Are there 40 million Nigerians on Twitter?
More or Less: Behind the Stats
In recent months, Twitter has rarely been out of the headlines in Nigeria. After it deleted a tweet by the countryβs president, the Nigerian government responded by banning it altogether. In the media coverage of the story it has been commonly claimed that Nigeria has 40 million Twitter users β but could this really be true? We spoke to Allwell Okpi of the fact-checking organisation AfricaCheck.
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Producer: Nathan Gower
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