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Confronting My Noisy Lagos Neighbours

"A society of reasonable people must be able to agree that, for residential areas, some noise levels are absolutely not to be tolerated, whoever’s ox is gored."

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A. Onochie Onukwue
Oct 30, 2019
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Lagos is the noise capital of Nigeria. Photo Credit: ishn.com
Lagos is the noise capital of Nigeria. Photo Credit: ishn.com

Pupils at Degel Children’s School Aguda are lucky to have a teacher who’s raising them to be polite. One afternoon this September, the little ones learned, with the aid of a song, why they should always use the “five magic words” – please, excuse me, sorry, thank you, and pardon me. Overwhelme…

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