 The ban of about 40 million Twitter subscribers in Nigeria after operators of the micro-blogging platform deleted a post by President Muhammad Abu-Hari has continued to elicit passionate reactions from amongst many citizens. These reactions came up on the sidelines of the 2021 edition of the social media hangout and have a need for stakeholders to have a consistent awareness on the abuse of social media and equally have a better understanding of how it works. Plus, CV Africa's correspondent Uchechi Ubehi Daniel was there and now brings us the reports. In what seemed like a prophetic gathering, Nigerian youths meet to discuss the inherent advantages of social media platforms in a digital age, as well as issues against their use. This comes barely 24 hours after the operation of popular micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter was suspended indefinitely in Nigeria by the federal government. Ace actor and comedian Debo Adedayo, popularly known as Mr. Makarone, states his grievances on this development. However, veteran Hollywood actor and film producer Yermy Sholade says it is partly a good action by the government. Our president amounts to nothing on social media. That is a huge slap on us generally, not only the president now, all of us. I don't feel anything about Twitter being banned in Nigeria, at least for now. We don't know how long it will take, but I think it's a welcome development. At least there will be a semblance of sanity from that angle for now. I think I read my news very well. I never knew and I never heard and I never saw that Twitter was banned. I only heard of about a temporary suspension, not a ban. So if there is a ban, I mean, what I would say would be different from what I would say if there is a temporary suspension. I suspect that the government fed Twitter did something that wasn't right by taking down the president's tweet and then the government to use his power and came hard on Twitter. However, the majority of Nigerians who use Twitter form part of the most vocal and politically active segment of the population. Uchechi Obuhi Daniel reporting for Plus TV Africa. Get notified about fresh news updates