Communication Workers Union lawyers fail to rebuff attempt at Royal Courts of Justice to stop 19 October postal strike Royal Mail has halted Britain’s first planned national walkout by postal workers since it was privatized, after successfully applying for a high court injunction. Lawyers for the Communication Workers Union failed to rebuff an attempt
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NIPOST Unveils New Products To Revive The Nation’s Postal Service
....Reintroduces money order, begins electronic mail tracking Abuja - The Nigerian Postal Service on Monday announced a series of products and projects aimed at reviving the postal system and increasing the organization’s patronage. The new products and services were announced by the Postmaster General of the Federation, Mr. Bisi Adegbuyi, at the celebration of
Royal Mail is getting some seriously super-futuristic mail trucks
LONDON — Royal Mail is getting some seriously futuristic new mail vans. As previously reported by Engadget, Wired, and elsewhere, the British postal service has announced a trial of nine electric-powered vehicles in London and South-East England. They're made by British electric truck company Arrival and will come in three sizes: 3.5-tonne, six-tonne, and
Nigeria’s Courier firms to lose N.5bn to electronic circulation of quoted companies’ annual reports, dividend warrants
Courier organizations in Nigeria may soon be losing over N500 million annually when delivery of annual reports, notices of annual general meetings and dividend warrants go fully electronic. Moov Logistics News gathered that for some years now a number of courier companies have been feeding fat on this errand service to stock
Nigeria sets up Postal reform steering committee
The Federal Government has inaugurated a steering committee charged with the responsibility of laying the foundation for the reform of the Nigerian Postal Service. Inaugurating the committee in Abuja, the Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, urged the National Assembly to expedite work on the NIPOST Reform Bill as they resume
1,000 new Lagos addresses added to Google Map
Google Map has added no fewer than 1,000 new addresses to Ikeja, Ikoyi and other areas of Lagos State. The Chief Executive Officer, Google, Sundar Pitchai, stated this on Thursday in Lagos at the ‘Google for Nigeria’ event. He said that the company made the additions because the number of people using
Courier operators oppose 2.5% annual operating regulatory levy
Courier operators have opposed the proposed annual operating levy as contained in a bill seeking to excise regulatory functions from the Nigerian Postal Services and establish a new regulatory authority. The operators, who spoke under the umbrella of the Association of Nigeria Courier Operators, presented their position at a public hearing