The Lagos State Government has arrested at least 275 residents across different parts of the state for defecating in public places despite the availability of 8,710 functional public toilets.PUNCH ...

The Cross River House of Assembly has passed a bill to ban open defecation, aiming to improve public health, sanitation, and hygiene across the state.

<em>” We are fighting war against open defecation for the benefit of our children, youths and aged ones in our communities and we will continue till everybody has ...

The Oyo State government, through the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, has intensified a campaign to end open defecation in the state.A statement on Sunday, issued by the Commissioner ...

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

Contributing to the debate, the lawmakers said the bill aligned with national and global initiatives aimed at eliminating open defecation.

Defecating or urinating is often referred to as answering the call of nature. But if you must answer the call in public in ...

‎The federal government has declared Katsina State open defecation-free. This brings to two states that have attained state-wide open defecation free status and one hundred and fifty-eight local ...

For Uganda, a country whose millions of citizens still practice open defecation, it must use students to go into communities and sensitize them against this vice, Dr. Moses Ntaro has recommended. Dr.

Residents of Oregun in the Ojota Area of Lagos State have raised concerns over the incidence of open defecation in parts of the community. They lamented that if left unchecked, the practice would ...