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- 1 Jun 2009
The Journey to Establishment of a Postal Service Commission
As the postal industry is expecting the agencies of government that have one thing or the other to do with the postal bill to quicken action for the National Assembly to ratify the bill that will…
- 8 Feb 2013
Mori-Baba Backs Independent Postal Commission
Mallam Ibrahim Mori-Baba, postmaster-general of the Federation has said that Nigeria needs an independent postal regulatory commission to ensure that Nipost and other courier companies in the country…
- 19 Jan 2014
Dark Cloud over Postal Commission Bill
Concern is mounting among courier and logistics operators that the federal government may have abandoned the National Postal Policy and Nigeria Postal Service Bill, a set of all important documents…
- 1 Sept 2008
Delay on Postal Commission
The suspense created by administrative bottlenecks on the much awaited policy on the postal commission has given room for varied interpretations on the state of this document that has been embraced…
- 10 Jan 2014
W/A Courier Hub Depends On National Regulators Commissions-Riverson
Isaac Annan Riverson is executive secretary, Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSRC), Ghana. Riverson is a Lawyer and a Civil Engineer and holds B.Sc. (Hons) Civil Engineering from…
- 21 Sept 2010
Courier Operations will be Better with Postal Commission - Oladapo
Siyanbola Oladapo is the secretary general, Association of Nigeria Courier Operators (Anco) and managing director/ chief executive officer, Bowill Errands Courier. Before, Oladapo established Bowill…
- 5 May 2021
National Assembly Moves to Grant NIPOST Commission Status
National Assembly (NASS) has concluded plans to repeal the establishing law of the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) and re-enact the law to grant the agency the status of a commission. This,…
- 27 Aug 2020
FG Carves Out 3 Firms from NIPOST, Plans Commission for Courier Industry
Federal Government has created three commercial ventures from the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) even as it said National Postal Commission (NPC) will be established soon to regulate the courier…
- 23 Apr 2012
Confusion over Postal Bill, Stakeholders Bicker
National Postal Policy and Nigeria Postal Service Bill, a set of all important documents touted as transformative for the postal industry is still embroiled in web of claims and counter charges seven…
- 18 Jan 2019
CBN Unveils New Policy to Capture the Unbanked
The Central Bank of Nigeria has unveiled the National Financial Inclusion Strategy designed to ensure that at least 80 per cent of Nigerians have access to banking and other financial services. The…
- 8 Apr 2014
FG Says No to Merger of NCC, NBC, NIPOST
Federal government has rejected the recommendation that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the regulatory functions of Nigerian Postal Service…
- 24 Aug 2015
Postal Bill: Nigeria Loses N3Bn Stamp Duty Revenue
Dr. Asuquo Abianga, a courier expert, has said that the nation’s postal industry can generate about N3 billion in revenue annually through stamp duty and called on the 8th National Assembly and…
- 15 Jun 2009
Ebony Express MD Calls for Early Passage of Postal Bill
Courier operators are anxious to see that the postal bill is ratified to allow the Postal Service Commission, an independent body that will regulate the postal and courier industry come on stream.…
- 3 Nov 2008
Political Intrigues Delay Postal Bill
Intrigue rather than administrative bottleneck is responsible for the setback in passage of the National Postal Policy and Nigeria Postal Service Bill, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now reveal.…
- 26 Aug 2020
New Regulatory Agency Coming for Nigeria Postal Sector
An independent regulatory agency to be known as the Nigerian Postal Commission (NPC) will emerge after the reforms of the postal services sector, to ensure efficiency, service delivery and check…
- 16 Feb 2015
Postal Reform Bill Gets Federal Executive Council Approval
Plans to reform the Nigerian postal sector and to restructure the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) received a boost last Wednesday with the approval of the Nigeria Postal Commission Bill 2014 by the…
- 12 May 2022
NIPOST, NPC to Launch Digitised Postcode to Combat Insecurity, Internet Scam
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Population Commission (NPC) to adopt a modern and standardised Postcode that will help security…
- 8 Aug 2016
Minister Laments NIPOST’s Low Level Investments, Other Challenges
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications has lamented the myriad of challenges facing the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) including inefficient management structure and low level of…
- 2 Aug 2010
Courier Operators Seek to Invest N70 bn in the Postal Industry
Operators in the courier and express parcel sub sector of the economy said they needed to invest not less than #70 billion in the nation's postal service industry, to enable them build Airside…
- 15 Mar 2019
The Many Roadblocks to Postal Service
Postal service including the courier has been hailed as capable of delivering return on investment if well-structured and managed. However, there are divergent views on the issue of…
- 7 Jul 2008
Removing Impediments to Postal Service
At different fora, postal service including the courier has been hailed as capable of delivering return on investment if well structured and managed. However, there are divergent views on the issue…
- 26 Sept 2013
Reps Query $550 ICT Expenses, Urge Consolidation of Projects
Ibrahim Shehu Gusau, chairman, House Committee on ICT has called for the consolidation of ICT projects by various federal government agencies to reduce the whopping $550 million being spent on ICT…
- 30 Aug 2018
NIPOST, NIMC Partner to Provide Verifiable DAS to Nigerians
Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is set to launch a Digital Addressing System (DAS) in partnership with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), according to Adebisi Adegbuyi, postmaster…
- 23 Aug 2022
Pantami Inaugurates Governing Boards of NITDA, NIMC, NIPOST
Prof. Isa Patanmi, minister of communications and Digital Economy, has inaugurated 44 members of the governing boards of three parastatals under the ministry. The parastatals include National…
- 24 Oct 2016
Courier Operators Scaling Up Operations in North East- Obabori
As things are returning to normalcy in the North East part of Nigeria, courier operators have started reopening their offices which were shut down about four years ago. Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…
- 16 Dec 2015
ANCO Lauds 8th Senate on Postal Bill, Canvasses for Public Hearing
The Association of Nigeria Courier Operators (ANCO), the umbrella body of indigenous courier operators in Nigeria, have expressed delight with members of the eight Senate for the consideration of the…
- 18 Apr 2016
NCS Inaugurates Multi-Stakeholder LOC for 26th National Conference
The multi-stakeholder Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) 26th National Conference has been inaugurated in Abuja. Themed “Information Technology for National…
- 29 Oct 2013
Nigeria, Ghana @ Bowill’s Lecture Push For Regional Courier Hub
Stakeholders in the courier industry drawn from Nigeria and Ghana have called for policies and programmes that will open up the West Africa sub-region to courier businesses. The call resonated during…
- 15 Feb 2014
ANCO Tasks FG over Multiple Levies, Harassment
Courier operators have decried the constant harassments, intimidations and extortions by various government agencies and called for the harmonization of levies and clearance certificates to position…
- 19 Dec 2012
100m Nigerians without ID Cards
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that majority of Nigerians have no official identity and that 75 per cent of identity documents are fake and self issued. Chris Onyemenam,…