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 Lagos State Government has urged businesses to open their toilets to the public as part of efforts to end open defecation ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Lagos government says it has deployed 1,710 public toilets across the state as part of efforts to curb open defecation.

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

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 ...

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 ...

*Every year, Nigeria rolls out new campaigns to end open defecation. Billboards go up, slogans fly, and pledges pour in. But for millions, the bush remains their only bathroom. Not by choice, but by ...

Stakeholders in the sanitation and hygiene sector have decried the rate of open defecation in all the area councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The stakeholders spoke during the first ...