TWITTER SUSPENSION/BAN: INFORMATION MINISTER LAI MOHAMMED GIVES CRUCIAL UPDATES

Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, says Twitter has formally written to the federal government to seek dialogue on issues that led to the indefinite suspension of its operations in Nigeria.

The minister confirmed this on Tuesday, June 15, when he featured on a Radio Nigeria call-in programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, The Nation reported.

He said: "I can confirm that Twitter has written the federal government that they are ready to talk.

"As we have always maintained, the door is not locked and we are open-minded but Twitter must work towards it. Mohammed reiterated the government's position that it would not tolerate any platform that would be used to destabilise the country.

He said among other conditions for Twitter to resume operation in Nigeria, there must be an agreement as to what contents it could post, Daily Nigerians also reported.