Obi beat Bola Tinubu, the official candidate for the All Progressive Congress (APC). However, Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) fell behind them.

In August, the three presidential candidates were in company with the chieftains of their political parties and national leaders as they were in London to hold gatherings.

The London meeting provoked social media discussions about the presidential candidates as they trended on Twitter for a long time.

Though Social media discussions about the candidates are pushed by their allies to advance them and criticize other candidates, Google Trends offer experiences about the public's advantage over the candidates, why they are looking through them, and where they looked.

In July, Pulse NG detailed that Peter Obi topped the number of searches by Nigerians on Google Trends in the first half of 2022.

[Photo: Tinubu and Atiku after a conference meeting.]

In any case, a similar examination of searches about the candidates on Google Trends from Monday, August 1 to Wednesday, August 31, demonstrated a few elements that could play out in the February 2023 presidential election.

During the period under survey, the search term Peter Obi had several searches than the search terms Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar.

[Photo credit: Twitter]

For example, the public attraction in Obi had a 100% flood on Saturday, August 13.

However, a check by Pulse NG showed that the expansion in the number of searches about Obi was because of his claim that Sambisa is two times the size of Israel. Expectedly, numerous Nigerians condemned the presidential candidate as the statement was said to be false.

Tinubu likewise had a spike in the number of searches about him on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The tide is credited to the assertion by his campaign management cautioning Obi to warn his supporters via social media.

Notwithstanding, while searches throughout the month were generally about Obi and Tinubu. The search term Atiku recorded several searches on Monday, August 29, 2022.

The clarification for the spike in Nigerians' interest in the former VP at the time was because he visited Kano State. Also, he received the former governor of the state Ibrahim Shekarau who left the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

One more significant point from the horde of data on the web search tool is the area of the searchers.

The mass of search interests on Obi emerged from the south and southeast area of the country. In the North, he had a critical level of searches in Kogi, Level Sokoto, Benue, and Kwara states.

However, in Lagos and Ogun, he fell behind Tinubu, whose search terms recorded 40% and 47% separately during the period under survey.

For Tinubu, the six states in the South-west comprising Lagos and a few states recorded the most search volume for the former governor of Lagos State.

In the North, searches about Tinubu in Bauchi, Kebbi, Zamfara, and Gombe states predominated Atiku's search term.

Tinubu additionally imparted some huge search rates to Atiku in Nasarawa, Kano and Kaduna state.

Curiously, in Jigawa state, it appears Atiku is the only candidate in the race as both Tinubu and Obi recorded no level of searches in the state.

Atiku likewise has a higher search rate in Yobe, Adamawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Kano states. His search term also recorded remarkable numbers in Borno, Gombe, Kaduna, Ekiti, and Kogi states.

Somewhat, this information affirms the story that the 2023 election might end up being a tribal contest among the forefront candidates.

The Premier League has suspended this weekend's fixtures as a mark of respect after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96.

Premier League shareholders decided to postpone all matches from Saturday to Monday after a Friday meeting. The meeting went on after an earlier meeting involving the British government's Department for Culture, Media/Sport and representatives from different sports.

The English Football League (EFL) and Women's Super League (WSL) also decided to postpone their fixtures for this weekend.

Tributes from across the sports world were made, in honor of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, who died on Thursday after 70 years on the throne.

The U.K. has entered a period of national mourning, expected to last at least ten days. Furthermore, an announcement will follow shortly with information on the fixtures during this period.

Government advice suggests that no events should hold on the day of the Queen's funeral. The date is not confirmed yet, but it may take place on Sept. 18 or 19.

The Premier League said in a statement on Friday: "At a meeting this morning, Premier League clubs paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

"To honor her extraordinary life and contribution to the nation, and as a mark of respect, this weekend's Premier League match round will be postponed, including Monday evening's game."

The Premier League did not hold a vote on postponement; instead, the board decided, and the clubs agreed.

The government said individual organizations decided to make regarding holding events during the nation's mourning period.

"There is no obligation to cancel or postpone events and sporting fixtures or close entertainment venues during the national mourning period. It is at the discretion of individual organizations," it said in a document of official guidance for the public and businesses.

"As a mark of respect, organizations might wish to consider canceling or postponing events or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral. They are under no obligation to do so. It is entirely at the discretion of individual organizations."

The English Football Association announced that football fixtures Sept. 9-11 across the WSL, Women's Championship, Women's FA Cup, and FA Trophy would be postponed, along with all steps of the nonleague National League System, women's football pyramid, and grassroots football.

It said all flags at Wembley Stadium and St George's Park, the base for all England teams, would continue to fly at half-staff over the weekend.

"Her Majesty the Queen was a long-standing Patron of The Football Association and has left a lasting and indelible legacy on our national game, the FA said in a statement."

"As a mark of respect, following the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, English football has united to move all football fixtures between 9-11 September."