Index to Nigerian Newspapers

The Federal Government has lifted the ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria, effective from 12:00 a.m. this morning. The suspension was announced on June 4, 2021, after the social media giant deleted a post by President Buhari for "violation of the company's abusive behaviour policy". Nigeria lost N104.02 million ($250,600) every hour to the ban, bringing the daily losses to N2.46 billion. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court was expected to deliver a judgement on the case next week. Twitter's potential advertising audience in Nigeria is low compared to other platforms, making it unlikely that its 3.05 million adverts audience would be impacted by the ban. However, some Nigerians, including government officials, circumvented the process by installing Virtual Private Network (VPN). Stakeholders have expressed mixed feelings on the development, with some commending the move and others questioning the ban.