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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…
- 3 May 2024
NIPOST Clampdown on Illegal Courier, Logistics Service Operators in Kano
Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, has embarked on clampdown of illegal courier, express delivery, dispatch and logistics service operators in Kano State. Dotun Shonde, the General Manager, Courier and…
- 16 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…
- 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…
- 12 Jan 2009
Interesting Developments in the Courier Sector
Courier and postal services last year witnessed exponential growth in volume of services rendered to customers. There were also innovations in some areas which helped to notch up demand for services…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 7 Aug 2013
CRD Revokes Licences of 15 Courier Operators
The Courier Regulatory Department of Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has stepped up its fight against illegal operators, as a way of restoring integrity and standards in the industry and has revoked…
- 26 Jul 2010
We Want Postal Commission Now - Anco
Association of Nigeria Courier Operators ( Anco ), has engaged in a dialogue with the ministry of communication and the Courier Regulatory Department ( CRD ) on the establishment of the Nigeria…
- 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…
- 17 Oct 2013
NIPOST Sets Tone of 3rd Courier Summit
The Nigerian Postal Service through its Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) said that the 3rd Nigerian Courier Summit (NCS) will create grounds for the industry to interact with lawmakers,…
- 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 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…
- 6 Dec 2014
CRD Revokes 14 Licenses, Raids Illegal Operators
Courier Regulatory Department (CRD), the regulatory arm of Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has invalidated the operating licenses of Kwara State Transport Corporation, Aero Contractors and 12 others…
- 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…
- 16 Dec 2016
CRD Seals 6 Alleged Illegal Courier Operators, Increases Surveillance
The Courier Regulatory Department (CRD), the regulatory arm of the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has warned illegal operators in the industry to commence processes for the regularization of their…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 19 Jan 2009
Emeje Eyes N200Bn Mark for the Courier Sector
The heightened activities presently witnessed in the courier sector is a tip of the iceberg of what the sector will become if it is finally given a Postal Service Commission , an…
- 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…
- 2 May 2013
Nipost Retunes Guidelines for Couriers’ Registration
Nigeria Postal Service (Nipost) has released its updated rules to guide companies and individuals seeking to register courier firms in the country. Under the new guidelines tagged “Courier…
- 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…
- 17 Aug 2010
The Courier Industry and Regulation
Recent development on government agencies and departments regulating their counterparts across different sectors of the economy heightened recently as Nigerian International Air Couriers Association…
- 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…
- 11 Oct 2013
NIPOST Hosts 3rd Courier Summit
Preparations are in top gears for the 3rd Nigeria Courier Summit slated for October 28, in Lagos and hosted by the Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). Simon…
- 1 Jun 2009
Ekwosimba Decries High Interest Rate Charged by Banks
Mrs. Alle-Mary Ekwosimba, chief executive officer of Standard Delivery Service, an indigenous courier company in the upbeat has decried high interest rate charged by banks in granting loan facilities…
- 19 Jan 2009
Courier Operator Lauds CRD
Okey Uba, managing director of Ebony Express, an indigenous courier outfit based in Lagos has described the Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) as having what it takes to handle affairs of the…