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Bauchi stakeholders validate reviewed WASH policy

Bauchi State stakeholders, including government officials and partners, have validated the 2026 reviewed state Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) policy to improve sanitation, increase access to ...
From pig trespass to defecating in public: How govt is decriminalising everyday offences, bill is now in Lok Sabha ...
Drive through many cities across Africa at dawn or dusk. You will see something so normalised that many people no longer react. A man stands by the roadside, facing a wall, relieving himself openly.
At least five persons were arrested in the early hours of Thursday for allegedly defecating in public spaces in the Lagos Island area of the state. The arrests come less than a week after the Lagos ...
The Cross River House of Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting open defecation. The bill aims to outlaw open defecation in public places and encourage the use of proper toilet facilities statewide, ...
An online post alleging that a young woman defecated in the hallway of a Seoul office building and fled has ignited heated debate after surveillance footage of the incident was made public.
The Lagos State Government has stepped up enforcement against open defecation, arresting 46 offenders in a renewed crackdown across key commercial corridors on Lagos Island. The arrests were carried ...
The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has arraigned 17 offenders before the Magistrate Court, Bolade for urinating and defecating in public spaces. The offenders were apprehended by LAWMA ...
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court has convicted eight individuals for open defecation in parts of Accra, remanding seven of them into prison custody after they failed to pay court ...
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court has remanded seven individuals into prison custody for engaging in open defecation in parts of the capital after they failed to pay a ...
The Cross River State House of Assembly has set in motion to end open defecation in the state by embarking on a public hearing on February 3. This is a renewed effort after the Open Defecation ...