Here are some notable Nigerian world record holders:
Sports
1. Tunde Onakoya: Longest chess marathon, 60 hours
2. Hilda Baci: Longest cooking marathon, over 87 hours and 45 minutes
3. Blessing Okagbare: Most appearances in Diamond League meetings, 67
4. Yakubu Adesokan: Heaviest lift in men’s 48 kg powerlifting competition, 180 kg
5. Joy Onaolapo: Gold medalist in women’s -52 kg division, 131 kg lift
6. Bose Omolayo: Heaviest para power lift by a female in the -79 kg category, 144 kg
7. Folashade Oluwafemiayo: Heaviest power lift by a female in the -86 kg category, 152.5 kg
8. Peter Aho: Six wickets for five runs in 3.4 overs in cricket
9. Chukwuebuka Ezugha and Victor Richard Kipo: Most consecutive football passes with the soles (team of two), 198
Music and Arts
1. Rema (Divine Ikubor): First artist to top the MENA charts with “Calm Down”
2. Wizkid: Featured artist on the first track to reach one billion streams on Spotify, “One Dance”
3. Fela Kuti: Most solo albums recorded, 46
Other Achievements
1. Kafayat Shafau-Ameh (Kaffy): Longest dance party, 55 hours and 40 minutes
2. Bayo Omoboriowo: Largest photo book, measuring 60.84 m²
3. Gbenga Ezekiel: Most skips in one minute on one leg, 278
4. Tuedon Morgan: Fastest time to run a half marathon on each continent and the North Pole, 62 days 12 hours 58 minutes 49 seconds
5. Modenine: Multiple Headies Awards winner, 9 awards
6. Dr. Osahon Enabulele, first Nigerian ever to be President of the Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) since it’s establishment in 1962.
7. Dr. Enabulele is also the first Nigerian to be the President of the World Medical Association (WMA) since it was established in 1947.