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 ...

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 ...

As the world marks World Toilet Day today, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting media advocacy and social change, The Nation Journalism Foundation (tNJF), has released its first impact ...

*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 ...

In commemoration of the annual World Toilet Day, The Nation Journalism Foundation (tNJF), a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting media advocacy and social change has called for concerted ...

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 ...

Harpic, Nigeria’s leading toilet cleaning brand from Reckitt, has reaffirmed its commitment to improving sanitation and hygiene across Nigeria. The brand partnered with the Federal Ministry of Water ...

The Chairman of Abeokuta North Local Government, Mr Lanre Oyegbola-Sodipo, has said that his administration will leave no stone unturned to combat the disturbing challenge of open defecation in the ...

Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have “transformational benefits” for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, says the UN’s partner sanitation body, the ...