President Muhammadu Buhari has lifted the ban placed on Twitter operations in the country, effective from 12 am, January 13, 2022.
This is coming about 222 days after the operations of the social media platform was suspended in the country following the deletion of a tweet made by Buhari against members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South-East.
The lifting of the ban was announced in a press statement signed by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement, Kashifu Abdullahi, on Wednesday.
The statement read in part, “The Federal Government of Nigeria directs me to inform the public that President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the lifting of the suspension of Twitter operation in Nigeria effective from 12 am tonight, January 13, 2022.
“The approval was given following a memo written to the President by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami.”
