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Not a stranger to cooking competitions, “Nigerian Jollof Queen”, Hilda Effiong-Bassey smashed the Guinness World Record for longest marathon cooking by an individual two years after emerging as the winner of the 2021 regional cooking competition “Jollof face-off”, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE writes At exactly 4p.m on May 11, 2023, as the clock ticked “tick-tock, tick-tock”, Baci…

The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stated that handcuffing any suspect before detention is standard procedure. He said this in response to an inquiry via his Twitter handle on Monday. A tweep, Omo David, questioned the police for handcuffing singer Seun Kuti after he walked in saying, “Was the handcuff necessary,…

Popular Yoruba actor, Murphy Afolabi, has been buried. The Osogbo-born actor, popularly known for his Yoruba accent, was buried at his Ikorodu house located at Owoniboys, Mopelufa, by Aleke Bus Stop, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, amid a crowd of mourning friends, family, and sympathisers. Afolabi, who clocked 49 on May 5, died…

Ezekiel Gbenga is a 16-year-old pupil of Ijapo High School in Akure, Ondo State, who currently holds the World Record for most skips on one leg in one minute. In February 2023, Gbenga erased Bangladesh’s Rasel Islam’s record of 262 skips in one minute on one foot to set a new Guinness World Record with…

Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci has surpassed the 96-hour target and has now achieved a 100-hour record time. Supporters at the cook-a-thon competition, taking place at the Amore Gardens, Lekki, are at the moment sharing videos of themselves cheering the young chef as well as celebrating her for achieving the…

Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, is awaiting confirmation from the Guinness Book of Records for the longest individual cooking marathon. She stated this in her response to Guinness World Records’ acknowledgement of an inquiry by one Alexander, in the early hours of Monday, asking why Baci’s success had not yet…

•It’ll provide knowledge-based financial literacy ― Emefiele Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin I. Emefiele has said that the launch of SabiMONI e-Learning platform would help provide individuals with the opportunity to be trained and to become Certified Financial Literacy Trainers (CFLT) through self-service. A fully digital national e-learning platform that provides…

A crowd gathered at the residence of late actor Murphy Afolabi on Monday as the Nollywood star is laid to rest, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Celebrities like Mr Latin, Mercy Aigbe, and others had also arrived at the venue to give their last respects. Afolabi, who acted in Yoruba movies, was said…