Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of twitter, in the early hours of Saturday tweeted the Nigerian flag, an apparent reference to the celebration of Democracy Day in the country.
This however is coming in the face of the ongoing face-off between Twitter and the Nigerian government.
The microblogging platform’s services were suspended in Nigeria after the firm deleted a tweet posted by President Muhammadu Buhari which evoked the memories of the Nigerian Civil War.
The platform said the tweet violated its “abusive behaviour” rules. But the Nigerian authorities said Twitter was suspended in the country because it was often used for activities that threaten the “corporate existence” of the country.
Nigeria’s minister of information and culture Lai Mohammed said during the week that Twitter has approached the government for negotiation.
Mohammed, however, described Twitter’s approach as “tepid”, noting that there has been no follow up from an initial message from Twitter received through a foreign mission that the social media company was opened to negotiation.
Twitter insisted on Friday that it was ready for an “open discussion” with the Nigerian government.
“We have informed the Nigerian government that we are ready to meet for an open discussion to address mutual concerns and see the service restored,” Twitter said.
