Nigeria has been ranked second in the world among countries practising open defecation, the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF says.

After recording steady growth in its UK and Dubai subsidiary, Access Bank Plc is considering penetrating the China financial market. The Managing Director of Access Bank UK, Jamie Simmonds disclosed this at the Access Bank Polo Day held at Guards Polo Club Windsor. He said the idea of building a representative office in China is in the pipeline.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said a regional militia allied with Nigerian government forces freed almost 900 children it had used in the war against Islamist Boko Haram insurgents on Friday.