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Twitter board agrees to $44bn takeover by Elon Musk

Dailyblast — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:21:08 +0000

The board of Twitter has agreed to an $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk. Mr Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, said Twitter had “tremendous potential” that he would unlock. He also called for a series of changes from relaxing its content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts. [...]

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Buhari orders conditional lifting of Twitter ban

Dailyblast — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 11:16:35 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, said he had directed a conditional lifting of the ban placed on the operations of the micro blogging sire, Twitter, in Nigeria in June. Buhari disclosed this in his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians to mark the nation’s 61st independence. He described the social media as a very useful platform but [...]

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Goodbye Nigeria trends on twitter as young Nigerians celebrate departure

Dailyblast — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:31:34 +0000

Nigerians on Twitter have begun a ‘Goodbye Nigeria’ trend to comment on the rate at which youths are leaving the country. As part of the trend, Nigerians who have departed the country shared their pictures at the airport or in a foreign country, with the caption ‘Goodbye Nigeria’. Other associated words in line with the [...]

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Nigeria loses N24.72bn due to Twitter ban

Dailyblast — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 07:22:27 +0000

Nigeria has lost N24.72bn in 10 days due to the Twitter ban imposed by the Federal government. The Federal government on June 5 placed an indefinite suspension of the operations of the microblogging app in Nigeria after the site took down a tweet posted on the President’s handle. The Federal government last week said the [...]

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Reverse Twitter ban immediately, USAID warns Buhari

Dailyblast — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 17:14:29 +0000

The United States of America has again urged the President Muhammadu Buhari, to rethink and rescind the Twitter ban in Nigeria. This message was conveyed by a top American official and senior diplomat, who is the current administrator of the US Agency for International Development, Samantha Power. Power, in a tweet on her verified handle [...]

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#TwitterBan: Tweeting is a human right – Pastor Adeboye

Dailyblast — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:36:51 +0000

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says tweeting is in accordance with Article 19 of the United Nations universal declaration of human rights. Adeboye, who holds a large following in Nigeria, made this known in a tweet on Monday, adding that his church is present across the world. [...]

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#TwitterBan: FG gives condition to lift suspension

Dailyblast — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:28:30 +0000

The Federal government has given a condition to lift its indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this during a meeting with foreign envoys in Abuja today June 7. According to Onyeama, the micro-blogging site will be restored in Nigeria only if the platform can be used [...]

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Breaking: NBC directs all radio and TV Stations to deactivate Twitter handles

Dailyblast — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:14:59 +0000

The National Broadcasting Commission has directed all broadcast stations in the country to suspend the patronage of Twitter with immediate effect. The NBC said the decision followed the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government over the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining the corporate existence [...]

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Lift Twitter ban or be sued, PDP Reps threaten Buhari

Dailyblast — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 16:15:25 +0000

The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to lift the ban on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, or it will take legal action against the government as soon as possible. The PDP caucus described the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria as “one more step in a litany of [...]

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US condemns Buhari-led Government over Twitter ban in Nigeria

Dailyblast — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 04:20:57 +0000

The United States has cautioned the Muhammadu Buhari-led government over the recent suspension placed on the operations of Twitter in Nigeria. Nigeria’s information and culture minister Lai Mohammed had on Friday announced Twitter’s suspension in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi. Reacting to the suspension in a statement on Saturday, the US Mission [...]

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