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32News‘We Are Not Unmindful Of The Anxiety:’ FG Promises To Restore Twitter
The Federal Government has again pledged to restore Twitter services in the country, hundred days after the tech giant was banned in Nigeria. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House reporters after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. He said...
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87WorldRussia fines Facebook, Twitter over banned content
Russia fined Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday for not deleting banned content, adding to a slew of penalties the government has imposed on foreign tech giants. Russia has recently been tightening controls over US-based tech companies and last week accused them of interfering in parliamentary polls this weekend. A court...
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59EntertainmentBasketmouth, Buju’s collaboration on Your Body sets Twitter agog
While popular Nigerian humour merchant, Bright Okpocha also known as Basketmouth, attained success as a comedian, he began his career in the Nigerian entertainment industry as a rap artiste. Despite his success in the comedy industry, the funnyman still enters the music booth to release some songs. For instance, in...
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134PoliticsNigeria Loses ₦247.61 Billion In 100 Days Of Twitter Suspension
The Twitter ban in Nigeria has extended to 100 days, and in that time frame the nation has lost N247.61bn. The Federal Government had on June 4 suspended Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Consequently, telcos on June 5 blocked...
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132EntertainmentBBNaija 2021:- Twitter User Accuses Pere Of Beating His Ex-wife Till She Divorced After Suffering Miscarriage
Big Brother Naija housemate, Season 6 housemate, Pere has sparked a massive outrage on social media following his unnecessary misbehaviour in the house after he openly tried to bully fellow housemate, Whitemoney on Monday night. A heated altercation ensued between Pere and Whitemoney during a game housemates were playing where...
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Twitter Reacts To Nigerian Govt’s Plan To Lift Ban
Social media giant Twitter has reacted to the decision by the Federal Government to lift the ban on the use of its platform in Nigeria. “We recently met with the Nigerian government to discuss why Twitter has been blocked and ways to resolve the matter,” a spokesperson for the microblogging...
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39EntertainmentBBNaija Misleading Youths, FG Should Ban It Like Twitter – Ishaq Akintola
Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to ban television reality show, Big Brother Naija, just as the government banned microblogging site Twitter. MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, in a chat with The PUNCH on Saturday, described the programme as an “abomination”,...
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Twitter’s Suspension In Nigeria Is Violation Of Human Rights – US Consul-General
US consul-general, Claire Pierangelo, described the ban as “worrisome” at the “Conversation on Press Freedom, Freedom of Expression and Civic Space in Nigeria” which was held in Lagos. “Nigerian government’s ongoing suspension of Twitter and stated intent to introduce registration requirements for other social media platforms is deeply worrisome. “Banning or...
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See How Much Nigeria Has Lost So Far From The Twitter Ban
Nigeria businesses may have lost N150.46bn ($366.88m) since the Federal Government’s ban on Twitter took effect in the country on June 5. This figure was calculated based on the NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool. According to the tool, it costs Nigeria’s economy N102.77m ($250,600) every hour to ban Twitter. It...
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40NewsTwitter Ban: President Buhari Becomes Ambassador For App.
An Indian social media app Koo has made President Muhammadu Buhari a special ambassador amidst the ongoing ban of popular app Twitter. Koo, which is similar to Twitter, gained popularity in the Nigerian social media space in June following the ban of Twitter by the Nigerian government. Recall that Twitter removed a...
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198EntertainmentBBNaija 2021:- 3 Most Trending Female Housemates On Twitter
BBNaija 2021:- 3 Most Trending Female Housemates On Twitter The eleven female Big Brother Naija female housemates have finally been unveiled and welcomed into the Big Brother Naija house. Fans of the show and social media users are already drooling over some of the female contestants who were introduced today....
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Billboard Called Wizkid Songs “Yoruba Music” On Their Official Twitter Page
As previously reported, BTS bounds in atop the July 24-dated Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts with “Permission to Dance.” It’s the South Korean superstars’ fifth and fourth leader on the respective lists, extending their lead for the most since both surveys launched last September. But going...
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Buhari Ministers, Twitter Yet To Begin Talks On Ban
The government had on June 4, 2021, announced the suspension of Twitter two days after the platform deleted a tweet by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), which many users found offensive. Three weeks after the suspension, on June 22, the President set up a committee consisting of five...
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209NewsPutin Signs Law Mandating Twitter, Facebook, Others To Open Offices In Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Thursday requiring foreign IT firms to open offices on Russian territory. The law will apply to companies with over 500,000 daily Russian users. SOURCE President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that obliges foreign social media giants to open offices in Russia,...
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House Of Representatives Reject Lifting Of Twitter Ban By Majority Vote
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, rejected the lifting of Twitter suspension. The rejection came while the House was considering the report of its Committee on the matter. Recall that the House had mandated its Committees on Information, ICT, Intelligence, Justice and Orientation to investigate the circumstances of the suspension...