Hilda is a darling. On the 13th of June 2023, Hilda Baci was given the certificate for the longest cooking marathon of 93 hours and 11 minutes. She is now a Guinness world record holder bringing glory to her country. This is a wonderful thing because even though approximately 7 hours was removed from her time, her efforts were not wasted. The cooking marathon started on the May 11th and she carried on for 4 days straight. She is no doubt a model for a lot of people. But Hilda is not the first Nigerian to break a world record. She also won’t be the last because Nigerians are resilient and love competition.
Here are 16 other Nigerians who are Guinness world record holders
1. Gbenga Ezekiel: Record for the most skips in a minute on one leg in February 2023
2. Philip Solomon: Most skips on one leg in 30 seconds which is 153 in January 2023
3. Divine Ikubor aka Rema: Record for ‘Calm Down’ as the first No.1 Hit on The Official MENA Chart, the world’s first regional streaming chart in May 2023
4. Vincent Okezie: The most consecutive backward handsprings with a football (soccer ball) between the legs in March 2022
5. Bose Omolayo: The heaviest para power lift by a female in the -79 kg category with 144 kg in December 2021
6. Chukwuebuka Ezugha and Victor Richard Kipo: The most consecutive football passes with the soles (team of two) in December 2021
7. Folashade Oluwafemiayo: The heaviest power lift by a female in the -86 kg category with 152.5 kg in December 2021
8. Chinonso Eche: The most football headers in a prone position in one minute, which is 23 in October 2021
9. Peter Aho: Record for six wickets for five runs in 3.4 overs against Sierra Leone in October 2021
10. Bayo Omoboriowo: The largest photo book, which was measured at 60.84 m² (654 ft² 87 in²) in September 2021
11. Haruna Abdulazeez: The most American football touches with the feet in one minute in October 2020
12. Blessing Okagbare: The most appearances in Diamond League meetings by an athlete is 67, achieved by Blessing Okagbare in the 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump disciplines between 3 July 2010 and 31 August 2018.
13. Wizkid: The first track to reach one billion streams on Spotify is “One Dance” by Drake (Canada) featuring musicians Wizkid and Kyla, as of 16 December 2016.
14. Lauritta Onye: The farthest shot put by a female F40 athlete is 8.40 m, achieved by Lauritta Onye at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 11 September 2016.
15. Flora Ugunwa: The farthest female F54 javelin throw is 20.25 metres, achieved by Flora Ugwunwa on 13 September 2016.
16. Tuedon Morgan: The fastest time to run a half marathon on each continent and the North Pole (female) is 62 days 12 hr 58 min 49 sec, and was achieved by Tuedon Morgan from 8 February 2015 to 12 April 2015.
There are many more record holders in Nigeria and more people are attempting to break even more records.
What record do you think that you can break?
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