Days after Nigeria suspended the services of Twitter in the country, Koo founder Aprameya Radhakrishna announced that the Government of Nigeria has set up an official account on the made-in-India microblogging platform positioned as an alternative to Twitter. Radhakrishna in a tweet said, "A very warm welcome to the official handle of the Government of Nigeria on @kooindia! Spreading wings beyond India now." This also comes a few days after Koo announced that the social media platform has plans to expand in Nigeria. Radhakrishna had then said that they were thinking of enabling Nigerian local languages in the platform. https://twitter.com/aprameya/status/1401085237749161984 On June 4, the government of Nigeria announced that it had indefinitely suspended Twitter's activities in the country. This was after the social media company removed a post of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari from the platform. The post threatened punishment for regional secessionists who have been blamed for attacks on government buildings, according to a report by Reuters. In a series of tweets, the official account of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture said, “The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.” Here in India, Koo announced that it has complied with the IT Rules 2021 which came into force on May…
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Government of Nigeria sets up official account on Koo, days after it suspends Twitter in the country
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