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The All Progressives Grand Alliance in Abia State has said it totally rejects the results of the March 18 governorship poll in the state so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. In a statement signed on Monday by the APGA Chairman Abia State, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, the party said it would not accept an election “marred by irregularities.” It, however, urged supporters to remain calm as they await the conclusion of the process. The statement read partly, “The results so far announced did not in any way reflect the will of the good people of Abia voters as…

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Transcorp Power Limited, Christopher Ezeafulukwe, has decried the financial costs associated with servicing equipment such as turbines outside the country. Ezeafulukwe said this following a tour of its facilities at Transcorp’s plant in Ughelli, Delta State, by a delegation from the Army War College of Nigeria as part of their environmental study tour. According to him, the fact that companies in Nigeria have to resort to incurring additional costs while servicing their turbines abroad remains a downside to the business. He said this was amounting to millions lost in foreign currencies, which the country…

The  United Nations Children’s Fund has said that 78 million children in Nigeria are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats. This was made known in a press statement by the UNICEF Nigeria Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Dr Jane Bevan, made available to The PUNCH on Monday. The statement released ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, from March 22-24, 2023, co-hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands, called for urgent action to address the water crisis in Nigeria. The UN 2023 Water Conference, formally known as the 2023 Conference for the…

Royale Union Saint Gilloise striker Victor Boniface has praised countryman and KAA Gent forward Gift Orban for his sensational scoring form. The 20-year-old scored the fastest hat-trick in Gent’s 4-1 away win against Turkish Süper Lig Istanbul Basaksehir in the Europa Conference League Round of 16. The Nigerian grabbed the three goals in three minutes to take his goal tally to five goals in five Europa Conference League matches. It was Orban’s second hat-trick in four days. Boniface and Orban have been brilliant in the European club competitions this season, with Orban even being named Player of The Week in…

An entertainment company, Don Crucifixto Entertainment, has added yet another artiste to its expanding roster of talented acts. In a statement sent to Sunday Scoop, it was stated that an Osun State-born singer, Adedoyin Igbalajobi, aka Welty, was the newest singer to join the company. Poised to hit the ground running, Welty stated that she was ready to give fans good vibe they had not experienced before in the industry. She said, “First, I’ll like to appreciate the company for believing in me and signing me up. I want to assure them that they will not regret it, as I…

The University of Lagos has said the nation’s healthcare is heavily financed by donor agencies. Professor of Paediatrics, Temiye Edamisan made this disclosure while delivering the 13th Inaugural Lecture, titled, ‘Catastrophic Diseases of Children – The Despair, The Struggle, The Hope for the Future’ in the 2021/2022 Academic Session of UNILAG. Edamisan explained that Nigeria participated and agreed with other African counties to commit at least 15% of its national budgets to healthcare, saying Nigeria did not fulfill the agreement. “The government at all levels needs to be committed to the healthcare delivery system of this country if we hope…

Rising inflation and shortage of foreign currency led to a 32.1 per cent decline in Nigeria’s smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2022, a new market analysis by International Data Corporation has disclosed. According to the market intelligence firm, Africa’s smartphone market declined for the sixth consecutive quarter in Q4 2022, with shipments falling by 17.8 per cent year-on-year to 17.6 million units. It stated that the dip in the smartphone market was not isolated as the continent’s feature phone market also fell in Q4 2022, with shipments down 16.2 per cent to total of 22.7 million units. The…

Families are still facing tough times as the Central Bank of Nigeria and the President, Major General Muhammadu (retd.), refuse to obey the Supreme Court orders on the new naira notes, OLUWAKEMI ABIMBOLA writes Mother of two, Mrs Chibuzor Anyaeji, has resorted to sending naira notes to her son and her mother who are in her hometown, Nnewi, Anambra State via interstate transport companies in the last few weeks because there is no other way for them to get money to buy the necessities of life that they need. Anyaeji, a trader, who sells lubricants at First Gate Bus Stop…

Daniil Medvedev provided plenty of entertainment in his post-final speech at Indian Wells, even if his defeat to Carlos Alcaraz did not deliver on thrills.The Spaniard stormed past the previously in-form Medvedev in electrifying fashion to clinch a straight-sets win, 6-3 6-2, and seal the title in California while he usurped Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic at the summit of the men’s game once more.Alcaraz, who did not lose a set in six Indian Wells matches, has made a dominant return to the ATP Tour after he was forced to miss the opening Grand Slam of the season at Melbourne…

Growing up, I learned The Way Things Work from author David Macaulay’s incredible illustrated books. This week, I was surprised to see Macaulay’s endorsement in my inbox for a new illustrated explainer by a different author — but the surprise didn’t last long.Fifteen minutes after I began skimming through an advance copy of Hidden Systems, which just came out this week, I immediately ordered the book for my kids. It looks like a fantastic way to help them conceptualize the internet, the world’s water supply, and our power grid — and get them thinking about the infrastructure of the world…