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FACEBOOK, WHATSAPP, INSTAGRAM MUST NOW REGISTER TO OPERATE IN NIGERIA

The Federal Government insists that all Over The Top (OTT) platforms, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, must register with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and be licensed by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to continue operating in the country.


It also rolled out conditions that Twitter must fulfill before the suspension of its operations in Nigeria could be lifted.


Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while briefing State House correspondents after a Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, also said Twitter had reached out to the federal government for talks on resolving the issues that led to the suspension of its operations in Nigeria.


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However, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) doubled down on mobilizing pressure on the federal government to reverse the suspension with a plea to the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Saudi Arabia and others to impose a visa ban on President Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, and other cabinet members involved in stifling free speech in Nigeria.


After the suspension was announced, Malami in a statement last Saturday had directed the prosecution of those still tweeting after the suspension.


Also, the Minority Caucuses of the two chambers of the National Assembly rallied defiance of the federal government’s directive stopping Nigerians from tweeting.


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