"Seventy-five percent of my business income comes from Twitter," Maitano said. "Banning Twitter was one of the catastrophes that happened to us online vendors, actually. Nigerian authorities lifted a seven-month ban on Twitter last week. In imposing the ban, authorities blamed Twitter for promoting comments that could incite public unrest in Nigeria. This week, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce said the ban cost Nigeria about $26.1 billion.

Source: Ethiopian News January 22, 2022 05:22 UTC