She said that many women and girls were being sexually assaulted as they defecated in the bush. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Toilet for All: Focusing on leaving no one behind”. The 10,000 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

*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 ...

As the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Bayelsa State government intervene to prevent and fight cholera outbreaks, they have lamented that 60 per cent of communities in the state ...

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.

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.

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Terlumun Utsev, made the declaration on Tuesday in Otukpo. Utsev, who was represented by the Director of Quality Control and Sanitation, Elizabeth ...

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