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JUST IN: Twitter agrees to set up an office in Nigeria

There are strong indications that the indefinite suspension placed on activities on micro-blogging site, Twitter in Nigeria may soon be overturned.

This follows the revelation by the Federal Government on Wednesday that they have resolved some of the issues it raised with the social media platform which among other things included the setting of an office in Nigeria.

The government had on June 5 restricted Twitter from operating in Nigeria following the deleting of tweets made by President Muhammadu Buhari, who had threatened to treat members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the language they understand.

While responding to questions on the issue on Wednesday, Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, told state house correspondents that progress has been made in resolving the impasse following a series of meetings.

The minister said most of the conditions given to the platform have been accepted.

He said Twitter has also agreed to set up an office in Nigeria but the company maintained that the earliest it can happen is 2022.

Recall that Twitter overlooked Nigeria to set up an office in neighbouring Ghana recently.

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