THE Federal Government announced on Thursday that it had lifted the ban on Twitter, but an investigation has shown that the social media app has not met some of the conditions listed by the Federal Government.

A presidential committee comprising all relevant government agencies that engaged and worked directly with Twitter had given some conditions to the social media platform before the ban could be lifted.

The condition listed by the Federal Government committee that interacted with Twitter included that the platform would open an office in Nigeria, have a country representative, register with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), and get National Broadcasting Commission’s licence.

Others included: fair tax payment and dealing with sensitive content to national security and cohesion.

Twitter would also train Nigerian IT personnel and strategic intelligence officers to report abuse and infractions noticed by the government.

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All of these conditions, Chairman of the Technical Committee for Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi Abdullahi, said Twitter had agreed to.

He also said Twitter had agreed to set ‘a legal entity in Nigeria during the first quarter of 2022.’

In addition to setting up a local office or a legal entity in the country, he said Twitter had agreed to appoint a ‘designated country representative’ to hold talks with the Nigerian government when required.

“Twitter has agreed to comply with applicable tax obligations on its operations under Nigerian law. Twitter has agreed to enrol Nigeria in its Partner Support and Law Enforcement Portals,” the statement read.

Meanwhile, a search on the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) website shows that Twitter is not yet registered in Nigeria.

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This means the social media app may not have met all the conditions listed by the Nigerian government before the ban was suspended.

THE Federal Government lifted the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria in the early hours of Thursday after approval by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Abdullahi made it known in a statement on Wednesday.

Source: https://www.icirnigeria.org/twitter-yet-to-register-in-nigeria-despite-lifting-of-ban/

Who takes the Nigerian government seriously before?

Lol Na NiPOST mail Twitter CaC registration form to US before e reach US before e reach Nigeria back latest Next Year or 2024 so you people shuld calm down.....

Comrades

Of course every sensible person knows the FG of the cattle herder was just trying to save face by claiming Twitter has met conditions set for it.
Where their lies came unstuck and became laughable is the claim by one FG clown that twitter has given the FG access to backend protocol to control content.
If twitter does that they would become the laughing stock of the world and may even see a crash in stocks once it gets out.
Buhari and his government was built,funded and sustained on a foundation of lies and propaganda. It intends to leave office that same way.

Hehehe. But Festus Keyamo said Nigeria is better now because Twitter has met all d conditions na. So na lie?

This particular regime is a monumental disgrace. They just can't stop embarrassing themselves. Woe!

Twitter would also train Nigerian IT personnel and strategic intelligence officers

In all of these, this is the part We love most.
Thumbs up Twitter!

Slow and steady we will get to the nation of our dreams.

God bless Nigeria.

EXOUSIAng:

You said it all

True that!
Nothing to be added.....obviously!

Buccalcavity2:
Nice one on Twitter Ban. The ban resulted in a lot of positives for the country.

benuejosh:
Buhari actually is the best thing that has ever happened to Nigeria. Social media needs to be seriously regulated.

You can say that again sirs.
You are two of the wise and intelligent members we have on this forum.
It is always good and refreshing to see we still have reasonable and sensible members like you on this forum.
God bless you sirs

Is nairaland that you lot are commenting on registered in America?

Is it registered in China? Uk?

So why should another website come and register here by force?

I don’t get it.

I play a game on the App Store called “Modern Combat”, should they also register in Nigeria too?

Where does it end?

That would mean every website owner must register in every country on earth with access to the internet.

Nobody takes the clueless govt serious except the resident zombies

zehh

How come, I taught all conditions has been set.

It's either Twitter is dribbling Federal Government or Federal Government is whyne her citizens.

There was no agreement between Twitter and lie Mohammad.Where is the media coverage when the agreement was reached?NTA would have broadcast it.
This is a government who is fighting against fake news.Meanwhile,they are the ones peddling fake news.
You don't obey court order you want Twitter to obey your conditions.
Yeye dey ooze.

ZendayaColeman:


Chief zombi.e. From BMC to TMC. Na so you go waste majority of your youthful years defending unproductive ancestors below

Dem MANNA , una Madam and oga for Nairaland don show una shege for dis forum.
If dem no comment, you guys can never make a comment.

Who stop you from supporting the looters, thieves and criminals you wanted back in power?
Why not leave other people to vote for whoever they want?
Must everyone support the thieves you support?
Which country all over the world will a politician have 100% of all votes?
Keep Supporting the politicians that have looted ya future while others support whomever they want.

Anyways, I always love the way aunty MANNA dey always punch una mouths for here, na dem fit una online nuisances and bullies.

Keep on dem MANNA, we dey behind you
Dem MANNA, the nightmare of negative souls

Twitter no send anybody oo. You have problem with them!. That's your problem.

Mumu government

We know the lifting of ban was for political expediency towards 2023 and nothing more.

Foolish government with fish brain

R

2023 Election is getting set so many propager coming out i have my votes card never will i vote APC unless i see someone i can count on for change not APC own

Buhari covered in shame

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In all of these, this is the part We love most.
Thumbs up Twitter!

Slow and steady we will get to the nation of our dreams.

[b]God bless Nigeria.

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Yeye dey smell.
This is what you have been chanting for years.
Slow and steady as in how?

You are ready to continue spamming Nairaland threads with Tinubu up and down.
From BMC to TMC

Another reason to ban twitter after the election

government full of lies

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In all of these, this is the part We love most.
Thumbs up Twitter!

Slow and steady we will get to the nation of our dreams.

[b]God bless Nigeria.

Zombie, think na.

Twitter will train who?
Ghana that has Twitter HQ, how many Ghanaians have they trained. Why are you so gullible?

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In all of these, this is the part We love most.
Thumbs up Twitter!

Slow and steady we will get to the nation of our dreams.

[b]God bless Nigeria.

But I thought u guys said twitter has met "all the conditions" yet they haven't registered which is the simplest condition. If they haven't met that, how will u and buhari now force them to come and train nigerians? The fantasy that u guys live in is unbelievable

Clowns

But why And I was about to leave United African Republic to come bk to Nigeria

He also said Twitter had agreed to set ‘a legal entity in Nigeria during the first quarter of 2022.’

Maybe ICIR doesn't know what the above means. Illiterates parading themselves as educated.