The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has temporarily shut down no fewer than five churches and 19 hotels over noise pollution between 23 March and 26 April, according to Saturday PUNCH. The PUNCH reports that no fewer than four markets and shopping complexes were also shut down over noise pollution and other environmental infractions. The churches that have been …

In a rare display of professionalism, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has resolved the issue between a Surulere, Lagos resident, Mr. Justin Akpovi-Esade and a branch of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) on Thomas Animashaun Street, Aguda, Surulere. In a press statement last month, which was accompanied by a video of the church’s loud night activity, …

A resident of Aguda, Surulere, Lagos, Mr. Justin Akpovi-Esade has cried out to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo Olu and the state Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) over noise pollution by a pentecostal church in his neighbourhood. In a petition titled, ‘Don’t Let This Church Kill Me Before My Time’, Akpovi-Esade said the disturbance has reached the stage that …

The Oyo State Government has sealed a new generation church at Golden Estate, Oluyole, Ibadan, the state capital The state government said the church was sealed over noise pollution. It noted that the action was taken against a branch of Christ Life Church in the area, after several unresolved steps taken by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to …

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), on Wednesday, met with leaders of religious institutions in a bid to discuss ways of curtailing noise pollution from worship centres. The meeting, which was held at Alausa, came on the heels of an earlier engagement with nightclub and bar owners as part of the agency’s campaign to clamp down on the menace …

Fourteen hotels, churches, including Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and mosque have been sealed across the state over noise pollution and other offences by the Lagos State government. Other establishments sealed by the state government, through its Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), for noise pollution, were Ifelodun Mosque, Children of God Healings Deliverance and Adoration Ministry, City of Testimony Church, …

The Lagos State government has sealed a popular nightclub, Silk Club, located at 190, Awolowo Road in Ikoyi, over noise pollution. In statement on Saturday night, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Barrister Tokunbo Wahab said the nightclub was sealed by the officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency who on his orders, conducted a nighttime enforcement …