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17 Jun 2021
Recyclan, the market leader in sustainable recycled PET supply from Africa, in partnership with Humanity Nigeria and the Lagos State Ministry of Environment is in the 30-day race to recover and recycle 400 metric tons of plastic bottle waste across Lagos State.
12 Oct 2020
17-year-old Maci Currin is standing tall at a stunning 6ft 10inches and this has earned her the world record for the longest legs. Her legs make up 60 percent of her total height, according to Guinness. She holds two records as she also holds the record for the longest legs on any teenager. She will…
13 May 2020
The world's shortest man, Edward Nino Hernandez has reclaimed his Guinness World Record title - a decade after he was first awarded the crown. Hernandez, 34, who is from Colombia 72.10 cm - around 2 feet and 4 inches tall. Guinness World Records announced on Tuesday that Hernandez had been awarded the title of the…
14 Mar 2020
At a time when becoming a singer was the in thing for most young people, Kafayat Oluwatoyin Shafau-Ameh, popularly known as Kaffy, chose to dance.
8 Mar 2020
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Governor of Nigeria’s north-central Kwara State, has gone down in history as the first African leader with the highest number of female cabinet members
1 Mar 2020
The Management of University of Ilorin says its Renewable Energy Centre (UREC) would host the Guinness World Record on Innovation Hackathon.
27 Nov 2019
In 1994, Mariah Carey dropped the hit song, All I Want For Christmas Is You. Never did she imagine that 25 years later, the hit song will set three Guinness World Records. The Guinness World Records organization announced on its website on Monday that the pop diva has set three world records with her Christmas…
17 Aug 2018
Records are made to be broken and Agboola Venmak, a Nigerian Dick Jockey and an undergraduate student of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has proven that. According to Guinness World Records, the current holder of the record for longest marathon club DJ-ing is Norbert Selmaj (or Norberto Loco), a Polish DJ who played…
10 Mar 2018
A 40 year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi, is bidding for a Guinness World Record, after reading aloud for 122 hours at a Read Aloud Marathon Session...
20 Jan 2018
Having made mark as one of the leading destinations in the world, the UAE once again captivated the world this New Year’s Eve with a dazzling spectacle to usher in 2018. Emaar’s Light Up 2018 Downtown Dubai celebration hosted more than a million visitors from across the world and reached an estimated 2.5 billion people…
4 Jun 2017
While it awaits official confirmation of its world record attempt from the Guinness World Record team, Team Nigeria hopes to embark on several other art-related projects in its Art-4-Hope campaign across Nigeria.
3 Nov 2016
After setting a new Guinness World Record for the farthest distance traveled while balancing a football on his head in March this year, a Nigerian ...

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