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 ...

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.

*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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Lagos State Government has arrested 46 people for open defecation during early morning enforcement operations across Lagos Island. The arrests were carried out by the Anti-Open Defecation Squad ...

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.