Mr  Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Head Communications, Google West Africa  said in a statement  that in April,  the Federal government  directed telecommunications  industry  to bar outgoing calls from unlinked SIMs hence  NIN-SIM  linkage the top searched.

Kola-Ogunlade  said  the death  of prominent  Nigerians were searched which included  Gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, Nollywood Yoruba  actor,  Kunle Adetokunbo  and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III.

He said  their  deaths aroused interest  due to Nwachukwu’s  alleged  killing  by her husband, Kunle Adetokunbo  as known as Dejo Tunfulu who passed on after a brief headache  and admission into the hospital.

According  to him, the 2022 Grammy Awards, Nigeria multiple  award winning actress, Rita  Dominic  and her wedding to Fidelis Anosike, Ghanaian  musician, Black Sherif’s songs especially Kwaku the Traveller  were  searched.

‘’Other  search that piqued Nigerians  interest include Chrisland  School, How to check JAMB centres, scientific name for ear ringing , third term school  resumption, who is Black  Sherif.

‘’Also,  Osinachi’husband , Fidelis Anosike  where is Osinachi  from what is Grta Thunberg  known  for, he said.

Reports that search  trends information  is gleaned  from data collated by Google based on what Nigerians  have been searching  for and asking Google, Google  processes  more than 40 000 search queries every second.