Nigeria lifts Twitter ban seven months after site deleted president’s post

Government says Twitter has agreed to conditions on management of unlawful content and to register in Nigeria

Nigeria has lifted a ban on Twitter, restoring access to millions of users, seven months after it clamped down on the social media site when it deleted a post by the president.

Twitter was restored on Nigerian networks after midnight for the first time since June, with the government saying the company had agreed to its conditions on the management of unlawful content, to register its operations in Nigeria and to a new tax arrangement.