Twitter is down
Yes, Twitter is also down in Nigeria. But it's not because the Federal Government of Nigeria shut down the internet due to the viral #endSARS protest.
On Thursday, October 15, 2020 at about 10:32 PM (WAT), Twitter started experiencing issues with its API. It only acknowledged the issue 24 minutes later, 10:56 PM (WAT), according to its API status page. The first message on Twitter's API status page read: "Investigating - We are currently investigating this issue. More updates to come".
A follow-up message which was posted by 11:31 PM (WAT) reads: "Update - We are continuing to monitor as our teams investigate. More updates to come." At about 12:02 AM (WAT) on Friday, the tweeting service seemed to have been restored, but no word from Twitter yet.
If you see this tweet, it means tweeting has been restored. I'm started trying to chronicle the order of events, might as well just stop now. https://t.co/1TsivKQupI
— Benjamin Dada (@DadaBen_) October 15, 2020
First observation of Twitter's outage
My first observation of Twitter's most recent outage was from a tweet thread by app researcher and tech blogger, Jane M. Wong, @wongmjane.
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) October 15, 2020
This is a developing story
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i can say anything now!!!! nobody is here!!! nobody is here!!! yayyyyy *sings in shower* yayyyy~~~ test test cute birdie r u alright?? 🥺 @twittersupport r u alright?? testtttt
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) October 15, 2020
Twitter has been down for many of you and we’re working to get it back up and running for everyone.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) October 15, 2020
We had some trouble with our internal systems and don’t have any evidence of a security breach or hack.
By 01:11 AM (WAT), Twitter posted an update on their API status page saying that "things appear to have returned to normal."