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Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Rissamenti: 12:18am On Jun 05, 2021
In a way, this Nigerian ban of Twitter exemplifies the VERY REASON WHY NIGERIA MUST NOT BREAK UP.

I mean.....the very audacity of it is heartwarming.
smiley

Tell me something.

How many countries in Africa can even DARE to contemplate such a thing?

Challenging such a major international corporate giant?

Banning them?

Very few. Maybe South Africa, Egypt, finish.

AND NIGERIA.

The twitter ban is a VERY BIG DEAL for Twitter.

They are not happy about it one bit.

Their shareholders are not smiling, and privately see it as a fiasco by the executives.

See, Twitter has a reported '2 million' Nigerian users. The likelier figure is 10 to 15 million.

Not just that, but Nigeria is projected to become the 3rd most populous nation on Earth after India and China by 2050.

No big firm in their right mind wants to be excluded from the Nigerian market going forward.

So Twitter are very unhappy about this ban.

See, we could not say these things about your little 'Biafra', 'Oduduwa', 'Arewa', 'Niger Delta' etc new republics you want to replace Nigeria with.

You would each become like Sierra Leone. Togo. Burkina Faso. Guinea. Ignored by the world, and bullied by the likes of France.

Could your tiny countries DARE to ban Twitter?

Nahhh... They'd be your absolute LORDS.

But today, as Nigeria, you sneeze, and the whole world catches a cold including Twitter.

What a great fall it would be, your disintegration.

Today, Twitter has issued a statement saying they are ''deeply concerned'' that Nigeria has banned them.

I'm pretty sure they are making overtures to the Nigerian govt to reverse the ban.

If Oduduwa republic or Biafra republic bans Twitter, do you think Twitter would even notice, much less issue a statement?

Who dash una?

Listen up, African. The ONLY thing that makes you relevant in today's busy world is that name, NIGERIA. Africa's biggest economy. Africa's most populous nation of 210 million people. Giant of Africa. Continental powerhouse. Geopolitical behemoth.

Lose that, and you become ..NOTHING.

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by NiklauseFred(m): 12:22am On Jun 05, 2021
Ihe nka owu rice??!

Ara akpa la gi oo

Op etara e ife?!

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by FarahAideed: 12:23am On Jun 05, 2021
Shareholder are smiling , twitter stock rose by 3 percent after the announcement

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Rissamenti: 12:28am On Jun 05, 2021
FarahAideed:
Shareholder are smiling , twitter stock rose by 3 percent after the announcement

Garbage. Twitter stocks have been rising regardless of events in Nigeria, and rose 3.4% in the last 12 hours alone as well. So it's absolutely nothing to do with Nigeria.

What shareholders are concerned with is the impact of the ban on long-term strategic gains, and being excluded from Nigeria, Africa's biggest internet market and ecosystem, is not regarded as a good sign.

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by CilicMarin: 12:31am On Jun 05, 2021
FarahAideed:
Shareholder are smiling , twitter stock rose by 3 percent after the announcement

This was your tweet when they banned Donald Trump..

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by CilicMarin: 12:33am On Jun 05, 2021
Twitter will finally beg Nigeria and accept to curb hate speech on their platform...

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Rissamenti: 12:34am On Jun 05, 2021
CilicMarin:
Twitter will finally beg Nigeria and accept to curb hate speech on their platform...


They have no choice.

That is the power of NIGERIA, which some visionless, thoughtless, tribalistic dunderheads want to break up into little geographical irrelevancies.

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Ever8090: 1:22am On Jun 05, 2021
Meaningless
Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by RagaMufeen(m): 2:11am On Jun 05, 2021
Those saying twitter will lose money forgets Nigeria will lose more. Watch as foreign investment plumments. No organisation worth it's salt would invest in a country where freedom is daily eroding.

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by drealcivilceno(m): 2:25am On Jun 05, 2021
Rissamenti:
In a way, this Nigerian ban of Twitter exemplifies the VERY REASON WHY NIGERIA MUST NOT BREAK UP.

I mean.....the very audacity of it is heartwarming.
smiley

Tell me something.

How many countries in Africa can even DARE to contemplate such a thing?

Challenging such a major international corporate giant?

Banning them?

Very few. Maybe South Africa, Egypt, finish.

AND NIGERIA.

The twitter ban is a VERY BIG DEAL for Twitter.

They are not happy about it one bit.

Their shareholders are not smiling, and privately see it as a fiasco by the executives.

See, Twitter has a reported '2 million' Nigerian users. The likelier figure is 10 to 15 million.

Not just that, but Nigeria is projected to become the 3rd most populous nation on Earth after India and China by 2050.

No big firm in their right mind wants to be excluded from the Nigerian market going forward.

So Twitter are very unhappy about this ban.

See, we could not say these things about your little 'Biafra', 'Oduduwa', 'Arewa', 'Niger Delta' etc new republics you want to replace Nigeria with.

You would each become like Sierra Leone. Togo. Burkina Faso. Guinea. Ignored by the world, and lorded over by the likes of France.

Could your tiny countries DARE to ban Twitter?

Nahhh... They'd be your absolute LORDS.

But today, as Nigeria, you sneeze, and the whole world catches a cold including Twitter.

What a great fall it would be, your disintegration.

Today, Twitter has issued a statement saying they are ''deeply concerned'' that Nigeria has banned them.

I'm pretty sure they are making overtures to the Nigerian govt to reverse the ban.

If Oduduwa republic or Biafra republic bans Twitter, do you think Twitter would even notice, much less issue a statement?

Who dash una?

Listen up, African. The ONLY thing that makes you relevant in today's world is that name, NIGERIA. Africa's biggest economy. Africa's most populous nation of 210 million people. Giant of Africa and continental powerhouse.

Lose it, and you become ..NOTHING.

Some people won't understand what you are saying.
Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Rissamenti: 2:28am On Jun 05, 2021
RagaMufeen:
Those saying twitter will lose money forgets Nigeria will lose more. Watch as foreign investment plumments. No organisation worth it's salt would invest in a country where freedom is daily eroding.

You're a joker.

If you really think foreign investors will shun Nigeria because of TWITTER, you have serious issues.

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Rissamenti: 2:31am On Jun 05, 2021
drealcivilceno:


Some people won't understand what you are saying.

Sadly so, bro. Hopefully, enough understand it to not let the foolishness of splintering occur.
Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by odduduwa: 2:31am On Jun 05, 2021
Rissamenti:


They have no choice.

That is the power of NIGERIA, which some visionless, thoughtless, tribalistic dunderheads want to break up into little geographical irrelevancies.
if Nigeria survive beyond this year , know that the hand of God is here

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Kewtt: 2:33am On Jun 05, 2021
odduduwa:
if Nigeria survive beyond this year , know that the hand of God is here
We are still on twitter. Ban or no ban.
Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by odduduwa: 2:36am On Jun 05, 2021
Kewtt:

We are still on twitter. Ban or no ban.
honestly it's time to go after buhari and his policies honestly that guy is rubbing mud on the faces of nigerians
Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Rissamenti: 2:51am On Jun 05, 2021
odduduwa:
if Nigeria survive beyond this year , know that the hand of God is here

If there'll be no Nigeria by year's end, what will you do without Nairaland?
Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by MansoryMX(m): 3:02am On Jun 05, 2021
Rissamenti:
In a way, this Nigerian ban of Twitter exemplifies the VERY REASON WHY NIGERIA MUST NOT BREAK UP.

I mean.....the very audacity of it is heartwarming.
smiley

Tell me something.

How many countries in Africa can even DARE to contemplate such a thing?

Challenging such a major international corporate giant?

Banning them?

Very few. Maybe South Africa, Egypt, finish.

AND NIGERIA.

The twitter ban is a VERY BIG DEAL for Twitter.

They are not happy about it one bit.

Their shareholders are not smiling, and privately see it as a fiasco by the executives.

See, Twitter has a reported '2 million' Nigerian users. The likelier figure is 10 to 15 million.

Not just that, but Nigeria is projected to become the 3rd most populous nation on Earth after India and China by 2050.

No big firm in their right mind wants to be excluded from the Nigerian market going forward.

So Twitter are very unhappy about this ban.

See, we could not say these things about your little 'Biafra', 'Oduduwa', 'Arewa', 'Niger Delta' etc new republics you want to replace Nigeria with.

You would each become like Sierra Leone. Togo. Burkina Faso. Guinea. Ignored by the world, and bullied by the likes of France.

Could your tiny countries DARE to ban Twitter?

Nahhh... They'd be your absolute LORDS.

But today, as Nigeria, you sneeze, and the whole world catches a cold including Twitter.

What a great fall it would be, your disintegration.

Today, Twitter has issued a statement saying they are ''deeply concerned'' that Nigeria has banned them.

I'm pretty sure they are making overtures to the Nigerian govt to reverse the ban.

If Oduduwa republic or Biafra republic bans Twitter, do you think Twitter would even notice, much less issue a statement?

Who dash una?

Listen up, African. The ONLY thing that makes you relevant in today's busy world is that name, NIGERIA. Africa's biggest economy. Africa's most populous nation of 210 million people. Giant of Africa. Continental powerhouse. Geopolitical behemoth.

Lose that, and you become ..NOTHING.


Buhari or whoever is steering the wheel will not remain in power forever. There is a parable in my dialect that translate “Adult wey nor get shame hang small pikin toy for air with him hand, the hand go tire am one day and he go drop that hand down”. don’t forget this.

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by twosquare(m): 3:17am On Jun 05, 2021
So many morons on this platform like the op...all you can think of is the bigness amidst impoverishment. May Nigeria happen to you. Say amen.

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by amuwo1980: 3:20am On Jun 05, 2021
Such delusion of grandeur, do You see how the ppl in power since the 60s in Nigeria have taken their arrogance to such levels all because of so so much advantages and privileges over decades , they now see themselves as lords of the universe

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Rissamenti: 3:27am On Jun 05, 2021
twosquare:
So many morons on this platform like the op...all you can think of is the bigness amidst impoverishment. May Nigeria happen to you. Say amen.

Is it the Guinea Bissau or Malawi replica that you wish to become that will not be impoverished?

At least in NIGERIA you always have a chance of making it, with its huge market, large middle class and buying power.
Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by MrSamsung(m): 7:12am On Jun 05, 2021
Wicked men are getting bolder and bolder by the day.

Freedom gaggers and their supporters are getting more bolder

Will this lead them to their early grave and early disintegration of this goddamm country?

Well, TIME WILL TELL

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by zombieHUNTER: 7:13am On Jun 05, 2021
Rissamenti:
In a way, this Nigerian ban of Twitter exemplifies the VERY REASON WHY NIGERIA MUST NOT BREAK UP.

I mean.....the very audacity of it is heartwarming.
smiley

Tell me something.

How many countries in Africa can even DARE to contemplate such a thing?

Challenging such a major international corporate giant?

Banning them?

Very few. Maybe South Africa, Egypt, finish.

AND NIGERIA.

The twitter ban is a VERY BIG DEAL for Twitter.

They are not happy about it one bit.

Their shareholders are not smiling, and privately see it as a fiasco by the executives.

See, Twitter has a reported '2 million' Nigerian users. The likelier figure is 10 to 15 million.

Not just that, but Nigeria is projected to become the 3rd most populous nation on Earth after India and China by 2050.

No big firm in their right mind wants to be excluded from the Nigerian market going forward.

So Twitter are very unhappy about this ban.

See, we could not say these things about your little 'Biafra', 'Oduduwa', 'Arewa', 'Niger Delta' etc new republics you want to replace Nigeria with.

You would each become like Sierra Leone. Togo. Burkina Faso. Guinea. Ignored by the world, and bullied by the likes of France.

Could your tiny countries DARE to ban Twitter?

Nahhh... They'd be your absolute LORDS.

But today, as Nigeria, you sneeze, and the whole world catches a cold including Twitter.

What a great fall it would be, your disintegration.

Today, Twitter has issued a statement saying they are ''deeply concerned'' that Nigeria has banned them.

I'm pretty sure they are making overtures to the Nigerian govt to reverse the ban.

If Oduduwa republic or Biafra republic bans Twitter, do you think Twitter would even notice, much less issue a statement?

Who dash una?

Listen up, African. The ONLY thing that makes you relevant in today's busy world is that name, NIGERIA. Africa's biggest economy. Africa's most populous nation of 210 million people. Giant of Africa. Continental powerhouse. Geopolitical behemoth.

Lose that, and you become ..NOTHING.

Cows everywhere...
Can't read this rubbish

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by owobokiri(m): 7:13am On Jun 05, 2021
Nigeria that we have finished!?
Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Xhuntra: 7:16am On Jun 05, 2021
Rissamenti:


They have no choice.

That is the power of NIGERIA, which some visionless, thoughtless, tribalistic dunderheads want to break up into little geographical irrelevancies.

Two zombies quoting themselves and masturbating.

Cc: Cilicmarin

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by joyandfaith: 7:21am On Jun 05, 2021
Rissamenti:
In a way, this Nigerian ban of Twitter exemplifies the VERY REASON WHY NIGERIA MUST NOT BREAK UP.

I mean.....the very audacity of it is heartwarming.
smiley

Tell me something.

How many countries in Africa can even DARE to contemplate such a thing?

Challenging such a major international corporate giant?

Banning them?

Very few. Maybe South Africa, Egypt, finish.

AND NIGERIA.

The twitter ban is a VERY BIG DEAL for Twitter.

They are not happy about it one bit.

Their shareholders are not smiling, and privately see it as a fiasco by the executives.

See, Twitter has a reported '2 million' Nigerian users. The likelier figure is 10 to 15 million.

Not just that, but Nigeria is projected to become the 3rd most populous nation on Earth after India and China by 2050.

No big firm in their right mind wants to be excluded from the Nigerian market going forward.

So Twitter are very unhappy about this ban.

See, we could not say these things about your little 'Biafra', 'Oduduwa', 'Arewa', 'Niger Delta' etc new republics you want to replace Nigeria with.

You would each become like Sierra Leone. Togo. Burkina Faso. Guinea. Ignored by the world, and bullied by the likes of France.

Could your tiny countries DARE to ban Twitter?

Nahhh... They'd be your absolute LORDS.

But today, as Nigeria, you sneeze, and the whole world catches a cold including Twitter.

What a great fall it would be, your disintegration.

Today, Twitter has issued a statement saying they are ''deeply concerned'' that Nigeria has banned them.

I'm pretty sure they are making overtures to the Nigerian govt to reverse the ban.

If Oduduwa republic or Biafra republic bans Twitter, do you think Twitter would even notice, much less issue a statement?

Who dash una?

Listen up, African. The ONLY thing that makes you relevant in today's busy world is that name, NIGERIA. Africa's biggest economy. Africa's most populous nation of 210 million people. Giant of Africa. Continental powerhouse. Geopolitical behemoth.

Lose that, and you become ..NOTHING.
Nigeria can never be united with people like you. Twitter ban even worsens disunity between north and south.
Twitter after the ban

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by funkybroyouknow: 8:02am On Jun 05, 2021
Guy you are a big fool. way smaller countries have banned all social media let alone not just Twitter before and nothing has happened to them, no sanctions no international outrage, nothing. your acting as if banning twitter is akin to expelling foreign diplomats, they are just a company

Nigeria moneywise is just a drop in the bucket for twitter, 2 million users compared to the 186 million they have globally. they will earn their revenue elsewhere, not to mention that people can download VPN or proxies and continue using twitter. all this walaha just to make a total fool of yourself on the global stage grin

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Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Generalnomercy: 8:46am On Jun 05, 2021
Rissamenti:
In a way, this Nigerian ban of Twitter exemplifies the VERY REASON WHY NIGERIA MUST NOT BREAK UP.

I mean.....the very audacity of it is heartwarming.
smiley

Tell me something.

How many countries in Africa can even DARE to contemplate such a thing?

Challenging such a major international corporate giant?

Banning them?

Very few. Maybe South Africa, Egypt, finish.

AND NIGERIA.

The twitter ban is a VERY BIG DEAL for Twitter.

They are not happy about it one bit.

Their shareholders are not smiling, and privately see it as a fiasco by the executives.

See, Twitter has a reported '2 million' Nigerian users. The likelier figure is 10 to 15 million.

Not just that, but Nigeria is projected to become the 3rd most populous nation on Earth after India and China by 2050.

No big firm in their right mind wants to be excluded from the Nigerian market going forward.

So Twitter are very unhappy about this ban.

See, we could not say these things about your little 'Biafra', 'Oduduwa', 'Arewa', 'Niger Delta' etc new republics you want to replace Nigeria with.

You would each become like Sierra Leone. Togo. Burkina Faso. Guinea. Ignored by the world, and bullied by the likes of France.

Could your tiny countries DARE to ban Twitter?

Nahhh... They'd be your absolute LORDS.

But today, as Nigeria, you sneeze, and the whole world catches a cold including Twitter.

What a great fall it would be, your disintegration.

Today, Twitter has issued a statement saying they are ''deeply concerned'' that Nigeria has banned them.

I'm pretty sure they are making overtures to the Nigerian govt to reverse the ban.

If Oduduwa republic or Biafra republic bans Twitter, do you think Twitter would even notice, much less issue a statement?

Who dash una?

Listen up, African. The ONLY thing that makes you relevant in today's busy world is that name, NIGERIA. Africa's biggest economy. Africa's most populous nation of 210 million people. Giant of Africa. Continental powerhouse. Geopolitical behemoth.

Lose that, and you become ..NOTHING.

Garbage shehu, seems you no get shame abi?

Be in one fulaNigeria with who?

The Nigeria you and your fellow terrorists have destroyed?

It has never been this bad.

#onlyFulanisdestroyedNigeria
Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by gidgiddy: 8:47am On Jun 05, 2021
Rissamenti:
In a way, this Nigerian ban of Twitter exemplifies the VERY REASON WHY NIGERIA MUST NOT BREAK UP.

I mean.....the very audacity of it is heartwarming.
smiley

Tell me something.

How many countries in Africa can even DARE to contemplate such a thing?

Challenging such a major international corporate giant?

Banning them?

Very few. Maybe South Africa, Egypt, finish.

AND NIGERIA.

The twitter ban is a VERY BIG DEAL for Twitter.

They are not happy about it one bit.

Their shareholders are not smiling, and privately see it as a fiasco by the executives.

See, Twitter has a reported '2 million' Nigerian users. The likelier figure is 10 to 15 million.

Not just that, but Nigeria is projected to become the 3rd most populous nation on Earth after India and China by 2050.

No big firm in their right mind wants to be excluded from the Nigerian market going forward.

So Twitter are very unhappy about this ban.

See, we could not say these things about your little 'Biafra', 'Oduduwa', 'Arewa', 'Niger Delta' etc new republics you want to replace Nigeria with.

You would each become like Sierra Leone. Togo. Burkina Faso. Guinea. Ignored by the world, and bullied by the likes of France.

Could your tiny countries DARE to ban Twitter?

Nahhh... They'd be your absolute LORDS.

But today, as Nigeria, you sneeze, and the whole world catches a cold including Twitter.

What a great fall it would be, your disintegration.

Today, Twitter has issued a statement saying they are ''deeply concerned'' that Nigeria has banned them.

I'm pretty sure they are making overtures to the Nigerian govt to reverse the ban.

If Oduduwa republic or Biafra republic bans Twitter, do you think Twitter would even notice, much less issue a statement?

Who dash una?

Listen up, African. The ONLY thing that makes you relevant in today's busy world is that name, NIGERIA. Africa's biggest economy. Africa's most populous nation of 210 million people. Giant of Africa. Continental powerhouse. Geopolitical behemoth.

Lose that, and you become ..NOTHING.

Whether you people like it or not, the Igbo nation must become a fully fledged independent country. If you people think that we Igbos are going to perpetually follow you people down this path of total failure known as 'one Nigeria', think again

Nigeria is a failed British colonial contraption and it heading for disintegration
Re: Twitter Ban Shows WHY Nigeria Must Remain ONE. by Generalnomercy: 8:48am On Jun 05, 2021
Rissamenti:
In a way, this Nigerian ban of Twitter exemplifies the VERY REASON WHY NIGERIA MUST NOT BREAK UP.

I mean.....the very audacity of it is heartwarming.
smiley

Tell me something.

How many countries in Africa can even DARE to contemplate such a thing?

Challenging such a major international corporate giant?

Banning them?

Very few. Maybe South Africa, Egypt, finish.

AND NIGERIA.

The twitter ban is a VERY BIG DEAL for Twitter.

They are not happy about it one bit.

Their shareholders are not smiling, and privately see it as a fiasco by the executives.

See, Twitter has a reported '2 million' Nigerian users. The likelier figure is 10 to 15 million.

Not just that, but Nigeria is projected to become the 3rd most populous nation on Earth after India and China by 2050.

No big firm in their right mind wants to be excluded from the Nigerian market going forward.

So Twitter are very unhappy about this ban.

See, we could not say these things about your little 'Biafra', 'Oduduwa', 'Arewa', 'Niger Delta' etc new republics you want to replace Nigeria with.

You would each become like Sierra Leone. Togo. Burkina Faso. Guinea. Ignored by the world, and bullied by the likes of France.

Could your tiny countries DARE to ban Twitter?

Nahhh... They'd be your absolute LORDS.

But today, as Nigeria, you sneeze, and the whole world catches a cold including Twitter.

What a great fall it would be, your disintegration.

Today, Twitter has issued a statement saying they are ''deeply concerned'' that Nigeria has banned them.

I'm pretty sure they are making overtures to the Nigerian govt to reverse the ban.

If Oduduwa republic or Biafra republic bans Twitter, do you think Twitter would even notice, much less issue a statement?

Who dash una?

Listen up, African. The ONLY thing that makes you relevant in today's busy world is that name, NIGERIA. Africa's biggest economy. Africa's most populous nation of 210 million people. Giant of Africa. Continental powerhouse. Geopolitical behemoth.

Lose that, and you become ..NOTHING.



The Nigerian government says it has "indefinitely suspended" Twitter's operations in the country, the Ministry of Information and Culture announced in a statement on Friday.

"The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria," it read.

The statement, which was posted on the ministry's official Twitter handle on Friday evening, accused the American social media company of allowing its platform to be used "for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence."

The suspension comes two days after Twitter deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that was widely perceived as offensive.

In that tweet on Tuesday, the Nigerian leader threatened to deal with people in the country's southeast, who he blames for the recurring attacks on public infrastructure in the region.

"Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand," Buhari wrote in the now-deleted tweet, referring to the brutal two-year Nigeria-Biafra war, which killed an estimated one to three million people, mostly from the Igbo tribe in the eastern part of the country between 1967-1970.

The tweet was deleted Wednesday after many Nigerians flagged it to Twitter.

Information Minister Lai Mohammed criticized Twitter's action and accused the social media giant of "double standards."


https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/04/africa/nigeria-suspends-twitter-operations-intl/index.html?__twitter_impression

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