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Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso delegates share knowledge on innovative sanitation approach

Delegations from Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire have visited the Bobo-Dioulasso sanitation facility in Burkina Faso to share learnings to improve sanitation in their own country. Organised by...

admin - June 19, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Global leaders join forces at World Water Week in Stockholm

Renowned water experts and international decision-makers will meet in Stockholm, Sweden from August 25 to 30, 2019 to discuss what is increasingly seen as one of...

admin - June 17, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Plateau ignores activists’ protests, passes bill to privatise water

The Plateau State House of Assembly on Thursday, May 30, 2019 passed the bill seeking to privatise the water sector, ignoring vehement protests by...

admin - May 31, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Open defecation: Govt to provide public toilet facilities nationwide

In a bid to free Nigeria from the menace of open defecation, the Federal Government on Monday pledged to provide public toilet facilities across the nation. Mr...

admin - May 27, 2019

Water & Sanitation

47m Nigerians indulge in open defecation – UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that not less than 47 million Nigerians still indulge in open defecation in the country. Mr Bioye Ogunjobi, Water...

admin - May 22, 2019

Water & Sanitation

EU sends fresh warning to Germany on nitrate levels in groundwater

The European Commission might consider further legal action, possibly leading to fines, against Germany if it does not reduce nitrate levels in its groundwater, a commission...

admin - May 21, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Group wants Plateau Assembly to suspend passage of ‘anti-people’ water bill

A not-for-profit outfit, Coalition of Civil Society for Good Governance, has urged the Plateau State House of Assembly to suspend moves to pass a bill seeking...

admin - May 19, 2019

Water & Sanitation

70 solar-powered boreholes near completion in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources says the ongoing construction of 70 solar-powered boreholes in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states to provide water for host and...

Michael Simire - May 15, 2019

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