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DO YOU KNOW THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BOLA AHMED TINUBU (APC) BEING PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, AND PETER OBI (LP) BEING THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA? “Many forms of government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” — Winston Churchill Honestly, the problems Nigeria is facing today are not peculiar to the country alone. Many other countries all over the world are facing similar challenges also, let’s reflect on a few. According to (Millson), Of the 167 territories surveyed, just 21 were deemed to be full democracies, representing 6.4% of the world’s population, while 53 fell into the “flawed democracies” category. Topping the list were Norway, New Zealand, and Finland, while the U.K. ranked 18th. The U.S., which was given a flawed democracy classification, fell one s

Using Google Trends to analyze the popularity of presidential candidates' search queries in Google Search, in the past 12 months & past 1 hour, across various states in Nigeria.  The candidates are:  - Bola Ahmed Tinubu (APC) - Atiku Abubakar (PDP) - Peter Obi (LP) - Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP) - Omoyele Sowore (AAC) The traction between the top three (3) candidates is really interesting, Bola Ahmed Tinubu leading with 61%, followed by Peter Obi 42%, then Atiku Abubakar 41%. It might be a bit difficult for the combined traction of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to catch up with the search traction of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but as we all know, the journey has just begun. But Bola Ahmed Tinubu's search traction is quite DISTINCT. Thank you.

  PETER OBI CAN WIN IN 2023 “This is quite a game, POLITICS. There are no permanent enemies, and no permanent friends, only permanent interests” - William Clay (Forbes) The President of Nigeria is elected by a qualified plurality vote to serve a 4-year term. An absolute majority and at least 25% in two-thirds of the states is required for a candidate to be elected in the first round. If no candidate wins in the first round, there is a second-round between the top two candidates. (IFES Election Guide) In 2019, the presidential election was won by President Muhammadu Buhari from the All Progressives Congress (APC) re-elected as Nigeria's president, defeating Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) after winning 19 of the 36 states. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was victorious in 17 states and the capital (BBC). President Muhammadu Buhari had a total vote of 15,191,847 (APC), while Alhaji Atiku Abubakar had 11,262,978 total votes with a marginal difference of 3,928,86