Twitter mixes up Nigeria and Norway government accounts in gaffe. Cue the memes

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had his Twitter account automatically updated to say he's a "Nigerian Government Official".

After Twitter rolled out its Blue subscription again, some changes have been seen across the microblogging site including gold ticks for companies and grey for governments.

Apart from that, tags also appear stating who the handle is assigned to. And one prey to a gaffe by Twitter was observed when Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had his account automatically updated to say he's a "Nigerian Government Official".

Norway's Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt suffered the same fate, as did her ministry - Twitter had updated to describe them as "Nigeria Government Organization."

Then the Nigerian Foreign Ministry in Oslo tweeted to Twitter asking the error to be rectified.

“Dear @TwitterSupport, as much as we enjoy our excellent bilateral relations and close alphabetical vicinity with Nigeria, we would much appreciate if you could label us as Norway. P.S. That also goes for Prime Minister @jonasgahrstore and Foreign Minister @AHuitfeldt,” they wrote along with a screengrab of the mistake.

Dear @TwitterSupport, as much as we enjoy our excellent bilateral relations and close alphabetical vicinity with Nigeria, we would much appreciate if you could label us as Norway

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P.S. That also goes for Prime Minister @jonasgahrstore and Foreign Minister @AHuitfeldt pic.twitter.com/wr6cb3yv2W

— Norway MFA (@NorwayMFA) December 13, 2022

“Since we’re now one big country, Norgeria, you’ll let Haaland play for us at the next AFCON and World Cup, yeah?” one user tweeted.

Can Norway get jollof rice in return?

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— Guillaume Rischard (@grischard) December 13, 2022

This is funny and someone has christened the country on Twitter planet as "Norgeria".

Norway is struggling to have their country back.

Nigeria should grant Norway independence on Twitter. Odiegwu!

— Jo'-Mario Giovanni (@jomariogiovanni) December 13, 2022

Twitter said Norway and Nigeria... pic.twitter.com/itccETxEZE

— Edward Israel-Ayide (@wildeyeq) December 13, 2022

Look at me, you're Nigerian now pic.twitter.com/c20t1iiVK6

— Meraj (@_merajhasan) December 13, 2022

You got at least a country with the name that they still use. pic.twitter.com/LzWOxdiD6i

— Orri Tómasson (@orritomasson) December 13, 2022

I always find it difficult to tell them apart pic.twitter.com/ypUf97tMT8

— Vincent Luyendijk (@vincentl75) December 13, 2022

Nogeria has been born.https://t.co/azyxjV59Pl

— home/javier (@javierdroide) December 13, 2022

There has been no word on what prompted the bizarre errors.