The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) have legal backing to arrest traffic offenders depending on the state within which they operate. Deputy Corps Marshal at the FRSC, Mr Bisi Kazeem, stated in Abuja that the motoring public should give maximum cooperation...
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said nine passengers have sustained varying degree of burns in an auto crash on Ogbomoso-Oyo Expressway. The Sector Commander in the state, Joshua Adekanye confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ibadan on Sunday. He...
A total of 12 persons have been confirmed dead in a road traffic crash involving three vehicles at Peke, along Olooru-Okoolowo-Ogbomoso road, in Kwara. Those involved in the accident included 21 males and one female, out of which 12 were burnt to death and 10 others who sustained...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it was taking significant steps to address the increasing cases of brain and spinal cord injuries caused by road traffic crashes in Nigeria. Corps Marshal Dauda Ali Biu said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the National Brain and Injury Conference....
No fewer than 13 persons sustained injuries in a multiple accident on Sunday at Car Park C on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Okpe explained that the incident occured at 4:55...
Eight persons died in a ghastly accident at Oke-Onigbin on the Omu-Aran-Ilorin Highway in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara on Friday. An articulated vehicle and a bus were involved in the accident. Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Kwara, Mr Stephen Dawulung, said in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)p0, has cautioned passengers against embarking on night journeys during festivities due to its negative consequences. Mr Ibrahim Maiyaki-Bazama, FRSC Sector Commander in Katsina State, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Katsina. “People...
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru-Bago has expressed shock over the road traffic of an articulated vehicle in which 25 people died. Bago, however, cautioned drivers to desist from conveying passengers in such vehicles and other haulage vehicles. In a statement by Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, the governor described...
One person died while seven others sustained injuries on Wednesday on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in a lone accident involving a truck carrying livestock and passengers. Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Okpe blamed the...
No fewer than 17 persons were killed in an auto crash on Tuesday at Takalafia village on Yawuri Expressway in Magama Local Government Area of Niger. Corps Public Education Officer at the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, a deputy corps marshal confirmed the accident in a...
Six persons died while six others were injured on Tuesday in an auto crash opposite Redeemed Christian Church of God’s camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Spokesman of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps in Ogun, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, told newsmen in Abeokuta that the accident involved an unidentified...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Zonal commanding officer, Zone RS3 in charge of Adamawa, Gombe and Taraba States, Mr Solomon Terhemen Agure, has promised to offer free training exercise to all the executive drivers attached to government vehicles in Taraba, Gombe,...
No fewer than 5 persons died while one sustained injuries in an accident at Ososa Junction on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway on Sunday. Eight persons were involved in the accident, but two escaped unhurt. Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu has ordered operatives of the Corps drafted to cover the elections to ensure effective collaboration with the Nigerian Police Force, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and other security agencies in the...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Gombe State said it has recorded 79 deaths in 278 Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) between January and Oct. 31, 2023. The Commander of the Corps, Mr Felix Theman stated this in Gombe at the inauguration of the 2023 Ember Months campaign, on Tuesday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The police in Nasarawa State has detained an official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) for allegedly chaining and locking up his son for twenty four hours without food nor water. Before his arrest, the FRSC official, identified as Mr Asoko...
No fewer than 12 persons as a result of an auto crash on Gusau-Funtua Road on Wednesday, Sector Commandant of the Federal Roads Safety Corps in Zamfara, Mr Iro Danladi, has said. Danladi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident involved an 18-seater bus belonging...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Dauda Biu, says the corps is targeting 5% reduction in Road Traffic Crashes, fatalities and injuries during the 2023 Ember Months. Biu said this during the decoration of newly promoted Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM), Mr Bisi Kazeem, on Wednesday...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has from January to September 2023 recorded a substantial reduction in the total number of road traffic crashes (RTC), injuries and fatalities as well, having achieved 22% reduction in RTCs, 21.3% decrease in road injuries and 23.1%...
Four persons were killed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday when a luxury bus rammed into a truck. Three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident. Mrs Florence Okpe, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun confirmed the incident in Abeokuta. She said...