Nigeria Says Twitter Suspension Isn’t Just About Leader’s Tweet
- Government calls ban ‘temporary’ after ‘litany of problems’
- Standoff follows President Buhari’s threat against separatists
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Nigeria’s government said its ban on Twitter was “temporary” and the result of broader grievances than the company’s deletion of a post by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Telecommunications operators shut down remaining links to Twitter on government orders hours earlier on Saturday.