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EPISODE · Jul 10, 2021 · 8 MIN

Are there 40 million Nigerians on Twitter?

from More or Less · host BBC Radio 4

In recent months, Twitter has rarely been out of the headlines in Nigeria. After it deleted a tweet by the country’s 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 – but could this really be true? We spoke to Allwell Okpi of the fact-checking organisation AfricaCheck.Also, which places have the best full vaccination rates in the world? Turns out, its some of the smallest. We run through the top five.Producer: Nathan Gower

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