Nigeria's Twitter ban: Donald Trump hails Buhari

Buhari and Trump PIC: BBC
Buhari and Trump PIC: BBC

Former US president Donald Trump has praised Nigeria's government for banning Twitter after it deleted President Muhammadu Buhari's post for breaching its rules.

"Who are they to dictate good and evil, if they themselves are evil?" Mr Trump said in a statement.

He urged other countries to ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing "free and open speech".

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