Tag: Black soot

Op-ed Editor February 15, 2017

Ebenezar Wikina: The black soot in Port Harcourt and why we petitioned UN Environment [NEXT]

by Ebenezar Wikina I’m sure you’ve seen the posts on social media. In fact, last week #StoptheSoot trended for days. I was out of town for work, and it was…

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Op-ed Editor February 9, 2017

The Thread: “I’m quite happy we have on our hands an environmental disaster”

More persons are speaking about the environmental disaster consuming Port Harcourt. We are yet to hear from the state governor about this. Every cloud has a silver lining, they say.…

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Op-ed Editor February 9, 2017

The Thread: “The air pollution is real; our lives are in danger” | Top 10 tweets about Port Harcourt’s black soot

Port Harcourt is suffering the effects of severe air pollution that is causing black dust to come down from the sky. Residents are crying for intervention. We hope Gov Wike…

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Op-ed Editor February 8, 2017

The Thread: “This black soot thing will show you what people in the creeks of Niger Delta pass through”

Port Harcourt is grappling with an environmental hazard that has the residents fearing for their lives. Do see below: Osinbajo, Clean…

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