evaluate the coverage of issues relating to noise pollution in Nigerian newspapers

📄 Project Abstract

Conserve Energy Future (2018) observed that most people are very used to the sounds they hear every day including the intake of loud music, noise from the television, noise from people talking on their phones, noise during traffic and even noise of pets barking in the middle of the night which have all come together to become a part of the urban culture becoming a disturbance. Sehgal (2015) defines noise as sound that is excessive and injurious to health. It is that level of noise that is disturbing, irritating and annoying to human beings. Noise has become part of modern life. People are exposed to noise almost everywhere. In Nigeria for instance, it seems that everywhere you go, it is difficult to escape noise. When you are on the road, the sound of moving vehicles and their horns is so devastating; the sounds that one hears in market places, in bus stations, in religious centers, during ceremonies, in parties combine to make it almost impossible for people to escape exposure to nois...