Topic wey dem dey call ‘Big Don’ don climb reach number 13 for the list of things wey dey trend for Nigeria on X, as the trend tracker Trends24.in record am. The entry dey show the position for the country and e point people to the search page x.com/search?q=Big%20Don, but e no carry any post, any explanation, or any reason why the phrase dey trend.
Because of that, no news outlet among the five items wey dem gather around the phrase don report any event, statement, or announcement wey start the conversation. The items no point to one particular incident, and none of them claim say anybody post anything about am on X.
The closest match na one opinion column for The Nation Newspaper, published 31 May, 2025, title “And big Don downs ’em all”, wey Tatalo Alamu write. Inside the column, Alamu use ‘the Don’ as name for the American president, and e describe am like this: ‘The Don is not a river but the big Chief, the Capo di tutti capi of all America, the new Taoiseach of the United Tribes of North America and law giver plenipotentiary to all habitants of the land therein.’
Alamu still call the Don ‘a great hulk of a person who reminds one of a massive anaconda lurking in the deep Amazon River basin’, and e add say ‘It is not a creature to be toyed with at all.’ E write say ‘Thrice within a spate of two months, one has seen it take down and gobble up three presidential games from Africa, Middle East and Europe and perhaps the most famous educational institution on earth.’
The column still mention Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, as e tok about how the leader strolled through the lawn of the White House for one scheduled briefing. But na opinion piece, no be news report, and the excerpt wey dey available no mention X or the trending topic.
Other items for the brief no use the phrase at all. Variety review one docu-fiction wey dem title ‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’, wey dey look at masculinity. LiveScore carry wetin one Sky pundit talk about one big refereeing decision from Liverpool win. Nigerian Voice report Ruth Kadiri talk say big weddings dey put pressure on marriages. EUobserver write about how clocks dey go back for Europe on Sunday, even though millions of Europeans no want am. None of these headlines mention ‘Big Don’.
So the only thing wey the trend data confirm be say the phrase dey among the top topics for Nigeria, for position 13, and the conversation dey open for x.com/search?q=Big%20Don.
