Trending Explained

We've solved the problem of messy trend table. You see what's trending but can't find why it's trending because of spammers.

We've been posting origin stories of trending topics, updated hourly.

We're open for Promos, Donations & Collabs.

Please Retweet Whenever You See This💙

Trending Video: Innovative Nigerian scientists invents ultra modern manual washing machine that works without electricity.

Microsoft is trending because the tech giant is facing global outage that has disrupted its services for more than 16hours in over 74 countries.

The disruption has affected several Microsoft products; Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Copilot, OneDrive and other Microsoft 365 services, leaving schools, businesses and hospitals stranded.

The issue began with problems affecting Exchange Online, Microsoft’s cloud-based email infrastructure, before spreading to other connected services.

Microsoft initially pinned the problem to unexpectedly unavailable servers but several attempts to restore their servers have been futile.

Rumors of possible cyberattack is flying but their executives are dismissing the talks, as restoration has begun in phases.

Update: Sweden also returns 39 bronze artefacts looted from Benin Kingdom following the 1897 British Invasion. However, 6 will remain in Swedish museums under a 10yrs loan agreement.

Chatham is trending because Nigerians in Uk staged a protest outside Chatham House London, against INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan over irregularities and AI voters.

This was after Amupitan spoke at the British Think Thank about Democracy and the 2027 elections. As he left the Chatham building, protesters surrounded his vehicle;

demanding answers over alleged INEC irregularities, including his supposed APC affiliation through an old twitter account and AI-generated identities discovered in the 2027 voter register.

Amupitan remained in the vehicle and made no response or reaction to the protesters, despite emphasis that they only wanted explanations and assurances of a free, fair and credible 2027 elections.

His silence prompted the demonstrators to begin hurling insults at him, names such as criminal, evil, and bastard, some demanded his resignation. Some Nigerians say the protest was triggered by his speech which failed to address critical election concerns.

While many say the anger was over the questionable entries in the register, including AI-generated images, duplicate names and deceased persons. Which INEC acknowledged, arrested 54 staffs across 01 states and removed 1.6 million invalid registration.

Interestingly, few days ago, Mr Festus Okoye claimed the INEC register is not clean, but Nigerians have not choice but to use it like that, raising more suspicions and calls for Amupitan’s resignation.

Under Section 157 of the 1999 Constitution, an INEC chairman cannot be removed simply because protesters demand it. Removal requires a presidential decision backed by a two-thirds majority of the Senate, on grounds of inability to perform official duties or misconduct.

Since INEC’s establishment in 1998, only two chairmen have resigned: Prof. Eme Awa (1987–1989), over operational disagreements with the Babangida military government, and Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (2015–2025), shortly before his tenure ended, following the controversial 2023 elections.

Only Prof. Maurice Iwu (2005–2010), appointed by Olusegun Obasanjo, was removed from office, by Goodluck Jonathan.

Get Involved in the next elections.. Be your own situation room.. view results live in real-time on citizenmonitors.com a people’s alternative to INEC’s IREV. Follow @CitizenMonitors for more || Snap, Upload results from yoir polling unit and watch it broadcast nationwide.