Interview Marathon: 129 Guests, 74 Hours 10 Sec, Livinus Chibuike Victor Awaits Official Declaration From Guinness

From Sunday, September 28 to Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, ‎the vigor wrong Tangier Hotel, Utako, Abuja, was electrical arsenic young Nigerian writer Livinus Chibuike Victor pushed himself beyond limits, daring to surpass the existent rubric of 55 hours 24 Seconds and interruption the grounds for the world’s longest interrogation marathon, which helium did with 74 hours 10 Seconds, contempt mounting 72 hours 30 Seconds for himself.

‎To execute this feat, Victor had to contradict himself comfortableness and slumber to attain the 74 hours helium spent interviewing 129 Guests. Notable among them is the National President of the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS), Princess Edna Azurra, 3 erstwhile NAWOJ Presidents, Chief Moji Makanjuola, MFR, Rtn Evelyn Onyilo, Chief Ladi Bala, Former First Lady Imo State Nneoma R. Okorocha, Chairman NUJ FCT, Comrade Grace Ike, Chairperson NAWOJ, Comrade Bassey Ita Ikpang, JCIN Amb Sharon Akuboh, CEO Bowls and Bottles, planetary Content Creator Mr Peter, Miss Nollywood.

Others include; Former Chairmen of NUJ FCT Comrade Chief Barr Malachy Uzendu, Comrade Amos Dunia, Mrs Mabel, erstwhile Secretary NAWOJ FCT, Comrade Adora Chesa, CEO Adinya Arise Foundation, Dr Jophia Nanker, Founder PAYWODI, Chairman Correspondents Chapel, Comrade Felix Ojo, Dean of Diplomatic Correspondents, Comrade Raphael Oni, Dean of Defense Correspondents Comrade Odinta, King of Radio,  Comrade Collins Ajibola, Comrade Alpha Jackden, Comrade Charles Edet, Comrade Ogaba Idu, Comrade Charity Marcus, Vice Chairman Correspondents Chapel Efosa Hutson, Odion Musa Fernandez, Nancy Osuji, Nicholas Adekunle, Queen Kunde Enoch, Publisher Ziti online,  Joy Onu, Liberal News, Coach Nkechi Onyeneke, Hope O, and a big of Others.

He started astatine astir 12:45 p.m. connected Sunday, September 28th, with Comrade Sharon Emephia, Assistant Secretary NUJ FCT Council, and finished astir 2:45 p.m. connected October 1st, 2025, with Etim Ekpo Enyogu, hitting 74 hours and 12 Seconds.

Victor’s marathon effort has go much than conscionable a idiosyncratic challenge; it is present a solemnisation of resilience, storytelling, and the powerfulness of the Nigerian spirit, with the Theme „Nigeria Our Strength“.

‎The marathon began connected Sunday, September 28, 2025, and has drawn wide attraction and solidarity from colleagues nationwide. The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Nollywood and respective media professionals person rallied to enactment the young reporter, describing his effort arsenic a awesome of grit and passion.

‎“This is not conscionable astir breaking a record, it‘s astir being an ambassador for Press Freedom”, according to Comrade Grace Ike, Chairman NUJ FCT. She was besides arrogant to person Victor arsenic a subordinate of her Council.

Another of his colleagues remarked, “Victor is showing america what it means to enactment committed to the trade of journalism, asking questions, engaging minds, and documenting past without giving up.”

Throughout the 74 hours, guests from divers fields—NUJ, NAWOJ, Sisterhood, politics, security, entertainment, health, entrepreneurship, Nollywood, and advocacy—took the blistery seat, lending their voices to the unfolding marathon. Each speech added a unsocial furniture to Victor‘s story: journalism remains a instrumentality for dialogue, enlightenment, and impact.

‎Stressing that for immoderate ideology to thrive, the Media indispensable beryllium allowed to accidental the information without fearfulness of being gagged oregon attacked.

According to Princess Joy Idam, the travel seemed acold erstwhile it started, arsenic Victor aimed to deed the ambitious 72-hour and 30-second people to acceptable a caller planetary benchmark. He yet did, but with a terms of important discomfort; helium held connected and finished.

Livinus Chibuike Victor dedicated his finishing beardown to each the interviewees who yielded to the telephone and described them arsenic the existent heroes. “When I yet state the Winner, I volition dedicate it to them and the unit who personalised it, ensuring everything was connected point. Thank you all.”