By Peter Okolie The Nigeria-American Football Association (NAFA), through its Gridiron Gems Initiative, on Wednesday empowered 500 girls in Owerri, Imo State, with sports mentorship and menstrual hygiene support. The outreach, held at Girls Secondary School, Ikenegbu, combined American football training with health education and the distribution of menstrual hygieneContinue Reading
By Jumoke Olaitan The Principal of Federal Government Boy’s College (FGBC), Abuja, Mr Joshua Ogunshina, has urged students to embrace good hygiene practices and become agents of positive change in society. Ogunshina made the call on Tuesday during the commemoration of the 2026 Day of the African Child. The event,Continue Reading
By Sani Idris Abdulrahman An NGO, Carelink Resource Foundation (CRF), has called for urgent and sustained action to ensure every Nigerian child has access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services. The foundation made the call in a statement signed by its Director of Programmes, Mr Silas Ideva in KadunaContinue Reading
By Mercy Sawok Public health experts have called for improved hygiene practices, access to safe drinking water, and better nutrition to curb the prevalence of diarrhoea, particularly among vulnerable populations across affected communities. They made this known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, stressingContinue Reading
UNIUYO MFB inaugurates WashLoan for safe water, hygieneContinue Reading
Don canvasses strict hand hygiene for paediatric care Hygiene By Ahmed Kaigama Bauchi, Jan. 20, 2026 (NAN) A don, Dr Sani Giade, has called on paediatric healthcare workers to prioritise proper hand hygiene. Giade, a lecturer at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) College of Medical Sciences, Bauchi, made the callContinue Reading
By Glory Akpan Katsina State Commissioner for Water Resources, Dr Bishir Gambo, has expressed delight over the state’s recognition as Open Defecation Free (ODF) by the Clean Nigeria Campaign Secretariat. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ODF status is given to states or communities where everyone uses safe,Continue Reading
By Tosin Kolade The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has called for renewed national commitment to hand hygiene as Nigeria joins the global community to commemorate the 2025 Global Handwashing Day. Utsev made the call on Monday in Abuja during a media briefing to outline activitiesContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade The Federal Government has commenced a sanitation and hygiene awareness campaign at Zuba market and motor park, to mark the 2024 Global Handwashing Day. Led by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, the campaign aims to promote proper handwashing practices to reduce disease spread inContinue Reading
