Buhari Lifts Twitter Ban After 222 Days’ suspension 

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari ,has lifted the ban imposed on the operations of Twitter in Nigeria, effective from 12am, January 13, 2022.

This was disclosed in a press statement on Wednesday signed by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement, Kashifu Abdullahi. 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 12am 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 Ibrahim. The Federal Government had suspended Twitter operations in the country on June 5, 2021, about 222 days ago. The President subsequently established a seven-man Presidential Committee to engage Twitter, and another 20-member technical committee comprising all relevant government agencies was established to engage directly with the Twitter team”.

According to the statement, the Federal Government asked Twitter to meet up with some conditions before the removal of the ban, and the social media company has agreed to the conditions, with the execution of the agreement starting this week.