A check on the platform by SaharaReporters showed that users could not refresh and were being kicked out of their accounts and forced to log back in.
Social media platform, Twitter on Friday afternoon stopped functioning with millions of users worldwide having issues signing in, updating or generally using the social media app.
A check on the platform by SaharaReporters showed that users could not refresh and were being kicked out of their accounts and forced to log back in.
The glitch happened for over 30 minutes.
Shortly after, ‘banned’ started trending on the app with some Nigerian users wondering if it had been banned in the country again or if the glitch was from their network provider.
From 5 June 2021 to 13 January 2022, the government of Nigeria officially banned Twitter, which restricted it from operating in the country.
The ban occurred after Twitter deleted tweets made by President Muhammadu Buhari, warning the southeastern people of Nigeria, predominantly Igbo people, of a potential repeat of the 1967 Biafran Civil War due to the ongoing insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria.
It was, however, not clear what caused the crash or the exact number of users impacted.
The incident happened a few days after Twitter sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk, trying to force him to complete his $44 billion takeover of the social media company.
The company accused him of “outlandish” and “bad faith” actions that have caused the platform irreparable harm and “wreaked havoc” on its stock price.
Back in April, Musk pledged to pay $54.20 a share for Twitter, which agreed to those terms after reversing its initial opposition to the deal.
But the two sides have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said last Friday that he was backing away from his agreement to buy the company.