{"id":90151,"date":"2021-12-22T19:16:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=90151"},"modified":"2021-12-22T19:16:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:16:22","slug":"nigeria-loses-n499-32bn-as-twitter-ban-hits-200-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigeria-loses-n499-32bn-as-twitter-ban-hits-200-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria loses N499.32bn as Twitter ban hits 200 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The ban on Twitter by the Federal Government has continued to cost the country direly.<\/p>\n<p>The latest information is that the ban has set the country back by N499.32bn since it came into effect on June 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Federal Government announced the suspension of Twitter on June 4 after the microblogging site deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>The directive was promptly carried out by the telecommunication companies the next day, following a formal instruction from the Nigerian Communications Commission to that effect.<\/p>\n<p>NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool estimates that Nigeria\u2019s economy loses N104.02m ($250,600) every hour to the Twitter ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Since the ban on June 4 up to the time the report was done, there had been a total of 4,800 hours (200 days).<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/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 ban on Twitter by the Federal Government has continued to cost the country direly. 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