Twitter ban

Twitter Ban Unlawful, ECOWAS Court Charges FG On Remedial Measures Economic Community of West African States’ Court on Thursday declared “unlawful” the suspension of Twitter by the Federal Government. The court also ordered the regime of…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has finally lifted a 7 month old ban it placed on Twitter, a micro-blogging platform. Recall that Twitter was in June 2021, suspended after it deleted a Tweet made by President Muhammadu Buhari.…

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, announced that he had directed a conditional lifting of the ban placed on the operations of Twitter, in Nigeria. Buhari made this known in his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians to mark the…

The Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) has fixed July 9, 2021, for the consolidation of all applications before the court on the Twitter ban by the Federal Government of Nigeria. This was announced on…

The Federal Government has said that its decision to suspend the activities of Twitter is well founded in law and it has not breach the citizens’ rights by so doing. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made this…

A human rights activist and lawyer has dragged the Minister of Information and Culture and the Attorney General of the Federation to court over the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. Inibehe Effiong said the ban had “caused me emotional…

The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed, concerning the legality of Twitter ban in the country. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, in his opening address at the plenary on…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that it does not have the constitutional power to prosecute offenders of Twitter suspension order issued by the Federal Government. Recall that the Attorney General of the…

The envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and the European Union in Nigeria, on Monday, insisted that the suspension of Twitter in the West African nation is a violation of freedom of expression. The…