The Nigerian government has suspended the use of Twitter in the country "indefinitely", the information minister has announced.
The ban is due to "the continued use of the platform for activities... capable of undermining the existence of Nigerian corporations," according to a statement released on Friday.
The decision comes just days after a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari was removed for violating the site's rules. The Government's statement did not mention this as a reason.
Information Minister Lai Mohammed previously criticized the social media giant's decision to use "double standards".
The site - which was still available to users in Nigeria after Friday's announcement - removed a tweet from the president on June 1.
He was referring to the 1967-70 Nigerian Civil War and the treatment of "those who misbehaved today" in "language they will understand".
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A Twitter spokesperson said the post "was in violation of Twitter's rules. The account owner will be required to delete the tweet and spend 12 hours with their account in read-only mode." The statement did not provide further details.
There were no details on how Nigeria's suspension would work in practice in Friday's statement, or any explanation of how Twitter had undermined the existence of Nigerian corporations.
