
© Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde (file photo)Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, December 18, 2020.
Nigeria is a far more serious and "based" country than the US, at least if President Muhammadu Buhari's response to Twitter censorship - compared to that of Donald Trump's - is anything to go by.
The government in Abuja announced on Friday it had "indefinitely suspended" the US-based platform, following Twitter's censorship of Buhari. The move was made because of "the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence," said Information Minister Lai Mohammed.
Nigeria's TV and press regulator, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), will also start the process of "licensing" all social media platforms in the country, the government said. In a twist of irony, the decision was announced on Twitter. Also, the ban doesn't appear to have gone into effect just yet, and Nigerians are reportedly flocking to virtual private networks to circumvent it.
The Nigerian government also missed an easy opportunity to clobber Twitter with its own wokeness cudgel and accuse CEO Jack Dorsey of being racist and Islamophobic - considering Buhari is both African and Muslim.
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