Atiku Most Talked About Nigerian Politician In 2018, Says Google

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has emerged the only Nigerian politician on Google’s annual list of top trending searches by Nigerians in 2018.

The list revealed what topic or personalities Nigerians had keen interest in based on their use of the search engine in the course of 2018.

According to data released by Google on Wednesday, Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), emerged 7th position in the list of top ten most searched personalities by Nigerians in the last one year.

The Wazirin Adamawa came after footballer Alexis Sanchez who topped the list, followed by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Meghan Markle, Stan Lee and Philippe Coutinho.

The search engine company also revealed that the Osun elections, Ekiti elections and the PDP Presidential Primaries were the top three events that Nigerians searched for in the year.

“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