Tech giant, Google has now released the results of its 2018 Year in Search on Wednesday. The result showed major moments and top trends in 2018 based on searches conducted in Nigeria.
The 2018 Year in Search list contains the top trending news moment, music and movies that got the attention of Nigerians as well as the people, places, and things that trended.
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is Nigeria’s top trending politician on Google in 2018.
“This year’s most searched news event was the Osun elections, which gripped national attention in September due to alleged incidents of voter intimidation and interference,” a statement by the company read.
In Nigeria, the top trending people were:
Alexis Sanchez
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Meghan Markle
Stan Lee
Philippe Coutinho
Atiku Abubakar
Tosyn Bucknor
Avicii
Aisha Abimbola
Sylvester Stallone
The top trending news searches were:
Osun elections
Ekiti elections
PDP Presidential Primaries
ASUU Strike
NLC Strike/Minimum Wage
Offa Robbery
Kaduna Crisis
Lagos APC primaries
Royal Wedding
Atiku Running Mate
Top trending movies
Black Panther,
Avengers Infinity War,
Acrimony,
Venom,
Deadpool 2,
King of Boys,
Wedding Party 2,
Rampage.
Top trending sports people
Alexis Sanchez,
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang,
Philippe Coutinho,
Emmanuel Eboue,
Fred,
Anthony Joshua,
Jorginho,
Unai Emery,
Willian,
Didier Drogba.