Popular search engine, Google on
Wednesday announced the results of its ‘2019 Year in Search’ with Academic
Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) strike topping this year’s trending news
search.
Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google
Communications Officer, said that ASUU strike was followed by `AFCON 2019’,
‘Naira Marley’ and the ‘Women’s World Cup 2019’.
Kola-Ogunlade said that the
results of the ‘Year in Search’ offered a unique perspective on the year’s
major moments and top trends based on searches conducted in Nigeria.
“This year’s top trending news
search is `ASUU Strike’, which took the highest place over other trending news
topics like ‘AFCON 2019’, ‘Naira Marley’ and the ‘Women’s World Cup 2019’.
“Naira Marley’, leads the list as
the most searched person over ‘Atiku’ (Abubakar), Presidential candidate of the
People’s Democratic Party at the 2019 Nigerian general election.
“Neymar’, Brazilian professional
footballer. ‘Neymar’ made the lists as the top trending sports person searched
by Nigerians in 2019,’’ Kola-Ogunlade said in a statement.
According to him, Regina Daniels
was the most searched actor, ranking over other actors like Genevieve Nnaji,
Tonto Dikeh, Hadiza Gabon, among others, NAN reports.
He said that Wizkid, “Joro” was
the most searched song this year; ‘what is xenophobia?’ the most asked
question; while Big Brother Naija and Mehek were the most searched movies and
TV shows.
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