Nigeria's government suspends twitter indefinitely

Nigeria's government announced on Friday that it was suspending Twitter indefinitely in Africa's most populous nation, a day after the company deleted a controversial tweet President Muhammadu Buhari made about a secessionist movement. It was not immediately clear when the suspension would take effect as users could still access Twitter late Friday, and many said they would simply use VPNs to maintain access to the platform. Twitter deleted Buhari's post on Wednesday, calling it abusive, after the president threatened suspected separatist militants in the southeast.