Some years ago, a visit to the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) office in Marina was to be made carefully because of the time you have to wait before service would come your way. Then, to even get a 1k postal stamp may cost you hours on a queue that may stretch from the main hall of the General Post Office to the outlying street on Marina.

Even as workers of NIPOST in Enugu have continued to work very hard to re-awaken the interest of customers in their services, poor patronage appears to have rendered most of the workers redundant.

With the advent of social media where almost all manners of communications are being done, one wonders what has become of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). In this special report, LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU and EMMA ELEBEKE of Saturday Vanguard spoke with Taiye Olaniyi of NIPOST. The situation before now A chat with Mr. Taiye Olaniyi, the […]

With the advent of the Global System of Mobile Communication, GSM, the general impression is that the services being rendered by the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, may have been adversely affected.

THE Jama’atu Allus Sunnah Lilda wati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, (Western education is sin), came into existence in the 1960s but survived through the decades under various names. However, it started drawing attention to itself in 2002, when Mohammed Yusuf became its leader. In 2004, it moved to Kanamma, Yobe State, where it set up a base called ‘Afghanistan’ from where it attacked nearby police stations, killing police officers.