Nigerians react with joy and resolve to lifting of Twitter ban

Authorities lift the months-long suspension on social media giant’s operations after it agrees to meet conditions. #TwitterBan pic.twitter.com/Xy765Q6NNj — Rinu Oduala 🔥🔫 January 12, 2022 The suspension came two days after Twitter temporarily suspended President Muhammadu Buhari’s account for violating Twitter’s abusive behaviour policy after a tweet in which he threatened to punish regional secessionists in the wake of attacks on public property. — Twitter Public Policy January 13, 2022 Amnesty International’s Nigeria branch welcomed the lifting of the ban and called on the Nigerian authorities to “end all acts that violate rights to freedom of expression, access to information, and freedom of the press”. 🙏🏻😎 — Frank Donga™ January 12, 2022 Lagos-based lawyer Ridwan Olayemi, meanwhile, raised concerns about telecommunication companies who “prioritized their business interests over Nigerians’ fundamental human rights” during the ban. Here is how some other Twitter users reacted to the lifting of the ban: The only ulterior motive behind Buhari, Lai Muhammed, Malami & other bad boys are lifting #TwitterBan is to allow their boys to campaign for their faves on the app they banned… We chose not to forget #EndSars, EFCC, NDLEA and others….so, we #KeepitOn pic.twitter.com/GncC9IBvda — Communicator 🏑 January 12, 2022 FG lifting #TwitterBan Nigerians using VPN returning from Canada, Australia, London, France, turkey etc 😭🤣 pic.twitter.com/znyJL4oopA — 𝑴𝒐𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆 January 12, 2022 #Endsars : When it Comes on your TL, kindly retweet for fellow Nigerians.🇳🇬✊ — sophia January 13, 2022 Hello Twitter … it’s been a while #twitterisback — Bilkisu Yero 👸👑 January 12, 2022