Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s ban of Twitter operations in Nigeria as an ill-advised move to divert the attention of citizens from his failure to

There appears to be a divided parliament as members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives on Tuesday staged a walkout during plenary to protest

In recent years Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, has become Africa’s most attractive tech hub for investors. But that could be imperiled by the government’s decision to suspend Twitter’s operations in

The Nigerian federal government’s suspension of the operation of American micro-blogging company, Twitter, in Nigeria, might have left both in a catch-22 situation as the duo have lost millions of

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately. Acting director-general of the NBC, Armstrong Idachaba gave the directive in a

“Every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference” –Section 39 (1) CFRN Nigeria’s federal

The Nigerian Presidency has defended its suspension of Twitter operations in the country and says it is not a knee-jerk reaction to the microblogging platform’s preposterous deletion of President Muhammadu

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says Twitter’s suspension will serve as a positive trigger to unleash the creative potentials of young Nigerians in the global digital space. The party

The United States Government has reacted to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari’s indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in the country describing it as a poor message to investors and undermines citizens fundamental

American microblogging and social networking service, Twitter says it’s working to restore access for all Nigerians who rely on social media site to communicate and connect with the world. The

The Nigerian government has ordered the prosecution of citizens who bypass the country’s firewall and continue the use of Twitter despite the ban in the country. The West African country’s

Editors in Nigeria have called on the federal government to immediately reconsider the suspension of operations of Twitter as the move projects the Nigerian government as a dictatorship. The editors under

Governor of Nigeria’s southwestern Oyo State, Seyi Makinde says the federal government’s decision to ban Twitter operations in the country will affect investor’s confidence and called on the Nigerian leader to

Hundreds of thousands of citizens have opted for the use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to boycott the indefinite suspension of Twitter by the Nigerian government. The federal government