Twitter Ban to be lifted soon following extremely positive talks by Nigerian Governments

After ‘Extremely Positive' Talks, Nigeria is set to lift its two-month Twitter ban.

Following an"extremely positive" talk, the Nigerian government believes the ban on the microblogging platform Twitter would be lifted soon.

Lai Mohammed, the country's Minister of Information and Culture, told reporters after Wednesday's Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting that negotiations with the social networking service site had been mainly successful, with some of the points made with the corporation being rectified.

Nigeria had on June 4 announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter’s operation following the deleting of tweets made by President Muhammadu Buhari, who had threatened to treat members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the language they understand.

The suspension was also based on the West African country's "consistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of harming Nigeria's corporate existence."

Mr. Mohammed however told journalists that the areas still pending include setting up a Twitter office and having a Twitter staff of management cadre that will serve as the country representative.

The minister says most of the conditions given to the platform have been accepted. “The end for amicable resolution is very much in sight,” Mr. Mohammed said.

“We appreciate the patience of Nigerians. I want to assure you that we have made very tremendous progress. We have met with Twitter both physically and in writing. We are actually almost there.

“The engagement has been extremely positive without any acrimony. We have made it clear what we want from Twitter.”

“They (Twitter) have shown a lot of flexibility, the conversation has not been acrimonious.”