 The federal government has suspended indefinitely the operations of micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohamed, made this known to journalists in a statement by his special assistant on media, Shagwa Dayemi. Twitter had deleted a post by the Nigerian President Mohamed Ibuhari on Tuesday. The president had condemned the attacks on police formations, prisons and offices of the independent National Electoral Commission, especially in the southeast, warning that those supporting insurrection and violence in the country would be shocked. The minister said the federal government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria. The notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.