Nguroge disclosed that David, who also goes by the name Abubakar Yusuf, had defrauded some unsuspecting members of the public in various mosques in the state.

This is an action that has only exposed the vile machinations of the Buhari government to a worldwide audience. Twitter must consider itself honoured to be part of the new pro-democracy struggle of the Nigerian people.

Nonetheless, the regime must understand that a Twitter blackout means many small businesses will suffer, if not forced to close.

A virtual private network extends a private network across a public network. It enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network.

Major ones include MTN Nigeria, Glo Mobile, Airtel and 9Mobile.

In what appeared as solidarity with her husband’s administration, Aisha, who joined Twitter in February 2016, and has over one million followers on Friday, said she was deleting her account.

The media giant described the suspension of its operations in Nigeria on Friday as “deeply concerning”.

AAC said it's an exaggerated foolishness to seek to trample on people’s digital rights, noting that the Buhari regime is seeking to break its own poor record of press and media rights violations.

According to the NBA, there is no constitutional authority to support the Federal Government's indefinite suspension of Twitter.

What is more embarrassing in the events that have played out in recent times is that while governments of other countries are working to position better on the global ranking of press freedom, the Buhari regime is seeking to break its own poor record of press and media rights violations.