Motorists plying the Abuja-Lokoja Highway may now heave a sigh of relief as the two articulated trucks that combined with flood to render the road impassable at Koton-Karfe in Kogi, have been removed. The two trucks were towed off the road on Saturday. The trucks, one with NNPC inscription...
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The Abuja-Lokoja highway on Friday got blocked for motorists as two articulated vehicles broke down adjacent to each other. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed motorists to avoid the road for alternative routes not to get into the built up gridlock around Koton-Karfe, Kogi Local Government Area....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced the diversion of traffic on the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway due to the increasing floods in Kogi State. The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal , Bisi Kazeem announced this in a statement issued on Friday in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, has warned motorists and the public against demonising Ember Months as blood sucking and tears period. The state Sector Commander, Joshua Adekanye, gave the warning on Thursday at the flag-off of Ember Months Campaign in Ibadan. The News Agency of...
Two persons had been burnt beyond recognition, while three others sustained injuries when a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS or petrol) exploded at Ilo-Awela Junction, at Toll-Gate area on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Ogun Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), who confirmed the development...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has debunked a publication by online platforms misinforming the public about an ongoing recruitment of personnel into the services of the Corps. FRSC, therefore, cautioned potential job seekers against falling into the hands of scammers. The Corps Public...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that four people have been killed in a multiple fatal crash that occurred on Thursday at Tashan Mai-Alewa along Bauchi-Kano road in Ganjuwa local government area of Bauchi state. He...
The Zonal Commanding Officer (ZCO) of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in charge of the FCT and Niger, Assistant Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed, says there is no mystery about “ember months“. Mohammed made his view known on Monday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed four persons dead and 10 others with varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident in Zanchita village on Bida – Kutugi Road, Bida LGA of Niger. Mr Kumar Tsukwam, FRSC Sector Commander in the state, told the News Agency of...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday said its members in the nation’s tertiary institutions would continue to occupy major highways in protest against the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). They spoke one after the other at Sagamu interchange on Lagos-Ibadan...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ore Unit Command in Ondo State, urged motorists to be patient and avoid speeding on the expressway to avoid unnecessary crashes. Mr Sikiru Alonge the unit commander, made the call while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, confirming an...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, has confirmed the death of 15 persons in Friday’s accident on Eruwa-Lanlate road in Ibarapa East Local Government area of the state. It was earlier reported that no fewer than 20 persons were burnt to death in the accident which...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – At least 9 passengers have been confirmed dead and ten others injured in a fatal crash at Yangoji-Abaji road, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, confirmed this in a statement on...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said that its personnel had not started carrying any form of fire arms whether on patrol or on other official duties. The Acting Corps Marshal, FRSC Mr Dauda Biu, said this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) FRSC, Mr...
Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday began the annual Ember Months campaign with an awareness and fitness walk. The Corps Marshal’s Walk held in Awka, was attended by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Man o’ War, Sports Commission, Footballers’ Association, National Drug...
No fewer than 45 persons were involved in an accident involving a luxury bus on Saturday at Ejule- Ochadamu road in Kogi. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official said that the accident occurred at 8 a. m. in which 13 persons were injured. The Kogi FRSC Sector Commander,...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, has told its officers to redouble their commitment to public enlightenment and education, to reduce crashes on highways. Mr Ezekiel SonAllah, State Sector Commander, made the call at a one day capacity building oganised for the officers of Public Enlightenment...
The Federal Road Safety (Corps) said it was targeting minimal Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) and zero fatality during 2022 ‘Ember Months’ as it commences nationwide end of the year campaign. The Acting Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dauda Biu, announced the commencement of the ‘2022 ember months campaign at a press...
Two separate auto crashes on Monday left one person dead while six others escaped death with various degrees of injury in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a collision between a Tricycle and a motorcycle rider, otherwise known as “Okada” flung the Okada rider in front...
Commuters on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway are still having nightmares travelling on the ever-busy road due to gridlock caused by bad portions around Kara market and the ongoing reconstruction within the area. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on-the-spot assessment of the situation on Sunday, observed that...