Information minister blames use of platform for ‘activities capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence’

Nigeria’s government has suspended Twitter access in the country, with major telecoms networks appearing to block the platform, two days after Twitter removed a post from the president, Muhammadu Buhari, that threatened to punish secessionists.

The information minister, Lai Mohammed, announced that Twitter access was indefinitely suspended on Friday and said the government had acted because of “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”.

Related: Twitter deletes Nigerian president’s ‘abusive’ Biafra tweet

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