Tag: water

To eliminate all traces of the virus on your hands, a quick scrub and a rinse won’t cut it.

Nigeria is now ranked second worldwide among countries where open defecation is prevalent.

The country’s current delivery of improved toilet facilities annually is grossly inadequate.

The governor said that in Delta State, the water and sanitation sectors are receiving more funding.

The public hearing on the bill to provide a law for the water sector held on Tuesday

Nigeria has a population of about 190 million.

About 800,000 people are in hard-to-reach areas and 79 per cent of these are children and women.

The projects were awarded between 2012 and 2016 for over N5 billion; some started as state government projects but were ...

WHO says Nigeria needs to invest about $8 billion to provide potable water and sanitation for its citizens by 2030.

"19 million have to walk long distances to get water".

In 1999, 12 per cent of the population had pipe borne water in their homes.

Water, sanitation and hygiene response in the Lake Chad Basin has received less than 20% of required US$80 million.

Local hunters and soldiers repelled the attackers as residents fled.

"Contaminated drinking-water is estimated to cause more than 500 000 diarrhoeal deaths each year.”

According to the minister, government is set to regulate effective use of water resources in Nigeria.

“It is getting out of hand. You find a situation whereby within three meters, households are drilling boreholes.”

The two companies had been barred from using the water for four months.

"The government is taking a step too far by imposing fines of the equivalent of $310 on ordinary individuals fetching ...

The Group Managing Director of the Lagos Water Corporation, Muminu Badmus, speaks to PREMIUM TIMES.

"No matter the technology applied, our generation and the one immediately behind us would not see a clean ground water ...

“This report brings to the fore the problem of access to water as a human rights issue.”

Water releases from the dam may lead to flooding in communities, the state government said.

Under the leadership of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara State has experienced growth and development across all sectors. In these years, ...

The company said the donation was part of the company’s programme to promote improved hygiene.

Zaria has been suffering from lack of water for years.