Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has restored its services after a temporary disruption that affected users in Nigeria and several other countries on Monday. The platform, formerly known as Twitter, had earlier experienced technical issues that prevented many users from accessing the app and website. Try reloading.”Monitoring website Downdetector showed a spike in user complaints at the peak of the disruption, indicating that the outage was not limited to Nigeria. As of the time services began normalising, neither X nor its owner, Elon Musk, had provided an explanation for the disruption. In November 2025 and January 2026, X experienced a widespread outage linked to infrastructure issues that disrupted access for users across multiple regions.

Source: Punch February 16, 2026 14:25 UTC