{"id":42496,"date":"2021-06-04T20:18:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T19:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=42496"},"modified":"2021-06-04T20:18:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T19:18:05","slug":"nbc-to-license-all-social-media-operations-in-nigeria-lai-mohammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/04\/nbc-to-license-all-social-media-operations-in-nigeria-lai-mohammed\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC to license all social media \u2018operations\u2019 in Nigeria \u2013 Lai Mohammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the National Broadcasting Commission, will immediately commence the process of licensing all social media operations in Nigeria. The NBC is the regulator of all radio and television stations in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The minister announced this just as he said the Federal Government has also suspended micro-blogging platform, Twitter, which is popularly used by Nigerian youths, elite and the middle class.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s action followed Twitter\u2019s deletion of a \u2018civil war\u2019 post by the Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), which the social media platform said violated its policies.<\/p>\n<p>Other social media platforms used by Nigerians include Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday by the minister\u2019s Special Assistant on Media, Segun Adeyemi, the minister said the measure is with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>The statement titled, \u2018FG Suspends Twitter\u2019s Operations in Nigeria\u2019, read, \u201cThe Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/04\/breaking-fg-suspends-twitter-operations-in-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspension<\/a> in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria\u2019s corporate existence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the National Broadcasting Commission, will immediately commence the process of licensing all social media operations in Nigeria. 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