The Federal Government of Nigeria has moved the ban on twitter by 100 more days meanwhile, since the ban we have lost N247.61bn as reported by Source
According to the NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool, Nigeria’s economy N103.17m ($250,600) every hour and it has been 2,400 hours since the FG banned Twitter.
Nigeria is now a member of an exclusive list of countries such as China, Iran, and North Korea where Twitter is banned. Since the ban, the use of Virtual Private Networks has risen.
A firm, ExpressVPN had said that it recorded an increase of over 200 per cent in web traffic from Nigeria since the Federal Government banned microblogging site
Why? Well, on June 4 the Federal Government of Nigeria suspended Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
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Consequently, telcos on June 5 blocked access to Twitter after receiving a directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission.
In response to this, the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria had said, “We, The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria wish to confirm that our members have received formal instructions from the Nigerian Communications Commission, the industry regulator, to suspend access to Twitter.
“ALTON has conducted a robust assessment of the directive in accordance with internationally accepted principles.”
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Recently, the Presidency through the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it was close to an agreement with Twitter and would soon lift the ban. Source