The Twitter ban in Nigeria has extended to 100 days, and in that time frame the nation has lost N247.61bn.

The Federal Government had on June 4 suspended Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Consequently, telcos on June 5 blocked access to Twitter after receiving a directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission.

According to the Net Blocks Cost of Shutdown Tool, the blockade costs Nigeria’s economy N103.17m ($250,600) every hour

It has been 2,400 hours since the federal Government banned Twitter.