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 ...

The rural population in Cross River State is facing a significant sanitation challenge, with 40 per cent still practicing open defecation.

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 ...

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

*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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

To curtail the spread of the cholera epidemic, the Federal Government has commenced tackling its causes, including open defecation. Speaking about the new anti-open defecation drive yesterday, Vice ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A SATO toilet bowl in Bar Agulu village, Siaya County. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] Mary ...

The whole country is expected to be open defecation free by October, 2019, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today (15 September). The government is confident of fulfilling the prime minister's vision ...