In the previous six months, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party in the upcoming 2023 elections, outranked Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party (PDP) and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress to rank in the top three most-searched individuals in Nigeria.
This is supported by the most recent Google Trends data, which was made public on Thursday, July 21.
Bianca Ojukwu and Vladimir Putin were also among the most popular figures in Nigeria during the past six months.
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Along with people, the Google trend reports show the situations, music, and movies that Nigerians searched for in the first half of 2022.
Google in the report said; “The first half of 2022 has been eventful for Nigerians. Between politics, high-profile deaths, sports personalities, blockbuster movies and TV series, Nollywood actors, musicians and songs that became very catchy; Nigerian netizens turned to Google to find out more.”
“The top three trending people in Nigeria in the first half of the year are Peter Obi, Putin and Bianca Ojukwu. Peter Obi is a Nigerian businessman and politician who served as the Governor of Anambra State three separate times from 2006 to 2014. He is currently the Labour Party nominee for President of Nigeria in the 2023 presidential election.
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“Vladimir Putin, Russia’s President also grabbed the attention of Nigerians in the first six months of this year as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine became topical across the globe. Bianca Ojukwu, the widow of late Biafran warlord, Chukuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu also led search interest by Nigerians when she slapped Ebelechukwu, the wife of immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano. A second famous slap comes in at number five on the list of top trending people, after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars in March,” Google explained.
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