Julius OkorieBreaking of Guinness Book of Record by Nigerians is far from abating, after Munachimso Brian Nwana broke Guinness World Record (GWR), for most fast-food restaurants visited in 24 hours.
22-year-old Brian Nwana, who is a content creator and consultant, visited 150 fast-food outlets in 24 hours, shattering the record hitherto held by An American YouTuber, Airrack. Nwana, achieved the feat criss-crossing fast-food restaurants within Abuja, Nigeria’s federal Capital.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelNwana’s accomplishment is remarkable because he completed the entire 25 km route on foot, starting at Chicken Republic in Gwarinpa and ending at Kilimanjaro, taking a nine-hour break between midnight and 9 a.m. to sleep. Nwana had flagged off his project at 5:00 p.m. on April 24 and concluded the challenge 24 hours later, despite the guideline that contestants cannot use public transportation.
An elated Nwana, who enjoyed variety of dishes in the course of his completing the task identified Nigerian dishes as his favourites. He also noted in comparison, that completing the task in Abuja is harder than doing same in New York, where fast food restaurants are in clusters.
“New York has clusters of restaurants and adequate public transport systems, so doing this in Abuja was much more daunting, and challenging.”
Primebusinss.Africa understands Nwana was not alone on his journey as his crew and some members of the public were also part of the project and were happy to enjoy the delicious meals involved ensuring that there is no room for wastages.
On the major motivation for breaking the record, Nwana said it was to showcase the variety of Nigerian cuisines. He said, “I would like to encourage people from around the world to come and explore the Nigerian food space.”
He hinted at future plans, saying “We are not stopping here; we are going to be having a food tour across different states in Nigeria,” said Nwana.
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The list of Nigerians who have broken Guinness World Record continues to rise by the day.
Hilda Baci made Nigerians proud on May 15, 2023, in the cook-a-thon held in Lagos, which was set to last for 93 hours and eleven minutes.
Nigerian music star, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, made it to the Guinness World Book of Records. Rema’s hit song, ‘Calm Down’ made history as the first No.
Gbenga Ezekiel in October 2022, achieved the most skips in one minute on one leg (278), breaking his own record of 265, and the most double under skips in one minute on one leg (144), beating the previous record of 132, set by India’s Himanshu Prajapati in 2021.
In April this year, Tunde Onakoya shattered Guinness World Record, after after an unprecedented and uninterrupted 58-hour chess session, and reaching the 57-hour mark.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
