Guinness World Record: Tunde Onakoya returns to heroic welcome

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Guinness World Record: Tunde Onakoya returns to heroic welcome

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April 24, 2024

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Chess-in-Slums Founder, Tunde Onakoya, was on Wednesday warmly welcomed back to Nigeria after breaking the record for the longest-ever chess marathon with a time of 60 hours.

He was greeted in a heartwarming reception with singing and dancing at the airport.

Onakoya broke the record of Norwegian players, Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018.

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