Nigeria's government indefinitely suspended the operations of US social media giant Twitter, according to a statement by Information Minister Lai Mohammed on Friday.
He cited "the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence," and said the government had, "suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service Twitter, in Nigeria."
Though it was not immediately apparent what Mohammed was referring to in announcing the suspension, Twitter did delete a tweet by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, automatically suspending his account for 12 hours.
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