Nigerian telecom firms suspend Twitter access after directive, says industry body

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Nigerian telecom firms have shut down access to Twitter after a regulatory directive, an industry body said on Saturday, a day after the government said it would suspend the US social media giant indefinitely.

Nigeria said on Friday it had indefinitely suspended Twitter's activities, two days after the company removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists in the West African country.