Twitter Reacts To FG’s Plan To Lift Ban

• FG banned Twitter operations indefinitely in the country two days after it took down a tweet by the President Muhammadu Buhari, which the social media giant said violated its rules

Microblogging site, Twitter has reacted to the Federal Government’s announcement that it will lift the ban on the use of its platform in Nigeria.

“We recently met with the Nigerian government to discuss why Twitter has been blocked and ways to resolve the matter,” a spokesperson for the microblogging site was quoted as saying by Reuters.

“Our aim is to chart a path forward to the restoration of Twitter for everyone in Nigeria. We look forward to ongoing discussions with the Nigerian government and seeing the service restored very soon.”

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This came a few hours after the announcement by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, that the government would lift the ban on Twitter “in a matter of days”.

Mohammed who briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday revealed that the status of the conversation with the social media giant had gotten to an amicable stage.

He explained that agreements had been reached in all areas, except three that have been unresolved.

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