The study examined the environmental sanitation practices among households in Nyanya District, Abuja, Nigeria. Having adopted the cross-sectional survey research design, the study was conducted among households living within the Nyanya District and surrounding communities, and a questionnaire was used to gather relevant information among 353 respondents while descriptive statistics such as mean, percentage and frequency count were adopted for data analysis. The finding from the study revealed that The outcome showed that most respondents strongly agreed that environmental sanitation practices promote health (51.0%), improve the quality of the environment (53.8%), improve the quality of life in the community (46.2%), ensure the provision of appropriate sanitation facilities (37.7%), encourage appropriate waste disposal methods (52.4%),  ensure clearance of drainage system for flow of water (48.2%) and help to create resilient communities (53.8%). Therefore, it was concluded that environmental sanitation practices remain essential to improving community well-being through effective community and individual participation. Hence, there is a need to enhance community awareness and education on environmental sanitation practices and develop and enforce policies and regulations on environmental sanitation.