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Tunde Onakoya approaches 40 hours, over $40K raised
Tunde Onakoya, the founder of Chess in Slum Initiative Africa, is nearing the 40-hour mark in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon.
Commencing his record-breaking endeavor on Wednesday, April 17, Tunde has emerged victorious against all challengers, including defeating New York’s National Chess Master, Shawn Martinez.
Currently situated in Times Square, New York City, Tunde’s marathon has reached 38.02 hours, with approximately $40,625 (equivalent to about 46,762,625 Nigerian Naira) raised thus far.
In his latest update on the X platform, Tunde confirmed that he has played a total of 100 games, 87 of which were against New York’s Shawn Martinez, and 13 with other random players.
“Game number 100. ♟️ 87 against my main opponent @CoachShawnMar. 13 against external challengers. We are now 31 hours in, with 27 to go! That puts us officially past the halfway mark. It’s looking possible now. Keep streaming, keep donating,” he wrote.
Fans and well wishes at home and abroad solidly continue to support the chess master while looking forward to seeing him bring home the Guinness World Record title.
It is worth noting that Tunde’s goal is to hit 58 hours chess marathon and the Guinness will determine the assessment of the match before declaring him the record holder.
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Netizens blasts medical doctor as he uses Kizz Daniel and his wife as case study to advise women
A medical doctor, identified on Twitter as Dr Pharouk, has created a stir online with his advice to women using singer Kizz Daniel and his wife as case studies.
In a lengthy Twitter post, he shared a story Kizz Daniel made in the past while talking about his wife, who he revealed believed in him when he started his music career. The singer disclosed that his wife would bring food for him when he spent hours in the studio and was mocked by her friends who claimed he couldn’t sing.
Kizz Daniel stated that his wife and his brother stood by him and were the only ones liking his posts, and she was the one who paid for his first song, which was N10,000.
Using his story as a case study, Dr Pharouk stated that men are grateful people as there is nothing one would do for them that they will forget completely. He avowed that men will always be there for women who stood by them and respected them at their low moments.
He admonished ladies to show their struggling boyfriends.
Famous Twitter personality, Daniel Regha has stunned online users as he shows off one of his favorite hobbies.
He shared a video on the microblogging platform, X where he displayed how he got a chicken, killed it, and made a sumptuous egusi soup from it. He captioned the video, “One of my favorite hobbies…”
The video garnered praise from the internet community for his ability to finally prepare a visually appealing meal with his own money, in contrast to his prior meals that he had posted online.
Read reactions below:
OBINNA said: “Na you understand this life pass, you even hack poverty join e come be like flex. Dani Dani ”
Ultra said: “Oh my goodness this is getting out of hand”
Kemi_Blues asked: “Wooow you sabi cook ”
Agbong Blessed David said: “Enjoyment boss. This soup is extremely sumptuous by mere looking alone.”
Joel stated: “Sha no forget your neighbour where you don dey chop him food”
_officialboss penned: “Na Elon Musk money you dey use flex like this o”
ajibade_demola wrote: “Chicken we have been looking for, So it’s inside your stomach right now…”
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1785718003948003396
Popular skit maker, Sabinus reminds Nigerians that it’s naira they shouldn’t spray as he begs them to spray perfume while recounting an unpleasant experience after hugging a fan.
The content creator took to social media to raise an alarm as he claimed that a lot of Nigerians are no longer spraying perfume.
He reminded them that what the government said was they shouldn’t spray naira notes, however, some have taken it upon themselves not to also spray perfume.
Sabinus recalled how a fan hugged him and the smell oozing from the armpit was too much for him to bear.
The comedian begged folks to get roll-on, and body spray to help reduce the bad smell from their body.
Check out reactions …
fheytii said: “You won’t understand how painful it is until you sit beside someone with strong body odor”
pollyekong wrote: “Men especially don’t shave ”
nancy_okenwa remarked: “Enter public bus and perceive different body smell”
yesimprettyoma penned: “Even if na stew try Dey apply am for armpit Biko”
nancy_phil stated: “Even if na curry leaf or scent leaf.. Try putting in your armpit before leaving the house… Don’t kill Sabinwa for us biko”
m.d.o.n.n.i.e said: “If you can’t buy perfume, Abeg buy Dustin powder put for armpit. Life is hard already, don’t make it harder. ”
Watch video below …
