Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian genius, who holds the Guinness World Record for the longest marathon chess game, is set to meet Deborah Quickpen
in a ‘mother of chess battle’ tomorrow, June 11 in Lagos.
This is as Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission , Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has commended the CEO of Daniel Ford International, UK, Yemi Edun, for the extraordinary chess match between Nigerian prodigy, Quickpen and Guiness World Record Holder, Onakoya, holding tomorrow. Quickpen is ranked number 4 in the Global under 12 Category, ranked number 3 in Africa and number 1 in Nigeria, while Onakoya is the Guiness world Record Holder.
Lagos State government has concluded plans for a road and bridge project that would link Sangotedo in Eti Osa Local Council with Ito-Omu Creek in Ibeju Lekki and Epe Local Council of the state. The Nigerian Army, yesterday, said that a raid conducted by its troops of ‘Operation Udo Ka’ on an Indigenous People of Biafra camp located in Igboro Forest, in Abia State, left six members of the secessionist group dead.
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