Nigeria To Lift Ban On Twitter, Says Minister

"The ban on Twitter will soon be lifted as we are getting close to reaching full agreement," Information Minister Lai Mohammed said.

Nigeria will soon lift its ban on Twitter after resolving some of its differences with the social media platform, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Wednesday. The Nigerian government suspended Twitter on June 4 after it removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists, and some telecoms companies had blocked access to users in Nigeria. "The ban on Twitter will soon be lifted as we are getting close to reaching full agreement," Mohammed told reporters after a cabinet meeting. "We have agreed on some areas. Hopefully in the next few days or weeks we will conclude." The ban on Twitter had drawn condemnation from the social media platform itself and also from the U.S. government.