Wizkid’s Medicine, Davido’s Pere… Trending entertainment stories on Google this week

The majority of the top searches on Google in the past week were entertainment topics as Nigerians took to Google to keep up with football, music and find out about Jeff Bezos, who held the world’s richest man title for a few hours.

EL Clásico: Barca vs Real Madrid

The El Clásico that was aired on Saturday was a thriller as Barcelona and Real Madrid boosted their brands filling up another stadium in Miami and delivering 90 minutes of action as Gerard Pique’s goal made Barcelona win the game by three goals to two.

Other than the absent Cristiano Ronaldo, all the stars were on show as Neymar lined up alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez for the last time and showed Barcelona what they will be missing.

Football fans across Nigeria searched for ‘real madrid vs barcelona miami’, and ‘fc barcelona vs real madrid’.

Davido ft. Rae Sremmurd & Young Thug: Pere

With two hit songs in the market, Davido released his third single for 2017 titled ‘Pere’.

The ‘Fall’ singer featured hip-hop duo, Rae Sremmurd and Atlanta rapper Young Thug. People searched ‘pere by davido’, ‘download pere by davido’, ‘davido pere mp3’, and ‘davido pere video’.

Arsenal vs Benfica: Gunners win 5-2

Arsenal opened their 2017 Emirates Cup play with a 5-2 victory over Benfica on Saturday evening.

The Gunners, who have won the competition four times in the past, came from behind to win the game, topping the log with 8 points – 3 points for the win and 5 points for goals scored.

Fans searched Google using search terms ‘arsenal vs benfica highlights’, ‘arsenal vs benfica live’, ‘arsenal vs benfica live stream’, and ‘arsenal vs benfica results’.

Jeff Bezos: 24-hour world’s richest man

On Thursday, Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, overtook Bill Gates as the world’s richest man.

He is the only one of the world’s top five billionaires not to have signed Warren Buffett’s charity pledge, and his philanthropic efforts so far have paled next to those of other prominent corporate titans like Bill Gates and even Mark Zuckerberg.

However, he lost the title by Friday morning, 24 hours after he got the title.

Nigerians googled ‘jeff bezos net worth’, ‘who is jeff bezos’, ‘jeff bezos biography’, ‘bill gates’, and ‘richest man in the world’.

Wizkid’s ‘Medicine’

Two weeks after the release of his much-anticipated mixtape, ‘Sounds From The Other Side,’ Wizkid released a new single, ‘Medicine,’ which was produced by Masterkraft.

Music fans in the country searched Google using search terms ‘download medicine by wizkid’, ‘download medicine by wizkid mp3’, and ‘download wizkid medicine’.