“We are pleased that Twitter has been restored” – Twitter reacts as Nigeria lifts ban

The microblogging site, Twitter has reacted to the Federal Government’s decision to lift the restrictions placed on it in Nigeria since June.

“We are pleased that Twitter has been restored for everyone in Nigeria. Our mission in Nigeria and around the world is to serve the public conversation,” Twitter’s Public Policy team said in a tweet on Thursday.

“We are deeply committed to Nigeria, where Twitter is used by people for commerce, cultural engagement, and civic participation,” the tech giant Twitted.

We are pleased that Twitter has been restored for everyone in Nigeria. Our mission in Nigeria & around the world, is to serve the public conversation.
We are deeply committed to Nigeria, where Twitter is used by people for commerce, cultural engagement, and civic participation.

— Twitter Public Policy (@Policy) January 13, 2022

Twitter was accessible in Nigeria on Thursday after the government lifted a seven-month ban on the social media network.

“President Muhammadu Buhari . . . has approved the lifting of the suspension of Twitter operation in Nigeria effective from 12am tonight,” the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) said in a statement on Wednesday.

Nigeria halted Twitter operations after the company deleted a comment by President Buhari, provoking an international outcry over freedom of expression.

The United States, European Union, and Canada were among those who joined rights groups in condemning the ban as damaging to freedom of expression in Africa’s most populous country.

Twitter had a major role in political discourse in Nigeria, with the hashtags #BringBackOurGirls after Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls in 2014, and #EndSARS during anti-police brutality protests in 2020.

Reactions as the twitter ban is lifted in Nigeria…

On lifting of #TwitterBan pic.twitter.com/F2CLDQ3xGF

— Amnesty International Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) January 12, 2022

Y’ello!!!! We are back????????????

— MTN Nigeria (@MTNNG) January 13, 2022

Welcome back!
Let me join fellow countrymen and women in welcoming the resolution of the impasse between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Twitter Inc., leading to the laying of  a "foundation for a mutually beneficial future with endless possibilities."

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 13, 2022

Twitter is back in Nigeria. We are back! pic.twitter.com/JRwSiVGCAK

— Channels Television (@channelstv) January 12, 2022

It feels good to be back to #EmpowerTheQualityoflives. pic.twitter.com/Mt66Kwbrru

— Eko Electricity Distribution Company (@EKEDP) January 13, 2022