One of the most important foundations of any civilisation is history. If we do not know our own history, who we are, who and what our forefathers were and where we came from, then we are truly lost. In the film production of J. R. Tolkien’s famous book entitled, ‘’Lord Of The Rings’’, one of the most compelling yet tragic lines reads as follows: ‘’Thousands of years passed by….history became legend and legend became myth’’. Few words are as profound as this and the import of those words resonate nothing but the deepest wisdom.

Elder Enebedum Ekedife is a native of Nobi,Anambra State, some three hundred kilometres from Calabar, Cross River State capital. For three years, he was afflicted with some problem in both eyes. In mid- 2012, he went completely blind. If he needed to eat, someone had to be on hand to help him keep the food close to avoid spilling.

Mrs. Florence Akhigbe was speechless when the news of her husband’s sudden death was broken to her; initially she discarded the news owing to the fact that the hubby, Inspector Innocent Akhigbe, left home hale and hearty on that fateful Wednesday. However, when sympathisers began to throng her apartment, it dawned on her that her hearthrob of many years had gone to the great beyond in the course of discharging his duties as an official of the Anti-Vandal Squad of theNigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC.

Before the advent of social media, the likes of facebook, tweeter, linkedin, badoo among others, sending letters, parcels, documents were done through NIPOST . However, in the past 10 years, with the advent of internet and social media platforms, has the use of NIPOST service increase or declined? Here are what Nigerians say:

To an average Nigerian, NIPOST is only saddled with the responsibility of postal services and nothing more.