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 ...

Member representing Etung state constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Kingsley  Ntui, has called for sanctions against individuals who ...

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 Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, has urged the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and other development partners to adopt proper data ...

A member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Kingsley Ntui, has called for urgent and decisive action to address the persistent practice of open ...

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 ...

Caroline Akinyi, a member of Bar Agulu Community Group shows members the different types of Unicef-funded SATO toilet bowls at Bar Agulu Health Center. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] Mary Achieng walks ...

Stakeholders in Ebonyi state have called for concerted efforts in the fight to end open defecation in the state. They made the call during a two-day stakeholders consultative meeting on the review of ...

Alumni Association of Nigeria (JAAN) has pledged commitment to help achieve Open Defecation-Free status in all ...

The Lagos state Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has announced the arrest of 20 individuals for defecating in public areas in the state. INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that ...