Air Quality Index: a Case of 1-Day Monitoring in 253 Nigerian Urban and Suburban Towns

COVID-19 induced restriction in developing countries and its impacts on pollution load: case study of Lagos mega city

“…For post-lockdown however, windspeed favoured diffusion of 78% of atmospheric NO 2 , while combinations of other climatic conditions favoured diffusion of other pollutants in the range of 52–65%. This observation is in support of earlier submission that climatic conditions affect the amount of the atmospheric pollutants detectable in the air ( Abolude et al., 2022 ).…”

“…Environmental quality in Nigeria is becoming worrisome, possibly because of the growing rate of population and lack of sound environmental management policy. Report has it that Nigeria is ranked 152nd on the World Risk Index for air quality ( Abulude et al., 2022 ) and there is possibility of continuous decrease in Nigerian's ambient air quality as population growth rate and anthropogenic activities increase; Akinwumiju et al., 2021 ).…”

“…Air pollution continues to attract scientific attention in recent years due to its impacts on both environmental and human health. It has been reported that 91% of world population reside in environments where air quality fall below World Health Organization's recommended limits (Abulude et al, 2021(Abulude et al, , 2022. Globally in 2016, 4.2 million premature deaths were reported to have been caused by air pollution-related illness; out of which 91% were from developing countries (WHO, 2018;Abulude et al, 2022).…”

“…It has been reported that 91% of world population reside in environments where air quality fall below World Health Organization's recommended limits (Abulude et al, 2021(Abulude et al, , 2022. Globally in 2016, 4.2 million premature deaths were reported to have been caused by air pollution-related illness; out of which 91% were from developing countries (WHO, 2018;Abulude et al, 2022). Environmental quality in Nigeria is becoming worrisome, possibly because of the growing rate of population and lack of sound environmental management policy.…”

Indoor Particulate Matter Assessment in a Northern Nigerian Abattoir and a Residential Building

“…Nigeria shares the boundaries in the north with Niger, in the east Chad and Cameroon, south -the Gulf of Guinea, and the west -Benin. The country derived its named from the Niger River [18] . The country has two climatesrainy and dry periods.…”