The Nigerian authorities had banned Twitter on June five after the firm deleted a tweet made with the aid of its President

1. The Nigerian government
has joined the Koo
microblogging platform, Koo
expands its wings

2. The Nigerian authorities has joined
India-based totally microblogging
platform Koo, about a week after the
African united states banned Twitter.
The Nigerian government had banned
Twitter on June five after the firm
deleted a tweet made with the aid of its
President Muhammadu Buhari. Twitter
said the tweet become deleted for
violation of its terms of carrier.
Buhari had, in his tweet, mentioned the
1967-70 Nigerian Civil war and to
treating "the ones misbehaving these
days" in "the language they'll
apprehend".
Koo, a microblogging platform
developed in India, has been gaining

3. recognition among some politicians and
celebrities had said at the time that it'd
appearance to amplify to Nigeria.
“a completely heat welcome to the
reputable handle of the authorities of
Nigeria on @kooindia! Spreading wings
beyond India now,” tweeted Koo co-
founder Aprameya Radhakrishna on
Thursday morning, along side a picture
of the official Nigerian authorities
account.
Radhakrishna stated earlier that he
wants to take the app to nations
including Indonesia, Malaysia, and the
Philippines after cracking the India
market
Twitter had said on June 5: “ we're
deeply worried via the blocking of

4. Twitter in Nigeria. get admission to to
the unfastened and #OpenInternet is an
important human right in modern
society. we will paintings to repair get
right of entry to for all those in Nigeria
who depend on Twitter to communicate
and connect to the sector”
Twitter has been underneath hearth
from the Indian government over non-
compliance of the newly notified
statistics era policies, 2021.
Koo hit headlines in February when
ministers and political leaders stated
they have been going to transport to the
u . s .'s homegrown platform following
an ongoing difficulty with Twitter over
the manner it dealt with tweets and
hashtags associated with the Farmers’
protests in India.