Host community threatens SPDC with $5bn lawsuit over ‘Illegal’ asset sale
An Host community to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) in Bonny, Rivers State led by its Head Chief,…
Host communities must properly set up Trust Fund to access PIA benefits, says Lokpobiri
Nigeria’s Oil Minister, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said host communities must have their Trust Funds properly established in line with…
Host communities must continue to maintain peace to enjoy Trust Fund, says Lokpobiri
Nigeria’s Oil Minister, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said Host Communities (HostCom) must sustain peace and a conducive environment across the…
Host communities threaten to shutdown oil facility over non-recognition by TSSNL in Bayelsa
The host communities of the Samabiri/Biseni Cluster, specifically Osekwenike, Osifo, and Abuetor in the Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa…
Host communities demand payment of 3 % royalties by oil firms
Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) yesterday cautioned international Oil Companies (IOCs) against flouting the provisions of…
Compensation of host communities will fast-track approval of divestment—NUPRC to IOCs
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says international oil companies (IOCs) ready to divest can obtain prompt approval if…
Host communities’ benefits under PIA not substitute for compensation for Oil and Gas companies’ environmental liabilities
By Dr Inenyo Esinte Over the years, the extractive operations of oil and gas producing companies in the Niger Delta…
PIA: S4C, NEITI, NUPRC, others counsel host communities
Owerri—The Executive Director, Spaces for Change, S4C, Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, has advised communities to embrace opportunities offered by Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry…
NCDMB: We are not under pressure to relocate headquarters from Yenagoa, says Wabote
Yenagoa—The executive secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Sambi Kesiye Wabote has dismissed stories that…
PIA: Okowa faults 3% allocation to host communities
Asaba—Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has declared that the 3% royalty allocated to host communities in the Petroleum Industry Act,…
