Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, says the dialogue to lift the ban on Twitter is in progress with few conditions yet to be met. While speaking about the federal government’s promise of lifting the ban in “just a few more days” in September, Mr Keyamo, in an interview on Channels Television programme, Politics Today, on Sunday, explained why the ban has not been lifted. The Nigerian government, however, accused Twitter of sponsoring dissent in the country. In his explanation, the minister, who is part of the cabinet members involved in the dialogue with Twitter, disclosed that Twitter has agreed to all the Nigerian government’s conditions but singled out “timelines” as the only hiccup. “Once those timelines come and they fulfill those conditions, Twitter will be back to business in Nigeria.

Source: The Guardian November 29, 2021 07:17 UTC