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Jun 2021
14m 52s

What’s Nigeria’s beef with Twitter?

Bbc World Service
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Twitter has been suspended in Nigeria after what could be described as a spat between the social media giant and president Buhari. It’s unclear for how long this suspension is going to last, but the government’s pretty mad: they say the platform is being used to destabilise the country and to encourage criminality. Nigerians on Twitter are having none of it. So, what exactly is going on?

Host: Alan Kasujja (@Kasujja on Twitter) Guest: Chris Ewokor, BBC reporter.

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