I Have Broken 7 Guinness World Records, Nobody Celebrated Me — 16-Year-Old Victor Kipo
Victor Kipo and his younger brother Confidence, hail from Akwa-Ibom state. Victor holds 8 Guinness World Records, while Confidence holds 2 Guinness World Records, both in football freestyling.
Both boys are students of Chukwuebuka School of Football Freestyling that produced Chinonso Eche, the Anambra born indigene, who also holds 4 Guinness World Records.
Here is a list of Nigerians that have broken the Guinness World Records in recent times:
- Gbenga Ezekiel – Record for the most skips in a minute on one leg. (February 2023)
- Divine Ikubor aka Rema – Record for ‘Calm Down’ as the first No.1 Hit on The Official MENA Chart, the world’s first regional streaming chart. (May 2023)
- Bose Omolayo – The heaviest para power lift by a female in the -79 kg category with 144 kg (December 2021)
- Chukwuebuka Ezugha and Victor Richard Kipo – The most consecutive football passes with the soles (team of two). (December 2021)
- Folashade Oluwafemiayo – The heaviest power lift by a female in the -86 kg category with 152.5 kg (December 2021)
- Chinonso Eche – The most football headers in a prone position in one minute, which is 23. (October 2021)
- Vincent Okezie – The most consecutive backward handsprings with a football (soccer ball) between the legs. (March 2022)
- Haruna Abdulazeez – The most American football touches with the feet in one minute (October 2020)
- Peter Aho – Record for six wickets for five runs in 3.4 overs against Sierra Leone. (October 2021)
- Bayo Omoboriowo – The largest photo book, which was measured at 60.84 m² (654 ft² 87 in²). (September 2021)
