{"id":84684,"date":"2021-08-11T19:04:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T18:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84684"},"modified":"2021-08-11T19:04:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T18:04:17","slug":"breaking-fg-to-lift-ban-on-twitter-in-a-matter-of-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-fg-to-lift-ban-on-twitter-in-a-matter-of-days\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: FG to lift ban on Twitter \u2018in a matter of days\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Government said the ban on operations on micro blogging platform, twitter, will be lifted \u201cin a matter of days\u201d.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nMinister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave this update after the week\u2019s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nProviding updates on the government\u2019s negotiation with the micro-blogging site, the Minister gave more details of the conditions given to the platform, saying most of them have been accepted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe said the areas still pending such as Twitter setting up an office and having a Twitter staff of management cadre that will serve as the country representative, were being discussed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammed revealed in the area of a Nigerian office, even though Twitter has agreed to the condition, it is however maintaining the earliest it can establish it is 2022.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Minister expressed confidence everything will be hammered out with Twitter within a few days or weeks, noting the anxiety shown by Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe said the Federal Government\u2019s committee negotiating with Twitter will meet on the agreement soon to make recommendations.<\/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 said the ban on operations on micro blogging platform, twitter, will be lifted \u201cin a matter of days\u201d. 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