The Nigerian Government created its account on Indian microblogging platform Koo, days after the African country banned Twitter.<br />'' <br />''Koo co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna welcomed the government onboard the platform.<br />'' <br />''He said on Thursday that, a very warm welcome to the official handle of the Government of Nigeria on @kooindia.<br />'' <br />''Nigeria on June 5 banned Twitter after the social media company d President Muhammadu Buhari's tweet threatening to punish secessionists.<br />'' <br />''He referred to the 1967-70 Nigerian Civil War and to treating "those misbehaving today" in "the language they will understand".<br />'' <br />''The Nigerian government has said Twitter was allegedly being used to undermine "Nigeria's corporate existence" and to spread "fake news".<br />'' <br />''The opposition in the country has criticised the ban.<br />'' <br />''The Indian alternative to Twitter, Koo, took up the opportunity and announced its plans to expand into the African country.<br />'' <br />''kooindia is available in Nigeria.<br />'' <br />''Radhakrishna said on Twitter on Saturday that, they are thinking of enabling the local languages there too.<br />'' <br />''In India, many Union ministers have joined Koo amid a standoff between Twitter and the government over the new rules for the social media companies and taking down of posts.<br />'' <br />''Koo was among the first social media firms to announce compliance with the new rules.<br />'' <br />''Twitter has also assured the government that it is committed to complying with the new guidelines and sought a week's time to implement most of the changes required, such as hiring a compliance officer<b>. </b><br />''<br />''<br />