The Advocate
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The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
This was announced on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Adeyemi.
However, checks by our correspondent showed that Twitter is still up in Nigeria as of the time of filing this report as users still have access to the platform. The minister’s statement was also silent on the time that the ban would be enforced.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that Twitter deleted a post by the Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday.
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Twitter co-founder, Jack Dorsey, revealed on Friday that he has no plans to relocate to Accra yet though the social networking service has set up its African office in Ghana.
According to Ghana Web, Ghanaian Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, had disclosed that Jack is expected to relocate Accra in June 2021.
“Jack will be based in Accra, so this will be his base while he visits the other countries on the continent and I am hoping that his friends would also follow him and see what he finds so special about Accra,” Ghana Web quoted the minister as saying.
A tweep, @asaaseradio995, subsequently tweeted, “Jack Dorsey is expected to relocate to Ghana in June as Twitter sets up its African headquarters in Accra.”
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