The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the previous world record was 123 hours 15 minutes, approximately five days, and was achieved by Kalamandalam Hemaletha in India, from September 20 to September 26 in 2010.
Debbie broke the record on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in Lagos, but she continued dancing and pushing to set the remarkable world’s highest ever by going for 150 hours — approximately seven days.
Debbie reportedly started dancing at The Palms Shopping Mall, Victoria Island, and Lagos on Friday, November 17 and set to finish on Friday, November 24.
Debbie, 22, is a graduate of Policy and Strategic Studies from Covenant University in Ogun State, and she started dancing when she was six years old.
Some goods and vehicles
seized by the Katsina Command of the Nigeria Customs Service were,
yesterday, destroyed by an early morning fire that gutted part of the
Command’s office in Katsina.
The Command’s Comptroller, Olusemire Kayode, who confirmed the incident
during a briefing in the state, said the Command had been under threat
and that the fire incident probably could be an act of incendiary and
sabotage.
Kayode said: “Unfortunately, this morning we had an incident of fire
around 4:30a.m. Officers on duty called to inform me that there was an
act of fire in the office.
“Probably, it is an act of incendiary or sabotage. We have been
threatened, called names because the people are feeling the effect of
what we are doing here. We receive threats through phone calls; they
call to harass us, using unknown numbers.
“Of recent, smugglers everywhere have been complaining about our
activities because they know there is a paradigm shift.
“In the last three to four weeks, we have made some seizures such as
rice, spaghetti, vegetable oil and used tyres. We have arrested seven J5
vehicles loading an average of 100 bags of rice, 15 saloon cars,
loading an average of 35 bags of rice, seven Volkswagen and 12
motorcycles conveying second-hand clothing.
“We arrested six suspects but we granted them administrative bails
according to the constitution.”
On the threat, Comptroller Kayode said he has visited the Emir of
Katsina to seek his intervention to checkmate the menace.
His words: “Two days ago, we went to complain to the Emir and appeal to
him to help us talk to his wards about the ills of smuggling activities
in the state.
“The business of smuggling is an issue that has been affecting the
economy of the country most especially on rice, vegetable oil,
spaghetti.
“These items are available in Nigeria, so we do not need to
unnecessarily import or smuggle to Nigeria.”
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/fire-guts-katsina-customs-office/
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/fire-guts-katsina-customs-office/
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