Nigeria’s 4-0 first leg win over Cameroon in the ongoing 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, dominated searches this week on Google.
Google’s spokesman Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade made the announcement on Friday in Lagos.
According to him, this week’s top trending search terms on Google range from sports to celebrity news.
He said that sports-loving Nigerians got excited over the Super Eagles’ performance against their counterparts in the qualifiers. The Eagles are now leading their group with 10 points from matches played so far.
“Their 4-0 win over Cameroon on Friday and 1-1 draw by the Lions of
Cameroon on Monday has gotten fans, sports experts, coaches and
speculators predicting that the Super Eagles might qualify for the 2018
World Cup in Russia. Excited fans raced to Google search to get more
details about upcoming matches for the qualifiers.”
Kola-Ogunlade said that the American professional tennis player, Serena Williams, who was reported to have given birth to a baby girl on September 1 also attracted searches on Google.
He said that the announcement of Serena’s first child with fiancé, Alexis Ohanian, was made by reporter Chris Shepherd via Twitter.
“Though the couple have not officially announced the birth, the
tennis star’s fans and celebrity friends have since taken to Google to
share their congratulatory messages.”
The Google manager said that concerned Nigerians also searched Google to read more about the distressing news of the North Korea missile test.
“North Korean President Kim Jong-un was pictured
during yet another round of nuclear missiles testing over the weekend.
The images have sparked tension in South Korea, the U.S. and Europe.
Han Tae Song, the Ambassador of North Korea to the
UN, the North Korean Supreme Leader vowed to send more “gift packages”
to the U.S.,” said Kola-Ogunlade
The Google image maker said that American singer, songwriter and actress Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, turned 36 on September 4.
The pop star celebrated her birthday in spectacular fashion by
starting an awareness campaign to support hurricane relief efforts in
her hometown, Houston.
Beyoncé, wearing one of the iconic outfits from her “Formation”
video, shared images of her friends and family on her website. Beneath
the images was a message and link asking fans to support the Hurricane Harvey disaster relief efforts.
While Nigerian Beyhive’s congratulated and commended
the singer for the effort, others criticised her, which made Nigerians
interested in the debate go to Google to get the full gist.
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