Some Nigerian officials raise concerns as Chinese company-backed super apps PalmPay and OPay gain popularity and Huawei's 5G equipment dominates the country
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The White House releases a “comprehensive framework” for US crypto regulation, outlining various federal agencies' recommendations after six months of study
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Binance and Nigeria are in talks to establish a digital economic zone in the country, “similar to the Dubai virtual free zone”, to help blockchain developers
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As Meta faces rising pressure in the West, it is building more internet infrastructure in Africa, especially in countries with few regulations, like Nigeria
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Nigeria will lift its ban on Twitter after suspending it on June 4, 2021; Twitter decided to open an office in Nigeria, among other agreements
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Nigerian President Buhari says a four month ban on Twitter will be lifted on condition it is used for “business and positive engagements”
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Nigeria announces it will block access to Twitter, after the site deleted tweets of President Buhari making threats to the southeastern part of the country
The Nigerian government via its Ministry of Information and Culture today announced its decision to suspend the activities of social media platform Twitter in the country.