On Wednesday, the federal government announced the lifting of an eight-month-old ban on Twitter, an American micro-blogging platform with over seven million Nigerian users.

Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said the move followed a memo written to the president by Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim.

The FG had banned Twitter on June 5, 2021, after it deleted President Buhari’s tweets threatening a war because of the ongoing violence in the southeast.

Less than a week after Nigerian Internet service providers denied users access to Twitter, and thousands of young people embraced VPNs as ways to bypass the veto, the government opened an account with Koo, an Indian microblogging platform.

This, and a statement by Aprameya Radhakrishna, Koo founder and CEO, was all Nigerians needed to know what their increasingly autocratic federal government meant when Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, said the ban on Twitter was not to stifle freedom of information as Nigerians still had the options of other social media platforms.

LAI’S ENDORSEMENT, BUHARI’S VERIFICATION

“Koo is now available in Nigeria. We are thinking of enabling the local language there as well,” Radhakrishna said. “Nigeria is similar to India in terms of language diversity. It has hundreds of regional languages. Koo has a global outlook and will enable micro-blogging in countries that need it the most.”

Within days after Twitter ban, Koo app was available on Apple and Google app stores in Nigeria. Job advertisements were also put up on LinkedIn to find local language speakers. By the end of June, the President had joined Koo. Swiftly, he got a yellow verification tick and several thousands of users followed him.

But Nigerians did not want Koo.

RED FLAG

Koo’s entry strategy to Nigeria had worked in India. The app was the India government’s alternative to Twitter, when the latter resisted Prime Minister Modi-led government’s attempts to curb information. Nigerians quickly spotted Koo for what it was, a ready platform for dictators looking to curb dissent, and rejected it.

Although Koo appeared as a collage of choice Twitter and Facebook features, it was a poorer version of both. Users complained that pictures and videos appeared blurry, compared with what was obtainable on Twitter. Users also said it was annoying, given its domination by supporters of the Buhari government and proponents of Twitter ban. Conversations were also reportedly centered on divisive politics.

As well, the security of the data collected by the application raised concerns. Nigerians feared giving their information to a platform controlled by a government whose key players had been linked to terrorism.

Although most of the things above are from the testimonies of the few Nigerians who tried the Indian app out, the Twitter rush by supporters of the federal government after the lifting of the ban on Wednesday is evidence that Koo has not matched Twitter yet.

https://fij.ng/article/what-happened-to-koo-fgs-hand-picked-replacement-for-twitterwhat-happened-to-koo-fgs-hand-picked-replacement-for-twitter/

Did Nigerians even noticed it exist?
Nigerians ignored the useless app and continued with their lives.
The Useless govt think they can push Nigerians around.
Na dem go tire

Nigerians I know will rather stay idle and become the devil's workshop than use that nonsense Crowwe....

Immediately they heard Crowwe have been launched on playstore.....Some of us went to download it just so we could give it a negative review....


I love Nigerians....

Would his wife reactivate her account on twitter?

Dont ask me who

Old noise makers

Politics

Tinubu thuggery and bullion van is on twitter

Crowwe

Now matter how fake is dressed, I can never match original. Twitter is Twitter, is nothing like Twitter the 2nd or replacement.

There's difference between men and boys


BAT2023

It was dead on arrival…. Just like Tinubu’s presidential ambition

The earlier people understand that this Buhari led government was a colossal waste of 8years, the better they start preparing for a carefully selected and credible president...

Anything Buhari touched, literally failed. So don't be surprised about the failure of a social media platform this administration launched.

Twitter anytime any day twice on a Thursday morning, afternoon and even in the evening

Twitter is back

Mumu government

Crowwe's dead on arrival, aka DOA

Lol...you say what... Ibudo eye San ju ibudo adie lo

What about that Adamu Garuba's trashy Crowwe?

Big shame on the government. They resorted to bullying.

Maxymilliano:


https://fij.ng/article/what-happened-to-koo-fgs-hand-picked-replacement-for-twitterwhat-happened-to-koo-fgs-hand-picked-replacement-for-twitter/

Which kind JSS 1 article or news be this? The poster or mod no read am?

CC: Seun Lalasticlala

I will only know they are serious when they reinstate cryptocurrency.

It is Koo NOT Crowwe
Another foolish article from the principalities who think they own the world.

If you are in Nigeria, you can now use Twitter without VPN.
The Twitter ban has finally been lifted after 222 days.

Although, the ban wasn't lifted without Twitter agreeing to some of Nigeria's terms and conditions.

Read More
https://businesselitesafrica.com/5-terms-and-conditions-twitter-agreed-to-before-nigeria-ban-was-lifted/

Tinubu Arisetv NDLEA Buhari

YourNextLevel:
Would his wife reactivate her account on twitter?

Dont ask me who

Old noise makers

You mean the pregnant one? Shame no go gree am na

Doubleoh7:
What about that Adamu Garuba's trashy Crowwe?

Crowwe dey kano dey drink kunu dey crow

Hsk

My cousin told me he was looking for an alternative twitter app on play store adopted by Nigerian govt. And owned by Indians with a knife in his hand.

When I asked him what business the knife has with the App. He said he wants to stab them all inside the App.
Jm still frozen.

Lol. No way a mediocre app like crowwe was gonna see the light of day.


Why's the name of the Indian app censored in this reportage though