{"id":769,"date":"2022-05-29T12:46:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/nigeria-lifts-its-ban-on-twitter-after-7-months-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2022-05-29T12:46:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:46:30","slug":"nigeria-lifts-its-ban-on-twitter-after-7-months-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=769","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria lifts its ban on Twitter after 7 months &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Profile<br \/>Sections<br \/>tv<br \/>Featured<br \/>More From NBC<br \/>Follow NBC News<br \/>ABUJA, Nigeria \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/soldiers-open-fire-nigeria-drawing-global-attention-long-running-protests-n1244111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigerian government<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/nigeria-says-it-suspends-twitter-days-after-president-s-post-n1269673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lifted its ban on Twitter<\/a> in the West African country, seven months after the country\u2019s more than 200 million people were shut out of the social media network.<br \/>Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari directed that Twitter\u2019s operations will resume in the country on Thursday, according to the director-general of the country\u2019s National Information Technology Development Agency. <br \/>Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi said that was only after Twitter agreed to meet some conditions, including opening an office in Nigeria.<br \/>Nigeria suspended Twitter\u2019s operation on June 4, citing \u201cthe persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria\u2019s corporate existence.\u201d <br \/>The action triggered criticisms as it came shortly after the social media network deleted a post by Buhari in which he threatened to treat separatists \u201cin the language they will understand.\u201d<br \/>\u201cOur action is a deliberate attempt to recalibrate our relationship with Twitter to achieve the maximum mutual benefits for our nation without jeopardizing the justified interests of the company. Our engagement has been very respectful, cordial, and successful,\u201d Abdullahi said in a statement.<br \/>A spokesperson for Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<br \/>In addition to registering in Nigeria during the first quarter of 2022, Abdullahi said Twitter has also agreed to other conditions including appointing a designated country representative, complying with tax obligations and acting \u201cwith a respectful acknowledgement of Nigerian laws and the national culture and history on which such legislation has been built.\u201d<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2022 NBC UNIVERSAL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/nigeria-lifts-ban-twitter-7-months-rcna12045\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsABUJA, Nigeria \u2014 The Nigerian government has lifted its ban on Twitter in the West African country, seven months after the country\u2019s more than 200 million people were shut out of the social media network.Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari directed that Twitter\u2019s operations will resume in the country on Thursday, according to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v25.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria lifts its ban on Twitter after 7 months - NBC News - City Watch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=769\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria lifts its ban on Twitter after 7 months - NBC News City Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigeria lifts its ban on Twitter after 7 months - NBC News City Watch %\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=769\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"City Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100083282987806\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-29T12:46:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wp-header-logo-187.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=769#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=769\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/6f3e02bc6483df72f5abc6e9624d0cc8\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria lifts its ban on Twitter after 7 months &#8211; 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