Nigerian chess master and founder of Chess in Slums, Tunde Onakoya, alongside his U.S. counterpart, Shawn Martinez, has officially set a new Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest chess marathon of 64 hours. Announcing this in a series of posts on X.com on Sunday, Onakoya revealed that they have been officially certified by GWR as a validation of their …

A 29-year-old Ghanian environmental activist and forestry student, Abubakar Tahiru, has etched his name in the Guinness Book of World Records by hugging 1,123 trees in one hour. The Guinness World Record (GWR) announced this on Friday, adding that Tahiru’s accomplishment not only makes him the record holder but also the first person to ever hold this title as he …

A Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, has announced his plan to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest chess marathon, “for the dreams of millions of children across Africa without access to education”. Onakoya disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Friday, revealing that he will attempt to play chess for 58 hours without losing …

A 400-level student of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Collins Whitworth, has broken the current record of most face painted by an individual in 24 hours. Whitworth who is a civil engineering student has painted 791 faces at the end of the 24 hours on Sunday and is awaiting confirmation from the Guinness World Record (GWR). He started the journey to …

A 27-year-old man from Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi state, Dauda Abdulfatai is set to write his name on the hall of fame as he begins a 200-hour ironing marathon to break the Guinness World Record (GWR). Dauda commenced his ironing marathon bid on Wednesday, January 10, at the Nyama-Nyama area of Ganaja Village in Lokoja. The young millennial’s …

A student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Eniola Subair, attempting to set Guinness World Records for the longest hand cloth washing (Wash-a-thon) has surpassed the 50-hour target set. This is as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor on Administration of the University, Professor Abayomi Daramola paid a solidarity visit to the 200-level student of Linguistics and African Languages on behalf of …

The Guinness World Records, on Wednesday, has announced a Nigerian, Tonye Solomon, as the new record holder for the most steps climbed on a ladder while balancing a football on the head. Solomon achieved this feat by climbing a whopping 150 ladder steps. “New record: Most steps climbed on a ladder while balancing a football on the head – 150 …

A postgraduate student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Christopher Olusa, said he is ready to break a Guinness World Record by presenting a non-stop marathon speech for five days. Olusa said the GWR had given him a go-ahead to dabble into the world record event, tagged “From words to world records” Olusa told the media in …