Mid 2021 the Nigerian government suspended indefinitely, the operations of Twitter in the country, alleging that the company’s activities undermines the country’s cooperate existence and unity. The government ordered all its agencies to shutdown their handles immediately. This sparked national and international condemnation and commendation. It also brought to fore larger conversations and debates academically, socially, and economically, all over the world. Though the Nigerian government attempted unsuccessfully to initiate social media censorship law few months ago, the recent Twitter ban and the Nigerian government’s request that all social media companies operating in Nigeria must acquire license brought back the heated debate on censorship laws and policies in Nigeria which this article analyses.