TikTok briefly suspended its late-night LIVE streaming feature in Nigeria from Sunday, December 7, 2025, to Tuesday, December 9, 2025, impacting creators shortly after their success at the TikTok Awards Sub-Saharan Africa. This "digital curfew" was implemented due to a surge in "coordinated adult shows" on the platform.

• TikTok banned 49,512 LIVE sessions in Nigeria in Q2 2025.
• 3.7 Million videos were removed from Nigerian accounts in the same period for violating community guidelines.
• The restriction, from 23:00 to 05:00, hit the "vampire shift" where many creators earn their "daily bread" (atije atimu).
• Crown Uzama (Shallipopi) won Artist of the Year and Raja’atu Muhammed Ibrahim (@diaryofanortherncook) won Creator of the Year at the recent awards.