ABUJA – The Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers has lamented the apparent neglect by the Federal Government, even as it disclosed that thousands of children in the community are found to be suffering from cancer and other deadly diseases from exposure to contaminated water and food as a result of pollution from oil spill in the area.

Fixed Platform (FP): It consists of a jacket (a tall vertical section made of tubular steel members supported by piles driven into the seabed) with a deck placed on top, providing space for crew quarters, a drilling rig, and production facilities. The fixed platform is economically feasible for installation in water depths up to 1,500 feet.

Many stakeholders in the nation’s mining and minerals sector have expressed concern that Nigeria has not been able to take advantage of its vast mineral resources, showing a clear unpreparedness to stake its claim in the rush by international investors for the natural wealth of countries, especially as witnessed in neigbouring African countries.

Prior to the riveting exchange of brickbats between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Atiku Abubakar which lasted for most of their second tenure, not many Nigerians knew about the existence of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF

Port Harcourt – THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, plans to establish a state-of-the-art dialysis centre with special bed dedicated for HIV and Hepatitis B patients in the Niger Delta.

“The on-going efforts of the Federal Government to rehabilitate former militants in the Niger Delta are commendable and all hands must be on deck to ensure that the efforts of the government in this regard are not in vain”.

Many stakeholders in the nation’s mining and minerals sector have expressed concern that Nigeria has not been able to take advantage of its vast mineral resources, showing a clear unpreparedness to stake its claim in the rush by international investors for the natural wealth of countries, especially as witnessed in neigbouring African countries.

PEDDLERS of fake insurance policies and certificates in the country have come under the search light of the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM’s task force who posed as hapless customers in Abuja, apprehending some companies in the process.

WARRI- THE Presidential Committee on Amnesty, Abuja, yesterday, pleaded with ex-militants agitating for training abroad to be patient, as the committee was working round the clock to secure placements for them in competent overseas training institutions, while procurement of visas was also taking some time.

THE state of disrepair albeit total neglect of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway by both the Lagos State and Federal Governments may be an indication of the ineffectual, albeit total lack of governance in the country.

Former Director General of Nigeria Insurers Association Mr. Ezekiel Chiejina has asked underwriters in the insurance industry to do a lot of reinsurance in special risk business if they wish to play big in the oil and gas sector.

WARRI-THE Governing Council of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, FUPRE, Ugbomro, Effurun, near Warri, Delta state, has directed the institution’s registrar, Dr (Mrs) L.O. Onwuka to proceed on immediate suspension pending the conclusion of investigation

WARRI- THERE was excitement in Koko, headquarters of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, popularly remembered for the toxic waste saga, following the arrival, Monday, of foreign investors from Saudi Arabia and India to inspect the sites for the construction of $16 billion petrochemical and fertilizer plants in the community.

Yenagoa – Bayelsa State government and the Yenagoa Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (YECCIMA) have reached an accord to work together to harness and promote the abundant agricultural potentials in the state.

Her initial appointment as Petroleum Minister was greeted with loud objections and skepticism both in the industry and the larger Nigerian society. It was not only about her academic qualifications and work experience, which industry watchers believed were simply inadequate to supervise Nigeria’s most important industry.