Seventeen persons died and three others were injured in an auto crash in Yaura village, on Wudil-Bauchi Road, in Albasu Local Government Area. The Kano State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Ibrahim Sallau Abdullahi, confirmed the incident in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi...
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A commercial motorcyclist and his passenger, on Wednesday, lost their lives after colliding with a truck at Bible College area on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in...
No fewer than 10 passengers were burnt to death on Oyo-Ogbomoso road on Thursday. The passengers, involved in a head on collision involving a Mazda and a Toyota Hiace passenger buses, were burnt beyond recognition. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the incident in an interview with the...
A fuel-laden tanker has exploded on Wednesday along the Ore-Benin Expressway in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was the second of such explosions in the area in nine days as a kerosene tanker also burst into flames there on Jan. 31 roasting its driver. Mr...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 42 passengers in a commuter bus narrowly escaped death on Tuesday in Onitsha, when a tipper rammed into their vehicle. The Anambra Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to...
The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ) in Osun, said that four persons escaped death in an accident on Akure -Ilesa highway. The Osun Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamaisai , said this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Monday in Osogbo. Benamaisai...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State Sector Command says two people were killed in a fatal crash that occurred at Miya-Barkate along Toro-Jos road, Toro Local Government Area of the State. The FRSC, in a road traffic crash report from RS 12.14,...
No fewer than 11 people were burnt to death on Sunday on Soka bridge, Ore, on the Ore-Benin expressway in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Mr Sikiru Alonge, the Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ore Unit told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) killed 381 people during the Yuletide “Operation Zero” tolerance to crashes across the nation. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dauda Biu, said this during a press briefing on Friday in Abuja that the Corps recorded a total of 626...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – As Political Parties intensify campaigns for the fast approaching 2023 General Elections, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Ali Biu has for the umpteenth time cautioned all road users, including campaign convoy drivers to as much as possible avoid speeding, recklessness on...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will conduct the certification of drivers and vehicles to be used for the forthcoming elections across the the country, an official said on Monday. “The responsibility is in line with the Standard Operating Procedures of Election in Nigeria”, Mr Oga Ochi, the Sector...
The Police Command in Kebbi has confirmed that 18 people died when a truck conveying passengers and cows crashed at Malisa village, Gwandu Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the command, SP Nafi’u Abubakar, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Plateau State has said two people were killed and 52 others injured when a trailer rammed into 14 vehicles around Zakaliyo on Jos-Bauchi road. Mr Peter Longsan, the Public Enlightenment Officer of the command disclosed this in a statement on Monday in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said 16 persons died and 83 sustained various degrees of injury in the truck accident involving PDP supporters in Plateau. The FRSC said that the truck was conveying 99 supporters of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) when it crashed on Saturday evening...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State, Yusuf Andullahi, has confirmed that five people were killed in a multiple fatal crash that occurred on Saturday morning. He said 12 others sustained various degrees of bruises in the crash that occurred at...
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned motorists against route violation or driving against traffic as construction work resumes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, gave the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun said no fewer than 20 passengers escaped death in a lone accident that occurred on Iwo-Ibadan expressway on Friday. The Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Friday in...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 18 people have been burnt to ashes in a multiple fatal crash that occurred a few kilometers to Nabardo village along the ever-busy Bauchi-Jos road. The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State Sector Command, confirmed the incident to newsmen on...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday confirmed 15 persons dead and five others seriously injured in an auto crash that occurred in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the crash followed a collision between J-5 Boxer Bus and a Petroleum Tanker, at Koton-Karfe along...
No fewer than seven persons were confirmed dead on Sunday while 16 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus and Mack tanker few meters to Gofamaint on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun confirmed the...