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- 2 Dec 2021
Postal Bill: NIPOST Assures of Efficient Services
Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has said that the newly passed Postal Bill will revolutionalise the postal system and bring postal industry in line with international best practices. Franklin Alao,…
- 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…
- 8 Jul 2021
LCCI Says New Postal Bill will Jeopardize Investments in Courier Industry
Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has described the provisions of the Nigerian Postal Services Bill 2021 as an impediment to sustainable investment in the courier industry. The Nigerian…
- 27 Mar 2017
NIPOST Continues Reforms Despite Postal Bill Delays
Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has begun a massive overhaul of men and machinery to position it as the biggest ecommerce and epayment player in the country despite the delay in the passage of the…
- 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…
- 26 Mar 2014
Fresh Impetus for Postal Industry as FEC Considers Reform Bills
Players in the Nigerian postal/courier industry were jubilant last night as the federal executive council (FEC) considered the Postal Reform Bill, a set of all important documents touted as…
- 31 Aug 2021
NIACA, ANCO Identify Loophole in Postal Reform Bill
Nigerian International Air Courier Association and the Association of Nigeria Courier Operators have asked that the passage of the postal reform bill be halted and reconsidered as the implementation…
- 1 Mar 2013
Postal Reform Bill Rings Hope, Fear
The postal sector at the weekend greeted federal government’s approval of a reform bill that will strip Nigeria Postal Service (Nipost) of all its regulatory functions with mixed reviews as operators…
- 8 Jun 2021
Senate Passes Bill to Restrict NIPOST to Postal Operations
The Senate on Tuesday passed the Nigerian Postal Service (Repeal and Reenactment) Bill, 2021, which effectively restricted the agency to only postal operations in the country. The bill also bars…
- 29 May 2016
Postal Reform Bill, Other NIPOST Activities Suffer Setback
The inability of the federal government to appoint a substantive Postmaster General (PMG) of the federation, is slowing the pace of activities at the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), Nigeria…
- 23 Mar 2013
Confusion Trails Postal Reform Bill
Postal sector reform process which will culminate with the setting up of an independent regulator for the industry is embroiled in a web of confusion with some vested interest bent on thwarting the…
- 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,…
- 30 Dec 2016
NIPOST Submits Fresh Bill for Stamp Duty Amendment
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has proposed a fresh Bill for the amendment of stamp duty Act. The new bill submitted to the National Assembly, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek gathered, is for the…
- 8 Aug 2017
Comms Minister Urges NASS to Expedite Action On NIPOST Reform Bill
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, the minister of Communications, on Monday called on the National Assembly to expedite action in deliberating and subsequently passing the Postal Reform Bill and other…
- 3 Sept 2012
Presidency Owns NPB, Sponsors Executive Bill
After several years in limbo, President Goodluck Jonathan is weighing an executive option to expedite the passage of the Nigeria Postal Bill (NPB), a set of all important documents touted as…
- 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…
- 18 Jul 2016
Operators Cry Out over Decades of Neglect Postal Sector
Indigenous courier operators in the country have sent a ‘Save Our Soul (SOS) message to President Muhammad Buhari, lamenting the lingering issues surrounding the non-passage of the Nigerian Postal…
- 7 May 2008
Courier Industry to Independent Regulator Soon
If there is any issue that operators in the Courier industry in Nigeria are very passionate about, it is the issue of having an independent regulatory authority to run the affairs of the industry.…
- 22 Mar 2018
NIPOST Launches e-money Service at Enugu Trade Fair
The Nigerian Postal Service has launched its Electronic online Money Order Service at the ongoing 29th Enugu International Trade Fair. The NIPOST Post-cash is the only medium through which…
- 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…
- 3 May 2016
NIPOST Needs Improved Funding to Sanitise Courier Sector- Emeje
Dr. Simon Emeje, senior assistant postmaster general of the federation, has called for improved funding for the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to intensify the fight against illegal courier…
- 30 Jan 2015
FMCT Says Economy Gained N290Bn from Courier Sub-Sector in 4 Years
Despite challenges facing the Nigerian courier (Postal) sub-sector, statistics released by the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT) has shown the sector injected N290 billion into the…
- 2 Nov 2014
Endless Wait for Postal Industry Reform
The courier industry is an integral part of any economy, providing transportation of packages, supplies, bulk materials and documents among businesses and corporations in a country and beyond.…
- 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…
- 1 Mar 2022
Senate Approves Committee’s Report on NIPOST Bill
The Senate has approved the conference committee report on the Nigeria Postal Services Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2022. This followed the consideration of the conference committee report on…
- 7 Sept 2009
Revealed! Why Illegal Courier Firms Thrive
Illegal courier operators exploiting the weak regulatory framework in the industry together with absence of stiff punishment for offenders have continued to thrive in the country leaving in their…
- 10 Aug 2017
NIPOST Says Unlicensed Courier Operators Dangerous to Economy, Shuts 3 Offices
The Courier Regulatory department (CRD), an arm of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has decried the increase in number of unlicensed courier/delivery companies in the country. The Department…
- 21 Feb 2016
NIPOST Staff Jittery over Shittu’s Proposed Reforms
Mr. Adeabyo Shittu, minister of Communications’ steps to reform the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is not going down well with some top management staff of the Service. Shittu, a lawyer, while…
- 17 Dec 2015
NIPOST Workshop Strategic for Economic Diversification- Stakeholders
Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) Workshop Service has organized its maiden Customers’ Forum showcasing its capabilities as outstanding venture for the Service’s transformation. At the occasion held…
- 22 Aug 2021
NIPOST to Clamp Down on Unlicensed Logistics Firms
The Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department (CLRD) of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), has said it will clamp down on illegal courier and logistic businesses across the country and make the…