The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has waded into the dispute between Chevron Nigeria Limited and some communities within the company’s Warri exploration and production area in Delta State, over the composition and naming of the Host Communities Trust Fund. Both parties in the dispute have been urged to maintain the peace pending the resolution of the matter. The …

The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has launched a revised guideline of the Community Development Agreement as part of efforts to stop disputes between communities and mining companies. The minister revealed that 252 mining companies have signed the Community Development Agreement to provide basic infrastructures to host communities in Nigeria. Alake, while giving his keynote address at …

Barely two years after the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has mobilised representatives of host communities from five epicentre states of oil and gas extractive activities in the region for a week-long capacity building on the implementation of the Act. It was held in collaboration with Ford Foundation. …