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- 23 Mar 2021
Senate Okays Bill to Establish Nigeria Postal Commission
A bill to reform the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) by establishing a Nigeria Postal Commission, scaled second reading in Senate on Tuesday, with Senator Oluremi Tinubu (Lagos Central), saying that…
- 15 Feb 2022
Postmaster-General Tasks African Countries to Embrace Digital Postal Services
Dr Ismail Adewusi, the Postmaster-General (PMG), Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST), has tasked African countries to embrace digital postal services and financial inclusion as a panacea for rapid…
- 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…
- 23 Jan 2013
IT Boost to Postal Service – Baba
Mallam Ibrahim Baba, post-master general of Nigeria, has stated that the advancement of information communication technology (ICT) was not a setback to the operation of postal services, but rather an…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 8 Feb 2010
Postal Services to Get New Regulator in April
After many years of dilly-dallying, the Postal Bill expected to fast track the development of the postal industry in Nigeria will be ready in April, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now reveal. An…
- 14 May 2013
Nipost says Nigeria has no Post Code
Nigeria Postal Service (Nipost) said that Nigeria has no specific postal code rather a zonal Improvement programme (ZIP), highlighting the level of organized chaos in sorting mails in the county. A…
- 5 Apr 2018
NIPOST Goes Digital with Automation for Counter Services
The Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) says it has automated its counter services for better service delivery and customers’ satisfaction. Mrs. Tayo Ajayi, the General Manager, Counter Services,…
- 2 May 2017
Paga Partners NIPOST to Bring Financial Services to Communities across Nigeria
In line with their shared goal to drive deeper financial inclusion in Nigeria, Paga and the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) recently announced a partnership aimed at making financial services…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 16 Oct 2017
NIPOST to Begin Banking Services Soon
The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), will soon introduce agency banking services in its operation, according to Mr Godwill Magulike, district manager (Ilorin). Magulike, said that the agency’s…
- 31 Aug 2010
Nipost Enhances Image With Value Added Services
The Nigeria Postal service department came into being with the establishment of the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) on January 1, 1985. Nitel emerged from the merger of the…
- 13 Jul 2010
Nipost –From Mail Boats to Electronic Mail Services
The history of the Post in Nigeria dates back to 19th century. The first post office was established by the British Colonial Masters in 1852. It was considered to be a part of the British postal…
- 28 Oct 2013
Bruce, Ugokwe to Champion Passage of Postal Bill
Ben Murray Bruce, Silverbird chairman and Dr. Jerry Sonny Ugokwe are to champion the lobby for the passage the National Postal Policy and Nigeria Postal Service Bill, a set of all important documents…
- 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…
- 9 May 2022
FIRS, NIPOST Rift: CBN Takes over Electronic Stamp Duty Collection
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun the collection of electronic stamp duty with a view to settling the rift between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST).…
- 22 Mar 2018
NIPOST Launches Cargo Haulage Service, E-commerce
The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has inaugurated two new products, “Cargo Haulage Service and E-Commerce’’. Mrs Nkiru Onaga, Deputy Manager, E-commerce and Logistics, NIPOST South East, performed…
- 22 Dec 2008
Union Bank Takes ATM to Post Offices
Nigeria Postal Service (Nipost) and Union Bank of Nigeria have joined forces in a move that will see the deployment of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) at the major post offices in Nigeria and at the…
- 19 Oct 2012
Paucity of Funds Stalls Nipost, Galaxy V-SAT Project
Lack of funds has snarled the deployment of the 1,500 V-SATs touted as one of the main keys in the transformation of Nigeria Postal Service, (Nipost) into a modern public institution, Nigeria…
- 29 Mar 2010
Nipost – The Journey so Far
The history of the Post in Nigeria dates back to 19th century. The first post office was established by the British Colonial Masters in 1852. It was considered to be a part of the British postal…
- 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…
- 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…
- 27 Aug 2021
Nigeria Elected into Two Highest Universal Postal Union Councils
Nigeria has emerged as winners at the elections into the Council of Administration (CA) and Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). Dr. Isa Pantami, minister, Federal…
- 13 Nov 2016
NIPOST Part of Knowledge Based Economy, Digital Convergence- Adegbuyi
Bisi Adegbuyi, post master general of the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), has reiterated that the Service will queue-in into the knowledge-based economy and digital convergence drives of the Federal…
- 11 May 2009
National Postal Code System for Nigeria
As part of the rebranding efforts of the President Umar Musa Yar’dua‘s administration to place Nigeria into global reckoning , Professor Dora Akunyili, Minister of Information and…
- 29 Dec 2014
How Nigeria, Africa Loss In 40% Global Postal Revenue
Despite decline, letter-post still contributes more than 40% of postal revenues; latest Universal Postal Union (UPU) statistics show however, Nigeria and other African country rate in a little from…