After Banning Twitter, Nigeria Government Opens Account On India's Koo

The Nigerian government banned Twitter in the country last week after the microblogging website deleted a remark from President Muhammadu Buhari

India's homegrown microblogging website Koo has got a new user who has stopped using Twitter - the Nigerian government. Koo CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna posted on Twitter a welcome message along with a screenshot of the Nigerian government's account on Koo. A very warm welcome to the official handle of the Government of Nigeria on @kooindia! Spreading wings beyond India now. ???? @mayankbidawatkapic.twitter.com/9ufSOKI7sd Koo, owned by Bombinate Technologies, has long been touted as India's alternative to Jack Dorsey's Twitter, a foreign company that's increasingly getting into mini battles with governments around the world over information technology rules, especially privacy issues. The Nigerian government banned Twitter in the country last week after the microblogging website deleted a remark from President Muhammadu Buhari. The move has provoked international outcry over freedom of expression and calls for protests online and on the street. On Thursday, a user on Koo surfaced that identified itself as the Nigerian government's official ID. An orange-yellow tick mark, similar to Twitter's blue tick, showed the account as "verified" on Koo. It has over 9,900 followers and follows none.