{"id":81625,"date":"2021-06-04T17:54:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T16:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81625"},"modified":"2021-06-04T18:21:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:21:49","slug":"breaking-nigeria-suspends-twitters-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-nigeria-suspends-twitters-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Nigeria Suspends Twitter\u2019s Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Federal Government of Nigeria has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the announcement of the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The statement was signed by Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to the President (Media), Office of the Minister of Information and Culture.The government of Nigeria cited the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria\u2019s corporate existence as the reason for its action.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said the federal government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Details later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government of Nigeria has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. 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