Security collapsed as imperial crowns belonging to the Swedish royal family were stolen by thieves who escaped on a motorboat on Tuesday, reports claim.

OLEH—STALWART of the All Progressives Congress,  APC, in Delta State, Mr. Michael Emumena, has condemned the exclusion of a chairmanship candidate of the party in the state, Chief Fred Obe, from the reconciliation move of warring factions of the party in the state by the National Chairman, Mr Adams Oshiomhole,  despite  securing a court order restraining APC from recognising Chief Cyril Ogodo or any other person as Delta State APC chairman.

LAGOS—THE former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, yesterday, called on the Yoruba people to shun personal emotions and selfish interest and unite to place the South West region in the enviable position it deserves.

ABEOKUTA—MINISTER of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu has stated that access of Nigerians to pipe-borne water has dropped from 32 percent in 1990 to 7 percent in 2015, adding that about 71 percent of Nigerians have no access to quality water sanitation.

The Nigerian Army has assured the Vigilante/Hunters Association in Borno that it is ready to collaborate with them in the ongoing counter insurgency operations in the North East.