{"id":44703,"date":"2021-06-08T16:14:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=44703"},"modified":"2021-06-08T15:52:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:52:41","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-mocks-nigerians-over-buhari-osinbajos-refusal-to-deactivate-twitter-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nnamdi-kanu-mocks-nigerians-over-buhari-osinbajos-refusal-to-deactivate-twitter-accounts","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu mocks Nigerians over Buhari, Osinbajo\u2019s refusal to deactivate Twitter accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has mocked Nigerians after the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) directed all broadcast stations in the country to deactivate their Twitter accounts on Monday<\/p>\n<p>The agency directed television and radio stations to de-install twitter handles and stop using it as a user-generated content (UGC) for news and programmes presentation, especially phone-in.<\/p>\n<p>According to NBC, it will be unpatriotic for any broadcaster in Nigeria to continue to patronise the suspended Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The statement further quoted section 5.6.3 of the broadcast code which requires broadcasters to be mindful of materials that may cause disaffection, incite to panic or rift in the society in the use of UGC.<\/p>\n<p>Deactivate Buhari\u2019s account, others when he lifts ban \u2013 Adeyanju tells Twitter<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to this, Kanu noted that the Twitter accounts of President Buhari, his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo, and other top government officials have remained active.<\/p>\n<p>The Buhari administration had recently suspended the social media platform indefinitely in the country after the President\u2019s tweet was deleted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you sure it\u2019s the same God that created other races that made we black Africans, especially Nigerians? \u201d Kanu tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can NBC direct all stations in Nigeria to deactivate their Twitter profiles, yet @MBuhari, @ProfOsinbajo &amp; @NGRPresident are all active? What is wrong with our brain?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC orders broadcasting stations to stop using Twitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has mocked Nigerians after the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) directed all broadcast stations in the country to deactivate their Twitter accounts on Monday The agency directed television and radio stations to de-install twitter handles and stop using it as a user-generated content [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,97,254,1670,625,849,4442],"class_list":["post-44703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-buhari","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerians","tag-nnamdi-kanu","tag-osinbajo","tag-twitter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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