Some of us are not aware of the impacts of open-air defecation. We are not even aware of what is open-air defecation. Basically, open-air defecation is the emptying of bowels in an open environment ...

Seventeen communities in two regions have been declared open defecation-free. This follows their ability to have 100 per cent ...

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 ...

GULU - Gulu authorities have decried the rising incidence of open defecation in the city. Open defecation refers to the practice of defecating in fields, forests, bushes, bodies of water, or other ...

The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to making the state open-defecation-free by 2030. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, gave the assurance in ...

The Federal Government has declared its commitment to tackling sanitation challenges and achieving an open defecation-free Nigeria by the year 2030. The Minister of Environment, Malam Balarabe Lawal ...

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Terlumun Utsev, made the declaration on Tuesday in Otukpo. Utsev, who was represented by the Director of Quality Control and Sanitation, Elizabeth ...

The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, on Wednesday said over 45 million Nigerians still practice open defecation and only about 25 per cent of the population have access to safely managed ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - One billion people worldwide still practise "open defecation" and they need to be told that this leads to the spread of fatal diseases, U.N. experts said on Thursday at the launch ...

Defecation is the natural and essential process of having a bowel movement. It is the body’s way of getting rid of waste material. Sometimes, there may be complications with the defecation reflex.

The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, on Wednesday said over 45 million Nigerians still practice open defecation and only about 25 per cent of the population have access to safely managed ...