The Nigerian government suspended Twitter on 4 June 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.
Mohammed said:
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 US government.
It was imposed after Twitter removed on 2 June a post by
Buhari in which he made reference to the 1967-70 civil war in a way that the
company said violated its "abusive behaviour" policy.
Nigeria's attorney general initially said those who breached
the Twitter ban should be prosecuted, but that was not enforced.
A West African court ruled on 22 June that the Nigerian
authorities could not prosecute people for using the service while it
considered a suit seeking to overturn the ban.
In practice, many Nigerian users continued to post on
Twitter, but government ministries and other public bodies had stopped using
it.
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