God1000:
May her soul rest in peace,

Reaching the remarkable age of 117 is an extraordinary feat and Branyas Morera's longevity is a testament to the remarkable resilience of the human spirit. her life spanned over a century, allowing her to witness immense historical and technological changes throughout her lifetime including two world wars

but how did they know she was the oldest person on earth

We have a lot of old grandmas and grandpas in our villages across Africa and no one knows their real age

I believe my grandma was older than this woman before she died last year

The issue in Africa has always been birth certificate.

The oyibo people have their certificates intact and they can be confirmed... Along with other indicies like school, village, census etc

AnyanwuSK:



If you check in your small Igede-land, you will find more than 50 people older that woman.

I don't know why you will believe this news and share it with us.

In Nigeria you will see thousands of people older than her, the US always think they are the world.

we truly have people in igede land who are older than her

forerunner022:
Someday just posted his grandma who is 194. How Dem dey do Africa?

You get bro

Person grandma na 194 ...all this dey say 117 na oldest person..
. that grandma don turn another creature .
Couldn't figure out her eyes.....to tell you she is damn old.

And she still dey ooo
...

Most commenters did not read the write-up.

They are busy going on about how their grandmother is older in the village...

Takeaways from this piece..

This woman lived in functional societies.
She didn't do nine to five jobs - she mostly stayed home t raise her children.
She suffered hearing and vision loss in recent years.
Medical science took interest in her longevity and wanted to find hut how she did it.
She wished for death at some point.

jordyspices:
Some old piance for Benin old pass her

True talk

Treasure17:
Tar! My grandma is 150. Rest in peace.

So your parent who is that grandma’s child is 100 years old or older? Why aren’t you contacting Guinness? There are ways to detect her age.

forerunner022:
Someday just posted his grandma who is 194. How Dem dey do Africa?

That would mean that his parent, if still alive, is at least 134 and he is at least 74. 🧐 it would also mean that his grandma lived 72 years longer than the person who holds the record for the longest life—that person died at 122.
I definitely don’t believe that.

LeopardX:
Many claims that there are older people than her here in Nigeria. But no evidence i.e no date of birth.

There are medical and scientific methods that are routinely used to find out the age of people that don’t have birth records.

1stGenAmerican:


There are medical and scientific methods that are routinely used to find out the age of people that don’t have birth records.

Cool.

Fred55:
Who did the research to make her world oldest person??
That's not real,I repeat it's not real

I've uncle in Benue who is above 150 and still leavin.
My dad is over 120 still going to farm.
They should stop deceiving us.
At least we don get sense small na

Why aren’t you emailing Guinness? The longest living human on record was 122. According to what you’re saying, your father and uncle would shatter the records so why wait?
Your uncle should be able to tell them in detail anout when the British colonization began to give him credibility, right?

SmartPolician:
Why did God reduce our lifespan? Methuselah did nearly 1000 years. Sera gave birth at 90.
These days many people don't even live up to 90 years.

Congratulations, mama, for breaking this powerful record. You won't be mourned; you will be celebrated!

Imagine what Nigeria politicians would do if God allow us live up to 1000 years

God1000:
May her soul rest in peace,

Reaching the remarkable age of 117 is an extraordinary feat and Branyas Morera's longevity is a testament to the remarkable resilience of the human spirit. her life spanned over a century, allowing her to witness immense historical and technological changes throughout her lifetime including two world wars

but how did they know she was the oldest person on earth

We have a lot of old grandmas and grandpas in our villages across Africa and no one knows their real age

I believe my grandma was older than this woman before she died last year

Africa has but because they cant recall some events that's why mostly they are ignored. Before you are named world oldest so many things are involved because the organizes know people live longer than people the claim are oldest

Treasure17:

Serious.

She was born in 1874?
1874-1900 - 26 years
1900-2000 -100 years
2000-2024 - 24 years
=
Total - 150 years.
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Pissure OR... I don't believe it.

AnyanwuSK:


I'm not talking of Guinness world records, anyway, I didn't read the article. I'm saying hundreds or thousands of Nigerians are older than her. She was not the oldest person in the world.

There are somethings you can't just claim

They can claim it and anyone has a right to challenge it, in this woman’s case, she has verifiable records. You’re claiming that there are hundreds or thousands of Nigerians older than 117, right? What do you have to back up your claim?

MyVILLAGEpeople:
See some African country President’s age mate

E:G Nigeria

1stGenAmerican:


They can claim it and anyone has a right to challenge it, in this woman’s case, she has verifiable records. You’re claiming that there are hundreds or thousands of Nigerians older than 117, right? What do you have to back up your claim?

I don't have prove, like I said I didn't read the article to know how they came to the conclusion.

You can't also prove that the woman is older than all the people in Nigeria.

It's like a beauty contest.
Only people who are interested do apply for the competition, after the competition there will be a winner, a winner like MIS Nigeria, mis world or mis Universe. That doesn't mean they are actually the most beautiful people in the mentioned places.

There are more beautiful people who are not interested or aware of the beauty pageant.

jordyspices:
Some old piance for Benin old pass her

Righty-o. There’s a difference between “world’s oldest” and “oldest recorded”.

1stGenAmerican:


They can claim it and anyone has a right to challenge it, in this woman’s case, she has verifiable records. You’re claiming that there are hundreds or thousands of Nigerians older than 117, right? What do you have to back up your claim?

You can’t disprove it, either.

Treasure17:

Serious.

how old is your father

tojahh:
Them dey whine?

World oldest person? Does my grandma look like a joke to y'all? My Dad is 89. So imagine how old his mum will be.

Hope you don give your papa plenty grand pikin?

SmartPolician:
Why did God reduce our lifespan? Methuselah did nearly 1000 years. Sera gave birth at 90.
These days many people don't even live up to 90 years.

Congratulations, mama, for breaking this powerful record. You won't be mourned; you will be celebrated!

And Ereluroz is approaching menopause fast. chai

uuzba:

She was born in 1874?
1874-1900 - 26 years
1900-2000 -100 years
2000-2024 - 24 years
=
Total - 150 years.
--------
Pissure OR... I don't believe it.

You people should be calming down o

mrkings84:


You can only go and forge a birth certificate as you people normally do...

You and who dey forge certificate? Be careful😒

Probz:


You can’t disprove it, either.

Respectfully, I wouldn’t bother to try because I flat out don’t believe it.

AnyanwuSK:



I don't have prove, like I said I didn't read the article to know how they came to the conclusion.

You can't also prove that the woman is older than all the people in Nigeria.

It's like a beauty contest.
Only people who are interested do apply for the competition, after the competition there will be a winner, a winner like MIS Nigeria, mis world or mis Universe. That doesn't mean they are actually the most beautiful people in the mentioned places.

There are more beautiful people who are not interested or aware of the beauty pageant.

But you guys are disputing the fact that she is the oldest living person in the world, right? Anyone can say anything, they can even say that they are 150 but that doesn’t mean that they’ll be believed. Until there’s proof otherwise, I’m going to believe factual information and in this instance, she was the world’s oldest person and now, the title has been passed on to a Japanese woman who is 116.