30 results
- 9 Oct 2016
WPD ’16: Kenya Occupies 3 Positions in UPU, Nigeria in Low Key Celebration
Kenya has been elected into three key positions of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a top UN agency dealing with the postal services. Ambassador Bishar Hussein of Kenya was re-elected as the…
- 19 Dec 2014
IATA, UPU Reveal 380Bn Letters, 6.1bn Postal Parcels Sent Yearly
During the signing of new Memorandum of Understanding between the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU), it was revealed that, almost 380 billion letters…
- 28 Sept 2009
UPU Creates more Awareness on Environment with Seal the Deal
The Universal Postal Union has in recent times been promoting activities that will ensure environmental safety. To help more operators to reduce their carbon emissions, the UPU is producing the…
- 17 Dec 2012
Lagos Traffic Law in Breach of UPU Treaties
Stakeholders in the courier industry have returned a damning condemnation of the new Lagos traffic law saying that it contravenes standing Universal Postal Union (UPU) treaty which made generous…
- 23 Feb 2009
UPU and Postal Development
Universal Postal Union with membership of 191 countries is a specialized agency of the United Nations which fulfils an advisory, mediating and liaison role and renders assistance where necessary. The…
- 6 Apr 2009
UPU on Universal Service and Regulation
Globally, postal organizations are encouraged to design their systems to keep pace with technology, develop their financial services and evolve development that will ensure communication at all…
- 27 Feb 2019
Universal Postal Union Urges African Post Offices to go Digital
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has urged Africa's postal system to tap into e-commerce and leverage related revenue streams. The UPU said it will work with 21,000 African post offices and 138,000…
- 28 Jul 2008
Nipost: Nigeria Earns $1.2m from Technical Services
The federal government earned $1.2 million from technical services rendered through Universal Postal Union (UPU) in the last one year. This is coming as Nigeria eyes the exalted office of the UPU, by…
- 8 Jun 2009
Post Offices Provide Access to ICTs
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will publish a book about how the postal sector’s use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)…
- 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…
- 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…
- 11 May 2009
Conference Highlights Risks ,Opportunities for the Postal Sector
A high level conference on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on the postal sector held by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) at its Berne headquarters recently has revealed that…
- 5 Jan 2015
44% Africans Lack Access to Postal Home Delivery
In terms of inhabitants served per post office, the world average was 10,747 in 2013, an increase of 16 per cent on the previous year. Access has decreased in industrialized countries with 5,821…
- 21 Apr 2013
Okada Ban: Lagos Govt., Courier Operators ‘War’
The Lagos state government came under the hammer of courier operators, and supported by the federal government regulatory agency, the Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) of the Nigerian Postal…
- 19 Oct 2009
Post Offices in W.Africa Offer e- Money Transfer Services
About 300 post offices in six West African countries have started offering electronic money transfers as part of a United Nations-backed initiative to use technology to help ensure that rural…
- 15 Oct 2015
Over 1Bn Postal Accounts Can Deepen Financial Inclusion- Abianga
Dr. Asuquo Abianga, the area postal manager (APM), Lagos mainland Territory (LMT) of NIPOST, has described the Post as best placed to drive economic, social, financial and digital inclusion of all…
- 11 Jun 2015
Nigeria Loses 12.5% Courier Companies Annually
Piqued by challenges ranging from regulatory, operational to managerial, the dearth rate of companies in the Nigerian courier sector stands at 12.5% per annum, according to information available to…
- 22 Oct 2015
IPC Simplifies Parcel Handling with Harmonised Label IT Services
The presence of multiple labels and barcodes on a parcel has long complicated and slowed down the handling and distribution process of international deliveries. Therefore IPC worked together with its…
- 8 Mar 2010
Soyinka at PAPU’s 30th anniversary
The Pan African Postal Union (PAPU) has successfully wrapped up its 30th anniversary celebrations, attracting a record number of postal-sector ministers and top policy-makers from international and…
- 1 Jul 2013
Nipost Boss Says Post and Telecom are Inseparable
Yashim Isa Bityong, deputy postmaster general, Territorial Administration, Nipost has said that P &T-postal and telecommunications are inseparable in rendering services to the public. According…
- 13 Oct 2008
Ex -Nipost Staff to Receive Entitlements this Week
Luck may smile the way of Nipost ex-workers as Mori Baba, the postmaster general of the federation gave renewed hope for the payment of the severance benefits of Nipost staff laid off during the…
- 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…
- 5 Oct 2009
Nipost Launches Campaign against HIV/AIDS on World Post Day
Nigerian Postal Service will join other postal countries around the world in celebration of this year’s World Post Day on October 9. Information from Nipost headquarters disclosed that the…
- 9 May 2022
ITU Appoints Pantami to Chair World Summit on WSIS Forum 2022
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has appointed Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, as chairman of the World Summit on Information Society…
- 24 Nov 2008
Comply with Market Demand or Be Left out-Shonde
The use of Information and Communication Technology has been described by Shonde Gideon ‘Dotun of the Courier Regulatory Department (CRD)as holding the future of courier business in Nigeria. In…
- 9 Mar 2009
Forget Nipost Sale
There are feelings in some quarters that the Nigerian Postal Service should be sold to private investors. One thing is common with the sale of government companies that are perceived not to be doing…
- 12 Oct 2009
Nipost Collaborates Naca to Fight HIV/AIDS
Ibrahim Mori Baba, postmaster general of the federation has said that the Nigerian Postal Service (Nipost), the nation’s national career in postal matters will partner with National Agency for…
- 26 Oct 2009
War against Fake Courier Companies
As the value of courier services becomes more relevant and important to both personal and business interactions especially in this information age when modern means of transportation and…
- 29 Sept 2013
Agent Banks Will Tackle Issues on Financial Inclusion - Bickersteth
Sola Bickersteth is the president , Society for Agent Banking Network Practitioners and Chief Executive, One Network. He is PLD Graduate of the Harvard Business School, USA and an Electronics…