A civil society organisation, Accountability Lab Nigeria, has called for transparency and accountability in Host Community Development Trust Fund. The organisation noted that the passage of the ...
The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 introduced the Host Community Development Trusts (HCDTs), under which it allocated three per cent of oil companies’ annual operating expenses to local development ...
The Dangote Cement Plc has said it had tripled its scholarship fund for its host communities in Gboko, Benue State. Johnson ...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has stated that the Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) has risen to N373bn as of October 13, 2025 with 536 community projects ongoing ...
Stakeholders, including representatives of government, civil society and community leaders, have charted the way forward for sustainable host community development in the oil rich Niger Delta region.
The Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has dismissed a suit challenging key provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) relating to host community liability, affirming the legal framework ...
Dangote Cement Plc triples its scholarship fund to ₦30M for host communities in Gboko, expanding its commitment to education ...
Concerned members of the Uherevie Host Communities Development Trust have accused the Trust’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Executive Management and Management Committee of sabotaging the very mandate of ...