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.