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Twitter was blocked in Nigeria from 5 June 2021 to 13 January 2022. [1] [2] The government imposed a ban on the social network after it deleted tweets made by, and temporarily suspended, the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, warning the southeastern people of Nigeria, [3] [4] predominantly Igbo people, of a potential repeat of the 1967 Nigerian Civil War due to the ongoing insurgency in ...
[119] [120] On June 5, 2021, the Nigerian government issued an indefinite ban on Twitter usage in the country, citing "misinformation and fake news spread through it have had real world violent consequences", [121] after the platform removed tweets made by the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. [122] Nigeria's ban was criticized by Amnesty ...
President Tinubu on the night of 9 June suspended Godwin Emefiele, the powerful governor of the central bank of Nigeria. [64] Emefiele's suspension was the second ever a head of the apex bank in its history was removed by a Nigerian president. [65] Emefiele was arrested by Nigerian secret police SSS in Lagos attempting to flee the country to ...
Two high-profile Nigerian clerics took part in events surrounding the inauguration of US President Donald Trump on Monday. The visits of Pastors William Kumuyi and Nathaniel Bassey served to ...
[13] [135] The blocking occurred after Twitter deleted tweets made by, and temporarily suspended, the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, warning the southeastern people of Nigeria, [136] [137] predominantly Igbo people, of a potential repeat of the 1967 Nigerian Civil War due to the ongoing insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria.
The president of Nigeria, officially the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the Federal Government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces .
The inauguration of Bola Tinubu as the 16th president of Nigeria, and 5th president in the fourth republic took place on Monday, 29 May 2023, marking the start of the four-year term of Bola Tinubu as president and Kashim Shettima as vice president.
[11] [12] [13] and participates in Nigerian politics as a member of the Third Force. [14] [15] [16] On January 15, 2022, Adewole Adebayo declared his intention to run for the office of the Nigerian president. [17] [18] He is running for president of Nigeria in the 2023 Nigerian general election under the Social Democratic Party (Nigeria).