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Why We L👀ked Into This »🎨 Search Engine, Google said Coronavirus dominated searches by Nigerians in 2020. What topics were Nigerians more interested in? Entertainment, Technology, Politics or Education?

 

• Amidst a global pandemic, #Coronavirus shaped the year particularly from March when lockdowns were introduced. This led to technology-related searches in order to adjust to a virtual world.
• The ASUU strike is once again featuring as a popular search term.  ASUU was on strike from March to December 2020.
• From the search trends, Education, Technology, Entertainment and Politics interest Nigerians the most.

 

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• ‘When is school resuming’ may not just be connected with ASUU strike. Nigeria has a huge youth population and during the year, primary secondary school (high school) students were also affected by government directives regarding the safe opening of schools.
• DIYs (Do It Yourself) became popular and the search terms can also be linked with the lockdown as people were at home.