The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed broadcasting stations in the country to stop using Twitter, a microblogging platform.
The directive is in a statement issued by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC acting director-general, on Monday.
The federal government announced the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria on Friday.
The suspension came after a tweet of President Muhammadu Buhari was taken down by the social media platform.
Idachaba said stations should uninstall the application “and desist from using Twitter as a source (UGC) of information gathering for News and…