Lagos State has arrested 275 individuals for open defecation, a practice deemed illegal despite over 8,710 available public toilets. Learn about the crackd ...

The Lagos State Government, through its Anti-Open Defecation Squad, has apprehended 46 male and female offenders during coordinated early morning operations across Lagos Island.

He reaffirmed government’s commitment to sustained monitoring and enforcement, warning that offenders would continue to face arrest and prosecution in line with the law.

The Lagos state government says it has arrested 46 persons for open defecation during coordinated early morning operations across Lagos Island.

For residents of Daramola Abete, in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos, shot put is not the track and field sport that has delivered glory for many athletes on TV screens, but a less glamorous term for a ...

Mr Zaid Jurji, Chief, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for <strong>UNICEF</strong> says eliminating open defecation requires every Nigerian getting involved to ...

The Lagos State Government has arrested 46 people for open defecation during early morning enforcement operations across ...

Though Kenya’s Open Defacation(OD) rate declined from 16.2 per cent in 2003 to 7 per cent in 2022, the country remains among 36 countries still grappling with this unhealthy practice. The 2019 Kenya ...

Lagos State's Anti-Open Defecation Squad apprehends 46 offenders on Lagos Island to enforce environmental laws and safeguard public health.

One of the problems bedevilling Nigeria is the health effects of open defecation whose impact, according to available statistics, is huge. In this special report, OKWY IROEGBU-CHIKEZIE writes that it ...