Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated Nigerian Chess master, Tunde Onakoya for setting a new Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest marathon chess. In a statement on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, the governor said that Onakoya’s remarkable story showed that with determination, dreams can indeed soar to monumental heights. …

An undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Rhema Ahonsi, is aiming to have his name in the Guinness World Record as he attempts the longest singing marathon record. Rhema, 27, who is joining a host of Nigerians making record-breaking attempts, an unprecedented surge experienced by Guinness, after Hilda Baci’s cook-a-thon record, will be attempting to become the first Nigerians to …

President Bola Tinubu has said that his name deserves to be in the Guinness World Records (GWR). According to the President, this is due to his economic reforms as the governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, which, he said, later made Nigerians elect him as President last February. At the 10th German-Nigerian Business Forum on Tuesday, President Tinubu …

At exactly 2 pm on Monday, Nigerian marathoner reader, Mr. John Obot reached his 145-hour target for the longest marathon reading aloud by an individual. If the time is confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, Obot would have broken the record set last September by Rysbai Isakov in Bursa, Turkey last September. Obot performed the feat while reading Echoes of …

Finally, Guinness World Records has Hilda Effiong Bassey (popularly known as Hilda Baci) as the new record holder for Longest Cooking Marathon (individual)! Last month, recorded a cooking record of 93 hours and 11 minutes With her feat, Hilda Baci is poised to break the Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual” after hitting the 87 …