Koo on Thursday said the Government of Nigeria has set up an official account on the Indian microblogging platform, which is looking at making deeper inroads into the African nation. The development comes in the backdrop of a standoff between the Nigerian government and Koo rival, Twitter. Last week, the Nigerian government had announced an indefinite suspension of the US social media platform in that country.

Koo co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna in a post on Koo said, The official handle of the government of Nigeria is now on Koo! Interestingly, he also shared the information on Twitter saying : A very warm welcome to the official handle of the Government of Nigeria on @kooindia ! Spreading wings beyond India now. Last week, the Nigerian government had said it was suspending Twitter indefinitely after the company removed a contentious tweet that President Muhammadu Buhari made about a secessionist movement.

A very warm welcome to the official handle of the Government of Nigeria on @kooindia! Spreading wings beyond India now. 🙂 @mayankbidawatka pic.twitter.com/9ufSOKI7sd— Aprameya R (@aprameya) June 10, 2021

Following this, Koo had said the platform is available in Nigeria and that it is keen on adding new local languages for users in that country. Now that there is an opportunity for microblogging platforms in Nigeria…Koo is looking at introducing local Nigerian languages in the app, Radhakrishna had told.

Govt of Nigeria Sets Up Official Account on Koo Amid Standoff with Twitter

The development comes in the backdrop of a standoff between the Nigerian government and Koo rival, Twitter. Last week, the Nigerian government had announced an indefinite suspension of the US social media platform in that country.