Following Sunday’s killing of 18 persons in a crash involving an articulated vehicle on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway, FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu has directed that such vehicles conveying humans and animals together be impounded. Apart from those that died in the Sunday crash, 27 other passengers sustained...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – As part of efforts to reduce road traffic crashes across the country, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu has ordered sector commanders to immediately set up a joint task force comprising the Police, NSCDC, Nigerian Army, VIO...
The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Kaduna Sector Command has said no fewer than 16 persons died and 27 sustained injuries in a road crash on Kaduna-Abuja expressway. The Sector Commander, Mr Kabir Nadabo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fatal road traffic crash occurred at...
The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) says one person died and another sustained injury when a truck lost control at the Alagbon-Olorunda bridge along Owode-Idiroko Road in Ogun. Mr Adekunle Ajibade, the South-West Area Commander of TRACE, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday...
Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Friday said a commercial motorcycle passenger was crushed to death at Hamadiyah Junction, Oju-Ore, Ogun. Mr Adekunle Ajibade, the South-West Area Commander of TRACE, confirmed the incident to the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota. Ajibade explained that the...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Kogi Sector Command, on Wednesday prosecuted scores of motorists in a mobile court over various traffic offences. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the trials, which began early hours of the day, was part of the corps’ operation zero exercise...
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...
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...