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  • Adoo Kelvin guns for Guinness World Record

    NIGERIA disc jockey, DJ Adoo Kelvin, aka DJ Blinky, is set to embark on a Guinness World Record event as the longest playing club DJ.

    At a marathon billed to kick-off from August 20 to September 5, 2018, he plans to play and mix for 16 days at a night club, with just 10 seconds between tunes while music is continues.

    His aspiration is to beat the current record of 14-day long play and mix by a DJ.

    The event is expected to be monitored by officials of Guinness World Book of World Records.

    DJ Blinky started his career from High School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, worked with a couple of radio stations like Raypower, PTC FM.

    He also worked with artistes like Wanconzy and Burna Boy.

  • Sri Lankan president honours World youngest author

    Sri Lankan president honours World youngest author

    Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday honoured a Sri Lankan child who set a Guinness World Record as the world’s youngest author, a statement from the President’s office said.

    The president received the 5-year-old boy, Thanuwana Serasinghe along with his parents in his office on Friday and offered a copy of his book titled Junk Food to the president.

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    According to the statement, “the child had only taken three days to write the book.’’

    The president gave his blessings to the child and wished him success in his education.

    (Xinhua/NAN)

  • 22 year old dancer breaks Guinness World Record

    22 year old dancer breaks Guinness World Record

    Twenty-two year old Nigerian girl, Odumewu Debbie a.k.a Pinki Debbie, has officially broken the Guinness World record of “the longest dancing marathon by an individual”.

    Pinki Debbie, a dancer and choreographer, broke the record by dancing for 137 hours.

    Debbie, a graduate of policy and strategic studies from Covenant University, started her attempt at The Palms Shopping Mall, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday, November 17,  4:00 PM and finished , November 23, 2017.

    She started dancing when she was six years old.

    The previous record of 123 hours 15 minutes was held by Indian Kalamandalam Hemaletha who danced from September 20 to 26 in 2010 in India in approximately five days.

    Another dancer and choreographer, Kaffy, also broke the Guinness World Record for “Longest Dance Party” at the Nokia Silverbird Danceathon in 2006.

  • Couple breaks World Record with whopping 126 Bridesmaids in Sri Lankan wedding

    SOUTHERN brides in the U.S. are usually thought to take the cake for having the most bridesmaids included in their pearl-wearing, sorority-sister-filled, monogrammed-to-the-nines wedding ceremonies.

    But one bride in Sri Lanka, Nisansala, has officially dominated the bridesmaids department, breaking the Guinness World Record with her husband, Nalin, for having the most bridesmaids in their Nov. 8 wedding ceremony in Negombo.

    The whopping 126 bridesmaids, adorned in long purple dresses with white flowers in their perfectly pulled-back hair, beats the previous record from a wedding in Bangkok, Thailand, that had a mere 96 bridesmaids.

    The over-the-top number of bridesmaids was the brainchild of the bride’s sister, famous Sri Lankan bridal gown designer, Champi Siriwardana, who helped plan the wedding and had her eyes set on the Guinness World Records prize.

    The lavender ladies had good company during the nuptials, though. The groom also had a strong representation with 25 best men and 20 page boys.

    And with a wedding so lavish, it only seems appropriate that the aisle be riddled with flower petals for the bride to make her grand entrance. In order to so, Nisanala had 23 flower girls.