Despite the 2025 deadline to end open defecation, 48 million Nigerians are still neck-deep in the practice. While the federal government struggles to make some impact, subnational governments are ...

Residents of Kpotame, a suburb of Tema Manhean, have resorted to open defecation and use of private toilet facilities, ...

further fuelling the rate of open defecation. The experts urged the government to build appropriate toilet models for each community and provide free-to-use public toilets with a focus on using ...

LGAs open defecation-free out of 774 By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – AS Nigerians continue to experience waterborne diseases, the ...

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Professor Joseph Utsev, has pledged to support Benue State in achieving Open Defecation-Free (ODF) status before the end of 2025, joining Jigawa as the ...

The minister for Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr. Prof. Joseph Utsev, has urged state governments to take decisive measures against open defecation by ...

The federal government is set to introduce a National Performance Scorecard to assess and rank states’ efforts in achieving an Open Defecation-Free (ODF) Nigeria by 2030.

Interestingly, Ibrahim Maalim in Garissa explains that some people cherish open defecation as a way of interacting with ...