00:00When it comes to breaking boundaries, Nigerians aren't just dreaming big.
00:05They are making history in the Guinness World Records.
00:08Here are Nigerians turning dreams into world-breaking record categories.
00:13Cooking
00:13In 2023, Chef Ida Barsi captured global attention cooking for more than 93 hours non-stop,
00:21the longest cooking marathon by an individual.
00:23Though she was later dethroned by an Irish chef, Alan Fisher, on November 2023,
00:31Ida Barsi came back in 2025 with a bigger dream.
00:35The largest pot of jollof rice, with over 4,000 kilograms of rice bubbling in 6-meter cauldron,
00:42the feast was meant to feed 20,000 people.
00:45Now, all eyes are on Guinness for confirmation.
00:50Chess
00:50While Ida turned up the heat in Lagos, on 20th of April 2025,
00:55Tunde Onokoya made his move in New York Times Square, playing chess for 58 hours straight.
01:02His record was more than endurance.
01:04It was a message of hope, showing how chess can change lives.
01:09Entertainment
01:10The entertainment category has also written Nigeria's name in gold.
01:15In 2016, WizKids' One Dance became the first song to eat one billion Spotify streams.
01:23Following these, on May 9th, 2023,
01:26Redmouse's Calm Down later topped the official MENA Middle East North Africa chart,
01:31cementing Afrobeat as a global force.
01:35For Guinness history stretches far beyond today's stars.
01:38In 1992, Fela Adnikula Pokuti entered the record books with 46 studio albums, the most by a solo artist.
01:47In 2006, dancer Kafi led a 55-hour non-stop dance marathon.
01:53And a decade later, DJ Obi spun for 240 hours straight, setting the longest DJ sets.
02:00Sports have also delivered unforgettable records.
02:04Paralympic powerlifters Bosse O'Molayo, Folashade Oluwafemyayo, and the late Paul Kende all lifted their way into history.
02:13And in football, the late Stephen Keshi became the first African to win the AFCON as both player and coach in 1994 and 2013.
02:23The younger generation is not left out, from Chinozo Miracle-H's dazzling football tricks to Benga Ezekiel's rope-skipping feet,
02:32including two 7-8 one-leg skips, in one minute.
02:36Nigerian youth are setting the pace.
02:40Creativity and Innovation
02:42Creativity shines just as bright when photographer Bayo Omo Buryowo produced the largest photo book on September 2021.
02:51Next, we have Fall Art David, who drew the world's largest sketch in 2024.
02:59Also, under the entertainment category, we see artistic artist Kakechiku Tabo Kekke painted a canvas over 12,000 square meters wide in 2024.
03:11This happens to be the largest art canvas created by an individual.
03:17Literacy
03:18And literacy too, at its moment, in 2011, teacher Adetu Ashiadele gathered over 4,000 school children in Lagos for a record-breaking mass-reading exercise.
03:30Whether in food, music, sport, or art, Nigerians keep turning ambition into world records.
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