By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has debunked media reports alleging that it was seeking the permission of the Federal Government for its officers to bear arms. The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, who debunked the report in...
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says there is the need for its personnel to bear firearms in discharging their duties, considering the level of security challenges across the country. The Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu, made this known on Saturday, while inaugurating 1,762 personnel of the...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Dauda Biu, said preventing road traffic crashes was not only for FRSC but a shared responsibility involving all. Biu stated this at a one day workshop for 2023 Special Marshals Sectoral Workshop on Thursday in Kaduna. The News Agency...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) Taraba State Sector Command has organized a training workshop for special marshal in a bid to enhance their efficiency and effective performance. The Sector Commander, Abdulmaliq Bello said the training of special marshall 2023 sectoral workshop for...
No fewer than eight people were burnt beyond recognition on Sunday on the Ologbo Bridge, Benin/Sapele expressway in Delta. The FRSC Spokesman, Mr Bisi Kazeem confirmed this in a statement in Abuja stated that the fatal crash which occurred on Oct. 1 at about 1pm also had seven...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has issued a road advisory to motorists and diverted traffic along Enugu–Port Harcourt Dual Carriage Expressway following the collapse of a Flyover Bridge on the road. One of the flyover bridges across Enugu–Port Harcourt Dual Carriage Expressway collapsed on Monday...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – In what could be tagged a successful outing in the operational front during the first six months of the year 2023, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recorded a decline in the total number of road traffic crashes, total number...
No fewer than five people were confirmed dead on Sunday while 12 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident near the Foursquare Camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the development...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, says five women died when a container fell on a commercial bus at Odumodu Junction on Nteje-Awka . The state Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Awka on Friday. He said that the container fell...
Twenty persons died and 36 injured in separate auto crashes involving Toyota Hiace buses in two weeks in Kogi, an official has disclosed. Corps Commander Samuel Oyedeji, Kogi Sector Commander, FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday that the fatalities were from three...
The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Ogun Command, said that two persons died while one other sustained injury in an accident that involved two vehicles and two motorcycles on Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway. The Sector Commander, Mr Anthony Uga,who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Friday in Ota said that the accident...
A 6-month old baby boy has survived an accident while six passengers sustained critical injuries at Alaka inward CMS bridge in Lagos on Wednesday afternoon. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who witnessed the accident said the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had rescued the victims to Primary...
Two persons were confirmed dead while eight others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus and a truck around Christopher University on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mr. Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Tuesday....
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Command, said six persons lost their lives in an accident that occurred on Imesi- Ile highway. The Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamesia, said this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Sunday in Osogbo. Benamesia said...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo State said 146 persons died in various road traffic crashes in the state between January and June. Mr Joshua Adekanye, state Sector Commander of the corps, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ibadan. ...
The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dauda Biu, has ordered immediate clampdown on all old and rickety vehicles across the country. Biu gave the directives in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Mr Bisi Kazeem, on Thursday in Abuja. The FRSC Corps Marshal said...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says a total of 4,387 people were killed as a result of road traffic crashes from January to June across the 36 states and the FCT. The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said this in an interview...
A traditional ruler in Ogun, Oba Abraham Bankole, has been crushed to death by a truck on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bankole was the Olu of Onibuku in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of of the state NAN gathered that the truck, with registration number EPE 252...
No fewer than seven persons have lost their lives while five others injured in an accident on Monday at Kirila village along Birniwa-Malammadori road in Jigawa. Mr Gambo Ibrahim, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed this in a Road Traffic Crash (RTC) report...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Pursuant to the judgement passed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba, Delta State in Appeal No. CA/AS/276/2019: FRSC and Darlington Ugo Ehikim, wherein the the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) operations were restricted to only federal roads, the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali...