A UNICEF representative, Mr Uba Lawal, said the review meeting was timely as 2025 was drawing near. The National Coordinator, Clean Nigeria Campaign, said this at a two-day “2023 North East Review ...

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 ...

In the final part of this report, BOLA BAMIGBOLA writes that Owena Ijesa, Osun State is in danger of another epidemic as refuse dumps and open defecation dot the community, which relies on the ...

GULU - Gulu authorities have decried the rising incidence of open defecation in the city. Open defecation refers to the practice of defecating in fields, forests, bushes, bodies of water, or other ...

As Plateau State intensifies in its statewide campaign against the menace of open defecation across the state, the State’s Programme Coordinator, Engr. Jonathan Malann, in this encounter in Jos, tells ...

In a bid to end one of Kenya's most persistent public health hurdles, the Government of Japan and UNICEF have inked a Sh515 million deal aimed at eradicating open defecation and securing clean water ...

Globally, 700 million human beings are helpless to stool like animals and another 600 million poo using grimy or swarmed public toilets and pit or basin lavatories In spite of huge advance, South Asia ...

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Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Caroline Akinyi, a member of Bar Agulu Community Group shows members the different types of Unicef-funded SATO toilet ...

The Lagos State Government has detained eight individuals for open defecation in the Berger area of the state. The action comes after the state administration issued repeated warnings about the ...

The Lagos State Government has arrested 46 people for open defecation during early morning enforcement operations across Lagos Island. The arrests were carried out by the Anti-Open Defecation Squad ...

The Clean Nigeria Campaign (CNC) on Wednesday declared 102 local government areas (LGAs) Open Defecation Free (ODF) in the country. The National Coordinator, Clean Nigeria Campaign, said this at a two ...