How Nigerians are making a joke out of Guinness World Records (5000-Hour Pray-A-Thon) Guinness World Records (GWR) recently revealed that H...

 How Nigerians are making a joke out of Guinness World Records (5000-Hour Pray-A-Thon)

Guinness World Records (GWR) recently revealed that Hilda Bassey, also known as Hilda Baci, a Nigerian chef, now holds the record for the longest cooking marathon.

Guinness World Records (GWR) recently revealed that a Nigerian chef named Hilda Bassey, also known as Hilda Baci, now holds the record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual.

GWR says that Baci tried to set a record of 100 hours, but she lost almost seven hours because she mistakenly added a few minutes for one of her breaks at the beginning of the try.

Baci, who is from Akwa Ibom State, broke the record for the longest cooking time by a person. He did this by cooking for 93 hours, which is longer than the 87 hours and 45 minutes that Indian chef Lata Tondon did in 2019.

Even though the Guinness World Records doesn't give cash prizes to people who set or break records, the organization "offers the prestige of being a record holder, a certificate of achievement, and the potential for global recognition."

Because of this, the Guinness World Record certificate is very important, accepted, and known all over the world, and so are the people who have it. This means that they can become famous and get a lot of attention for their accomplishments. Being a record winner gives you a lot of fame, which can be used in many ways, especially in business.

A few days after announcing Baci's win, the GWR also said that the tweet was "our best-performing tweet of all time," reaching nearly 25 million news feeds. This was seen as another amazing achievement by the Nigerian cook.

Not even a month after Baci's famous cook-a-thon, another Nigerian chef, Damilola Adeparusi, went popular when she took up the challenge and started her own cook-a-thon.

Adeparusi said she would try to cook for 120 hours to beat Baci's record of cooking for 100 hours.

Chef Dammy, as most people call her, started her cooking spree in an Ilupeju restaurant.

Some people thought it was all a game or a prank, but others saw it as Adeparusi's "desperate, malicious, and ill-timed" attempt to get in the news and take some of the shine off Hilda's accomplishment.

Many Nigerians also said that the setting of Adeparusi's cook-a-thon was "drab" compared to the "glassy" space that Hilda used to get a lot of support from celebrities, musical performances, and fans, including the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

As people argued and counter-argued on social media, Hilda Baci's words of support to Adeparusi seemed to put an end to the matter, even though it didn't completely stop people from fighting on social media.

In a statement posted to her official Twitter account, she praised Adeparusi for being brave enough to take on the cooking challenge and told her not to give up and enjoy the trip.

She wrote, "The great thing about dreams is that they are different for everyone. Dami, the fact that you were brave enough to try a cooking task shows that passion has no limits. "Embrace the journey, learn from every experience, and use your unwavering spirit to inspire others."

Shortly after Baci's message, Adeparusi posted a video on social media saying that she wasn't trying to compete with Baci or for the GWR, but that Baci's accomplishment had "inspired" her to try.

That quickly led to the fact that Adeparusi hadn't actually applied to the GWR before she started her cooking marathon, which is against the rules, and the GWR didn't know about her cook-a-thon.

"No one has filled out an application for this try. "Applications can be sent to our records management team through the Guinness World Records website," the GWR said in answer to a question from a media outlet.

But Hilda Baci and Adeparusi seemed to open the door for other Nigerians, who started talking about wanting to break world records right away. Even though the people who want to be in the book have gotten a lot of bad press, with some saying it's an attempt to make fun of the world records book, others say it's a chance for Nigerians to show the world what they can do.

Shortly after Adeparusi announced her cooking marathon, another Nigerian chef, Temitope Adebayo, also known as "Chef Maggie," said she would cook for 140 hours to beat Adeparusi's 120-hour goal.

A tweet from @Oyoaffairs said that a chef from Ogbomoso, Oyo State, known as "Tope Maggie," was getting ready to cook for 140 hours and 20 minutes.

A picture of the answer Chef Maggie got from GWR after sending in his application was also shown.

Nigerian comedian Woli Arole has also recently said that he wants to join the trend.

people were trying hard to break records and get noticed by Guinness World Records.

Arole told everyone about his plan to start a 5000-hour run of prayers to break the record for the most time spent praying.

The actor and talk show host thinks that his "pray-a-thon" is a good idea. So, he told Nigerians to be ready.

"5000 hours of prayer. It can be done, plan for it," he wrote.

Adebiyi Israel, who is from Ekiti State, also said that he wants to break the world record for watching movies for the most hours.

The 500-level law student at Ekiti State University shared a picture of the Guinness World Record acceptance email. He told Nigerians to get ready for the "Longest Marathon Watching Movies" in Cinema.

Suresh Joachim from Canada now holds the record. In 2015, he watched movies nonstop for an amazing 121 hours and 18 minutes.

Adeyeye Adeola is the most recent person to try to set a new GWR for the longest cooking marathon (individual) by cooking for 150 hours straight.

Adeola's cook-a-thon started on June 30 in the Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State and will end on July 6, 2023.

This happened a few days after Chef Dammy (Adeparusi Damilola) started another 120-hour cook-a-thon in Ekiti State's Oye Local Government Area after getting legal permission from the GWR.

Joyce Ijeoma, a masseuse from Nigeria, started giving massages to different people in Lekki, Lagos State, on Tuesday, June 4. She did this for 72 hours.

But after a few hours of the live-recorded massage session, Ijeoma was said to have passed out.

Ijeoma fell during the try and passed out at the venue. She worked for 50 hours before she passed out.

In 2015, Alastair Galpin set the record for the longest massage run. He did this in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

The Guinness Book of Records is a famous reference book that lists both human and nature world records.

It was released for the first time in 1955 by the Guinness Brewery in Ireland. Since then, it has become one of the best-known and most-read reference books in the world.

For a person or group to get on the Guinness World Records list, they must show proof to the team and go through a verification process.