South Africa Flags Possible Coup Threat As Gov’t Assures Citizens Of Ongoing Surveillance

South Africa’s Minister in the Presidency for State Security, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has confirmed that the threat of a possible coup d’état has been formally listed among the country’s key national risks in its National Security Strategy for 2024–2028. Speaking to journalists at Parliament after the budget vote debate in the National Assembly, Ntshavheni stressed that […]

NIS Launches Digital Platform For Expatriate Residence Permit Applications

  The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has unveiled a new digital platform for the application and processing of the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card (CERPAC). The platform marks a significant step in federal government’s ongoing efforts to modernise the country’s immigration system. NIS’s Public Relations Officer, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration (ACI) Kenneth Akinlabi, […]

Akwa Ibom To Become Top Gas Destination As NNPC Invests $3.5bn

Indications have emerged that Akwa Ibom State would soon become a top gas-based industrial destination. This followed the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the administration of Governor Umo Eno  and the Aggregator Company of Nigeria (GACN), which triggered a $3.5 billion Final Investment Decision (FID) by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company […]

Defined Benefit Pensioners To Get Free Health Insurance Coverage By 2026

There are ongoing discussions between the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to ensure that pensioners under the Defined Benefits Scheme (DBS) get free health insurance services, LEADERSHIP learnt. To this end, about 80 per cent of pensioners under the old pension scheme are expected to have access to […]