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.

Lagos House of Assembly has called on relevant authorities to address open defecation through massive construction of more public toilets.

As the quantity of rubbish grows, its nature and harms are changing too. Most of India’s waste used to be organic. Now the ...

Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the Ministry of Environment to enforce environmental laws against open defecation ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to fully enforce environmental laws against open defecation and ensure the widespread provision of free ...

The Nasarawa State Government says it has entered into synergy with various private investors to provide toilets in public ...

To discourage open defecation, senior health professionals have called on the state and local governments to make public ...

The government’s Swachh Bharat Mission has helped save lives of three lakh children in the country according to a World Health Organisation(WHO)report, Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil informed the Rajya ...

The government’s Swachh Bharat Mission has helped save lives of three lakh children in the country according to a WHO report, Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. He said ...

The Swachh Bharat Mission has significantly impacted public health, with WHO noting the saving of 300,000 children's lives.

Open Defacation rate declined from 16.2 per cent in 2003 to 7 per cent in 2022,  the country remains among 36 countries still ...

With over 48 million Nigerians still practising open defecation and a nationwide shortage of toilets, some public health physicians doubt the country’s ability to achieve open defecation-free status ...