Koo expands its wings, govt of Nigeria joins microblogging platform

The Nigerian government has joined India-based microblogging platform Koo, about a week after the African country banned Twitter. 

The Nigerian government had banned Twitter on June 5 after the firm deleted a tweet made by its President Muhammadu Buhari. Twitter said the tweet was deleted for violation of its terms of service.

Buhari had, in his tweet, referred to the 1967-70 Nigerian Civil War and to treating "those misbehaving today" in "the language they will understand".

Koo, a microblogging platform developed in India, has been gaining popularity among some politicians and celebrities had said at the time that it would