Nigerians react to Musk’s Twitter takeover

Twitter is considered an important civic space by most Nigerians that has been used for mobilising people for political and social causes.

However, Elon Musk’s philosophy on freedom of speech and information is at odds with Nigeria’s affinity to ban and regulate social media and could affect freedom of speech.

Nigerians are waiting to see how this change will affect them.

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