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Nigeria says it suspends Twitter days after president's post removed

People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo. [Reuters]

Nigeria said on Friday it had indefinitely suspended Twitter's activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists.

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