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- 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…
- 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,…
- 1 Jun 2009
Tension Grips Courier Operators over Postal Bill
The long awaited Postal Bill has got the adrenalin of courier operators flowing because it is now feared that like in the financial sector, the bill entail shoring up the capital base of operators in…
- 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 Jun 2012
Postal Sector Bill, Others Ready Soon – BPE
Seven bills which have been pending since 2009, including bill on the postal sector reform would be ready soon, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now report. Ms. Bolanle Onagoruwa, director general of…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 23 Mar 2009
Anco Expresses Worry over Postal Bill
Association of Nigeria Courier Operators (Anco) has urged the Courier Regulatory Department of Nipost vested with the power to regulate the postal sector to address issues concerning the postal bill…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 19 Jul 2010
Approve the Postal Bill Now – Ibe
Mr. Stephen Ibe, managing director and chief executive officer of Stephens Global Services limited, has called on the federal government to approve the new postal bill for courier operators.…
- 8 Mar 2010
Approve the Postal Bill Now – Ibe
Mr. Stephen Ibe, managing director and chief executive officer of Stephens Global Services limited, has called on the federal government to approve the new postal bill for courier operators.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 14 May 2012
Postal Bill Will Make the Industry More Viable -Oladepo
Siyanbola Oladapo, managing director of Bowill Errands Courier is a consummate professional with over years of experience spanning the courier, oil & gas, and the financial sectors.…
- 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…
- 16 Mar 2009
Confusion Trails Draft Postal Bill
The draft law that will give legal backing to the National Postal Policy is entangled in web of claims and counter charges that may frustrate early passage of the all important law that will rejig…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 1 Mar 2013
FG Strips Nipost of Regulatory Functions
The National Council on Privatisation has approved a reform bill that will strip Nigeria Postal Service (Nipost) of all its regulatory function. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…