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Twitter Investors Sue Elon Musk For Stock ‘Manipulation’ During Takeover Bid

Elon Musk
World’s richest man, Elon Musk has been sued by Twitter Inc. investors, claiming he manipulated the company’s stock price downward, when he mounted a $44 billion takeover bid for theRead More

Elon Musk Reaches Agreement To Acquire Twitter For $44bn

World’s richest man, billionaire Elon Musk
Over 40 million Nigerians on microblogging platform World’s richest man, billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion, the company said. According to theRead More

Publish Signed Agreement With Twitter, SERAP Tells Buhari’s Government

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Nigerian Federal Government to widely publish a copy of the agreement signed with microblogging platform, Twitter.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Nigerian Federal Government to widely publish a copy of the agreement signed with micro-blogging platform, Twitter. In the letter dated JanuaryRead More

Twitter Ban: Nigeria Loses $360m Revenue Within 100 Days

Twitter
A group of social enterprises yesterday announced that the continued suspension of the micro blogging site, Twitter, in Nigeria has cost the country about $360 million in economic revenue inRead More

Nigerians Still Using Twitter To Criticise Us, FG Tells Court

Twitter
The Nigerian Federal Government has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that it has not stopped Nigerians from using social media platform, Twitter, adding that many Nigerians are stillRead More

NGOs, Journalists Challenge FG’s Twitter Ban At ECOWAS Court

Non-governmental organisation (NGO)
Five non-governmental organisations and four journalists have filed a suit against the Federal Government at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja. In the suit filed yesterday, they askedRead More

FG: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Must Register To Operate in Nigeria

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to regulate social media
Gives conditions to lift suspension of Twitter’s operations Impose visa ban on Buhari, Malami, others, PDP tells US, UK, others The Federal Government yesterday insisted that all Over The TopRead More

N’Assembly Minority Caucus Dismisses Threat Of Arrest, Asks Nigerians to Continue To Use Twitter

National Assembly
The Joint Minority Caucus of the Senate and the House of Representatives Wednesday dismissed threat by the Federal government to arrest and prosecute Nigerians using twitter, calling on Nigerians toRead More

As US Urges Buhari To Rescind Twitter Ban, Trump Praises Action

Ex-US President, Donald Trump
The United States of America has once again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to have a rethink over the banning of Twitter in the country. The US government’s call cameRead More

House Probes Twitter Ban, Summons Lai Mohammed

House of Representatives
decries nationwide killings The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Communication, Justice, Information and Culture, and National Security and Intelligence to immediately commence investigation into the circumstances leadingRead More