 A federal high court in Lagos has fixed October 4th to hear a suit by the Nigerian Bar Association challenging the legality of the federal government's suspension of Twitter operations in the country. The incorporated trustees of the NBA filed a suit on June 18 following the government's June 4th threats to persecute Nigerians who defied the directive by continuing to use Twitter. President Mohamed Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abu Bakr Malami, the Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohamed and the Nigerian Communications Commission are first to force defendants, respectively.