Guinness World Records has stated that they had received over 1,500 applications from Nigerians in the past two months.
following Hilda Baci, a chef, broke the record for the longest solo cooking marathon a few months ago. Other Nigerians have seized on the post and submitted applications for various record-breaking endeavors.
There has been a series of marathon attempts to break one record or the other. There have been longest-reading marathons, kissing marathons, sex marathons, cooking marathons, massaging marathons, and many more.
According to reports, Guinness World Records said that since Hilda Baci’s record, there has been an increase in the number of would-be record breakers from Nigeria, with 1500 applications received.
GWR stated;
“The attention and excitement that Hilda Baci’s cooking marathon gained was certainly an incentive for many Nigerians to consider attempting a Guinness World Records title. Since her record attempt, there has been a spike in applications from Nigeria, particularly for marathon records.”
