Shehuyinka:

https://www.icirnigeria.org/two-months-after-twitter-blackout-nigerians-lose-n150bn/

https://www.thecable.ng/us-twitters-suspension-in-nigeria-worrisome-media-must-remain-vigilant

USA is a sovereign Nation and Nigeria is a sovereign nation Is a bilg slap for small twitter to edit or delete a statement of the Mighty president of rebublic of Nigeria, forget abt Buhari issue look at it as a national Issue is not a slap how can a Tennant modify or develop a house he own not with out a permission or warrant hann can twitter or others social media do that to USA president office? so USA has no iota of right to tel us what to or not in our Govt. and for u guys who fail to study and think creatively USA is more corrupted than African I mean if cause USA are criminal and looters why would they save ill gotten wealth which our corrupt politicians has been looting in an industrial scale. Beside

AntiBMC:
The govt is also spending billions of naira everyday, on the tools used for blocking twitter. Let's not forget that.

Like how many billions daily, guys make una take it easy with misinformation on Nairaland.

fenibak:
USA is a corrupt country they supported buhari and brought him to power, they know buhari is a dictator, why would you support a known failure and dictator and leave a democrat like Jonathan? Buhari go soon ban una embassy join

I don't remember the US government officials putting guns to our heads and asking us to vote for Buhari. Majority of Nigerians wanted change and next level, and they got what they wanted.

People in this part of the world should learn how to take responsibility for their senseless actions. Stop behaving like APC members.

What is more worrisome is needing bushari as prez, truth mumuhamed as spokeswoman

diplomat058:
Lol. But the poverty, killings and unfortunate governance aren't worrisome, abi?


America is primarily for Americans and everything American

exctly, her role in Nigeria is to promote American interests and the interests of American companies. We are not the only country calling for registration or regulation of social media. Uk and other European countries are calling for it, even in America, congress is calling for it.

Is a pity saying I m a Nigeria
Since Mr President came into office as a president of this country can you articulate one thing he has done and did it more better.
1 He came into office and proscribed Ipob A
terrorist
2 he blocked all our boarders in other not to
have access to our neighboring country
3 freedom of speech and expression is dead in
this country.
4 what about corruption and stolon of money
My dear what APC can not do does not exist

WandaNara:
Make US come recolonize Nigeria abeg.



The Brits are evil

So we will turn gays and transgender

And selling FG grenades, bullets and airplanes is not?

Hypocrites..

all crackers are concerned with is $$$$

Madam.. why the headache with this Zombies..

That they dont understand what you are
saying

You have been saying this since 1940.....!!!

But come to think of it.... why is it that this Extreme Zombies from the coreNorth dont like people expressing themselves in words..

U.S. if i be una as they ban Twitter.. All those involved Ban them.... Simple.
DO ME ...Do You..

our God can NEVER be Angry

Same freedom of speech that you(twitter and facebook), restricted pres.donald Trump from.

Hypocrites.
Please don't explain sh*t to me. I am educated already. Thank you

TWITTER IS AGENT OF DISTABILZATION.
TWITTER BREACHED PEACE OF SOCIETY.
TWITTER EXPLICITLY AND WILLFULLY ALLOWED ITS ENGINETWITTER TO BE USED BY AGENTS OF ANARCHY TO BREACH PEACE,THUS TWITTER HAS BECOME A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION WITH INCITING TWITTES /PUBLICATIONS THAT PROVES THAT MUST REMAIN SUSPENDED FOREVER IN NAIJA.

Oh

able20:

Like how many billions daily, guys make una take it easy with misinformation on Nairaland.

So u no dey make research b4 u dey talk? The news was carried by a reliable source a couple of months ago. Try to do research.

tutudesz:

Spending billions of Naira in blocking Twitter guy Network providers just block Twitter from their network and no Naira was spent

Don't come here and defend rubbish. I personally screenshotted the news the day it was posted.

AntiBMC:
The govt is also spending billions of naira everyday, on the tools used for blocking twitter. Let's not forget that.

You really do remember things. This is absolutely true. Tax payers money is being wasted on something this irrelevant just to massage d mannequin’s ego.

Sman37:

USA is a sovereign Nation and Nigeria is a sovereign nation Is a bilg slap for small twitter to edit or delete a statement of the Mighty president of rebublic of Nigeria, forget abt Buhari issue look at it as a national Issue is not a slap how can a Tennant modify or develop a house he own not with out a permission or warrant hann can twitter or others social media do that to USA president office? so USA has no iota of right to tel us what to or not in our Govt. and for u guys who fail to study and think creatively USA is more corrupted than African I mean if cause USA are criminal and looters why would they save ill gotten wealth which our corrupt politicians has been looting in an industrial scale. Beside

So Trump was Zimbabwe's president when he got suspended from Twitter and Facebook? Una go just dey spew nonsense, the right analogy to use here is Twitter as a landlord and the profiles as tenants, if you cannot follow the rules of the landlord, your contract ends and you're evicted....SIMPLE! What Buhari is doing is letting his family and friends(Nigerians) know that the landlord is a bad landlord and nobody should do business with him. What most Nigerians are saying is that, leave am like that, we no mind the bad landlord, we just want a place to sleep.

perambulator:


exctly, her role in Nigeria is to promote American interests and the interests of American companies. We are not the only country calling for registration or regulation of social media. Uk and other European countries are calling for it, even in America, congress is calling for it.

Yet none of these countries banned their citizens from social media. Yo ucan call for changes and reform without infringing on the rights of your citizens. What don't you people understand about this simple concept?

[quote author=NaijaGoBetter20 post=104458901]I swear

Bubu and his team will soon tire they can't deprive us freedom of speech forever.

The end of dictator is near... Come 2023.

But why US de put twitter mata for head more than Nigerians self... Abi twitter dem get something we dem want gain from it or it's government own platform.

Is freedom of expression not one of out fundamental human rights? Rule of law is the main tool of constitutional democracy and of which the US is the bedrock. Let's get that clear. Your question is shameful.

SmartPolician:


I don't remember the US government officials putting guns to our heads and asking us to vote for Buhari. Majority of Nigerians wanted change and next level, and they got what they wanted.

People in this part of the world should learn how to take responsibility for their senseless actions. Stop behaving like APC members.

Lol I guess you are not a smart politcian

AntiBMC:
The govt is also spending billions of naira everyday, on the tools used for blocking twitter. Let's not forget that.

They can afford to spend NIGER DELTA CRUDE OIL MONEY for frivolity.

Buhari is an enemy of Nigeria.

He has closed the door for prospective leaders with military background.

abbey621:


Yet none of these countries banned their citizens from social media. Yo ucan call for changes and reform without infringing on the rights of your citizens. What don't you people understand about this simple concept?

I am not a supporter of Buhari but you need to put your primitive sentiments to one side. Who is twitter to remove the post of a president of a country? do you not understand it is an insult to you as a Nigerian? What exactly did Buhari say that warrants a ban? twitter has appropriated to itself the role of moderator, you cannot ban the president od a country while allowing kanu to continuously use your platform for incendiary hate tweets. When did Twitter become world police of speech? Apparently they had been warned but refued to take down his tweets and as soon as they were banned they then deleted some of his tweets. 1 company is not bigger than a country!!!

I dont support Buhari but fork Twitter!!! respect the sovereign country of Nigeria and our constituted president even if the holder of the office is a jack ass!!! BTW for the record, Nigerian Citizens were not banned from using Twitter, Twitter is banned from operating in Nigeria!!!

Banning a platform does not amount to banning citizens , there are other online platforms for airing their views, neither did the Nigerian Govt say citizens are not allowed the air their views. Educated people must show intellecual capacity and critical thinking not act and talk emotionally based on rumours and sentiment. Digest the bolded part. Are you not criticising the govt here on Nairaland, are you banned from doing that? nonsense! have some self respect as a people and stop turning yourselves into western slaves!!!!

These social media companies all have an agenda and if you dont stand up against them before you know they will control your thinking. As president of one of the scandanavian countries said in reaction to the Nigeria twitter ban... (paraphrasing)...."it is not for twitter to determine what is acceptable in another country, what may not be acceptable in the US may be acceptable in other countries and it is not for you to play God".

diplomat058:
Lol. But the poverty, killings and unfortunate governance aren't worrisome, abi?


America is primarily for Americans and everything American

Better than a so called leaders only knows how to tarnish the image of their citizens abroad

perambulator:


I am not a supporter of Buhari but you need to put your primitive sentiments to one side. Who is twitter to remove the post of a president of a country? do you not understand it is an insult to you as a Nigerian? What exactly did Buhari say that warrants a ban? twitter has appropriated to itself the role of moderator, you cannot ban the president od a country while allowing kanu to continuously use your platform for incendiary hate tweets. When did Twitter become world police of speech? Apparently they had been warned but refued to take down his tweets and as soon as they were banned they then deleted some of his tweets. 1 company is not bigger than a country!!!

I dont support Buhari but fork Twitter!!! respect the sovereign country of Nigeria and our constituted president even if the holder of the office is a jack ass!!! BTW for the record, Nigerian Citizens were not banned from using Twitter, Twitter is banned from operating in Nigeria!!!

Banning a platform does not amount to banning citizens , there are other online platforms for airing their views, neither did the Nigerian Govt say citizens are not allowed the air their views. Educated people must show intellecual capacity and critical thinking not act and talk emotionally based on rumours and sentiment. Digest the bolded part. Are you not criticising the govt here on Nairaland, are you banned from doing that? nonsense! have some self respect as a people and stop turning yourselves into western slaves!!!!

These social media companies all have an agenda and if you dont stand up against them before you know they will control your thinking. As president of one of the scandanavian countries said in reaction to the Nigeria twitter ban... (paraphrasing)...."it is not for twitter to determine what is acceptable in another country, what may not be acceptable in the US may be acceptable in other countries and it is not for you to play God".

Sorry you're still not making any sense! If Twitter could block Trump, who is Buhari? Joining Twitter means you accepted their terms and conditions, it is you that has refused to use logic rather than sentimental rhetoric. Now to the most ridiculous part of your writeup: "Banning a platform does not amount to banning citizens", it is obvious you're educated but lack critical thinking. Today it is Twitter, tomorrow Facebook? When and where does it stop? Who are you to dictate how people should express their displeasure? You cannot claim to be in a democracy yet use autocratic measures, enlighten yourself and stop this baseless blabbering!

perambulator:


I am not a supporter of Buhari but you need to put your primitive sentiments to one side. Who is twitter to remove the post of a president of a country? do you not understand it is an insult to you as a Nigerian? What exactly did Buhari say that warrants a ban? twitter has appropriated to itself the role of moderator, you cannot ban the president od a country while allowing kanu to continuously use your platform for incendiary hate tweets. When did Twitter become world police of speech? Apparently they had been warned but refued to take down his tweets and as soon as they were banned they then deleted some of his tweets. 1 company is not bigger than a country!!!

I dont support Buhari but fork Twitter!!! respect the sovereign country of Nigeria and our constituted president even if the holder of the office is a jack ass!!! BTW for the record, Nigerian Citizens were not banned from using Twitter, Twitter is banned from operating in Nigeria!!!

Banning a platform does not amount to banning citizens , there are other online platforms for airing their views, neither did the Nigerian Govt say citizens are not allowed the air their views. Educated people must show intellecual capacity and critical thinking not act and talk emotionally based on rumours and sentiment. Digest the bolded part. Are you not criticising the govt here on Nairaland, are you banned from doing that? nonsense! have some self respect as a people and stop turning yourselves into western slaves!!!!

These social media companies all have an agenda and if you dont stand up against them before you know they will control your thinking. As president of one of the scandanavian countries said in reaction to the Nigeria twitter ban... (paraphrasing)...."it is not for twitter to determine what is acceptable in another country, what may not be acceptable in the US may be acceptable in other countries and it is not for you to play God".

Sorry you're still not making any sense! If Twitter could block Trump, who is Buhari? Joining Twitter means you accepted their terms and conditions, it is you that has refused to use logic rather than sentimental rhetoric, Twitter is a private firm that is publicly listed, they must operate according to the rules and regulations of the USA and one of it is that their platform is not sued to promote violence, hate or fear. Now to the most ridiculous part of your writeup: "Banning a platform does not amount to banning citizens", it is obvious you're educated but lack critical thinking. Today it is Twitter, tomorrow Facebook? When and where does it stop? Who are you to dictate how people should express their displeasure? You cannot claim to be in a democracy yet use autocratic measures, enlighten yourself and stop this baseless blabbering!

fenibak:


Lol I guess you are not a smart politcian

I will assume that you are an 18+ adult who has a voter's card. I will also assume that you have voted before. Kindly tell us how the US imposed Buhari on Nigeria.

SmartPolician:


I will assume that you are an 18+ adult who has a voter's card. I will also assume that you have voted before. Kindly tell us how the US imposed Buhari on Nigeria.

Yes your vote counts in Nigeria

The ban is indeed worrisome.

Latakia:
But Tit Tok ban in America is not worrisome ba. Twitter can't be bigger than our national interests and security. It will remain under suspension till they do the needful. I don even forget the useless blue bird sef

Don’t mind them. Why didn’t they protest and say all this rubbish when Trump banned tiktok

AntiBMC:


Don't come here and defend rubbish. I personally screenshotted the news the day it was posted.

Blocking of any sit is done by network provider and not by Government, they will just blacklist the site.
No single Naira was spent, forget the news you saw

AntiBMC:


Don't come here and defend rubbish. I personally screenshotted the news the day it was posted.

Blocking of any sit is done by network provider and not by Government, they will just blacklist the site.
No single Naira was spent, forget the news you saw, please upload the screenshot
https://punchng.com/ban-mtn-glo-airtel-others-await-fgs-formal-order-to-block-twitter/?amp

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tutudesz:

Blocking of any sit is done by network provider and not by Government, they will just blacklist the site.
No single Naira was spent, forget the news you saw, please upload the screenshot
https://punchng.com/ban-mtn-glo-airtel-others-await-fgs-formal-order-to-block-twitter/?amp

On the contrary, a whole lot of money has been spent. Stop spreading lies.

https://www.nairaland.com/6686508/twitter-ban-nigerians-lose-n150.46bn