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Ekiti Prosecute 55 Residents for Violating Sanitation Order Ekiti government warns health workers and residents as Lassa fever cases and deaths increase across Nigeria.

Ekiti government warns health workers and residents as Lassa fever cases and deaths increase across Nigeria.

Ekiti Prosecute 55 Residents for Violating Sanitation Order

Korede Abdullah March 2, 2026

EKITI, Nigeria – The Ekiti State Government has prosecuted 55 residents for allegedly breaching environmental sanitation regulations...

How Weak Environmental Enforcement is Failing Abuja’s Streets Stagnant drainage filled with animal waste beside Kubwa Market in Abuja

How Weak Environmental Enforcement is Failing Abuja’s Streets

Oluwafunbi Bello February 27, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – By the time you reach the gutter at Kubwa Market, your body reacts before...

Flushed Promises: How Nigeria’s Sanitation Emergency Keeps Fueling a Preventable Health Crisis Community water point in rural Nigeria highlighting WASH challenges”

Community water point in rural Nigeria highlighting WASH challenges”

Flushed Promises: How Nigeria’s Sanitation Emergency Keeps Fueling a Preventable Health Crisis

Chukwu Obinna February 6, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – When Nigeria declared a state of emergency in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in...

Ogun Seals Abeokuta Fuel Stations Over Missing Public Toilets Ogun environmental taskforce sealing fuel stations over sanitation violations

Ogun environmental taskforce sealing fuel stations over sanitation violations

Ogun Seals Abeokuta Fuel Stations Over Missing Public Toilets

Korede Abdullah February 6, 2026

ABEOKUTA, Nigeria – The Ogun State Government shuts two fuel stations in Abeokuta for violating sanitation laws,...

LAWMA Arrests Illegal Dumpers as Lagos Residents Decry Waste Surge LAWMA officials clearing illegal dumpsite along Lagos-Badagry Expressway

LAWMA officials clearing illegal dumpsite along Lagos-Badagry Expressway

LAWMA Arrests Illegal Dumpers as Lagos Residents Decry Waste Surge

Korede Abdullah January 31, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has arrested several cart pushers allegedly involved in...

Lagos Launches Digital Platform to Overhaul Water, Sanitation Services Statewide Lagos officials at WASH sector coordination meeting in Ikeja

Lagos officials at WASH sector coordination meeting in Ikeja

Lagos Launches Digital Platform to Overhaul Water, Sanitation Services Statewide

Oluwafunbi Bello January 30, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State unveils a new digital management system designed to transform water, sanitation and...

FCTA Releases Hotlines to Report Uncleared Refuse in Abuja Open waste dump at the entrance of Karonmajiji community in Abuja, showing heaps of refuse scattered near homes and pathways.

Open waste dump at the entrance of Karonmajiji community in Abuja, showing heaps of refuse scattered near homes and pathways.

FCTA Releases Hotlines to Report Uncleared Refuse in Abuja

Oluwafunbi Bello December 24, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) opens new reporting channels for residents to report...

Dirty Drinks, Sick Pupils: Inside Mararaba’s Hidden School Food Safety Crisis children buying from food vendors

Dirty Drinks, Sick Pupils: Inside Mararaba’s Hidden School Food Safety Crisis

Koko Maxwella December 4, 2025

NASARAWA, Nigeria – When 12-year-old Mariam lifted a chilled cup of zobo to her lips that Wednesday...

Akwa Ibom Leads Cleanliness Rankings Amid National Sanitation Decline Clean streets in Akwa Ibom following national sanitation assessment

Akwa Ibom Leads Cleanliness Rankings Amid National Sanitation Decline

Oluwafunbi Bello December 4, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Akwa Ibom retains its position as Nigeria’s cleanest state for the eighth consecutive year...

Lagos Battles Waste Crisis with New Compactor Rollout LAWMA waste trucks and compactors operating in Lagos streets

Lagos Battles Waste Crisis with New Compactor Rollout

Oluwafunbi Bello December 4, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos Waste Management Authority announces plans to procure 500 new mobile tricycle compactors,...

Sanitation

Ekiti Prosecute 55 Residents for Violating Sanitation Order

How Weak Environmental Enforcement is Failing Abuja’s Streets

Flushed Promises: How Nigeria’s Sanitation Emergency Keeps Fueling a Preventable Health Crisis

Ogun Seals Abeokuta Fuel Stations Over Missing Public Toilets

LAWMA Arrests Illegal Dumpers as Lagos Residents Decry Waste Surge

Lagos Launches Digital Platform to Overhaul Water, Sanitation Services Statewide

FCTA Releases Hotlines to Report Uncleared Refuse in Abuja

Dirty Drinks, Sick Pupils: Inside Mararaba’s Hidden School Food Safety Crisis

Akwa Ibom Leads Cleanliness Rankings Amid National Sanitation Decline

Lagos Battles Waste Crisis with New Compactor Rollout

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