Historically, open defecation has not been associated with shame, poverty, or poor hygiene. It was a socially established ...

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 urged businesses to open their toilets to the public as part of efforts to end open defecation ...

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 ...

Chief of Apexnewsgh, Mr . Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen, has urged the government, through Municipal and District Assemblies, ...

The Zamfara State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWATSAN), in partnership with United Nations Children's Fund ...

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 ...

Enugu State Government has reiterated its efforts to eliminate open defecation, declaring a renewed commitment to sanitation reform and community health in the state.The two-day Open Defecation-Free ...

In Lagos, where 70 per cent of residents lack safely managed sanitation and open defecation continues to fuel outbreaks of cholera and typhoid, a single public toilet can function as a frontline ...

The scourge that open defecation continues to constitute in 21st century Nigeria was quite rightly the focus of attention at the maiden two-day Toilet Business Owners Conference which took place in ...

The Lagos State Government said its efforts alone are not sufficient to meet the sanitation needs of the state’s rapidly ...