Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi, says no fewer than eight persons lost their lives in a road accident that occurred in Bauchi on Saturday. Abdullahi confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Sunday. According...
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FRSC in Ogun State on Saturday cautioned motorists against excessive speeding as the Lotto to Deeper Life construction zone of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway opened for the Yuletide. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, stated at Ota, Ogun State, that the opening of the construction zone was part of decisions...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 1,060 Special and Regular Marshals as well as medical personnel will be deployed across Bauchi State from 17th December, 2021 to 15th January, 2022 to ensure an accident-free Yuletide, the Federal Road Safety Corp has stated. A statement signed and made available...
A Liquefied Petroleum Gas ( LPG) tanker, exploded at a filling station, on Onitsha-Enugu Expressway, Anambra, on Sunday night, setting vehicles and buildings on fire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the LPG tanker which exploded at about 7.30.p.m., spread fire to two other filling stations and...
By BARBARA KALU, Akwa – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra said an accident involving two vehicles at Ogbunike Hill, Onitsha-Awka Expressway, claimed the lives of two male adults. The Corps Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to newsmen in Awka, said the accident...
Armed robbers have killed a policeman and a Special Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Monday in Aramoko-Ekiti when they raided an old generation bank. A source who requested anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that armed robbers stormed the bank through Igede-Ado-Ekiti Road after...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta- The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of three persons along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday in an accident involving two vehicles. The accident occurred at Ogere, near Sapade area of the state. The Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Ahmed Umar,...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command said that two persons lost their lives as a vehicle plunged into the Ososa River along the Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ogun- No fewer than two persons have died in an accident involving two vehicles on the Ore-Benin Highway on Sunday. Ogun Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Ahmed Umar, said on Monday that eight other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 850 road traffic crashes have been recorded in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) resulting in 159 deaths and 1,572 injuries between January and November, 2021. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), FCT Sector Commander, Mr Oga Ochi, revealed this at the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ogun – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned motorists against reckless driving to avoid mishap as a tanker burst into flames on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Sector Commander of FRSC in Ogun State, Mr Ahmed Umar, gave the advice in a statement he issued...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State Sector Command, has confirmed that six people were killed while 19 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a fatal crash that occurred on Monday at about 6.20pm. The Sector Commander, FRSC, Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed this to...
Many people were on Friday feared dead and others burnt beyond recognition while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a ghastly auto accident on the Ore-Okitipupa axis of Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accident which resulted into an inferno occurred due...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Five people have been killed while three others sustained various degrees of injuries following a fatal crash that occurred on Thursday night. The Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State Sector Command, Yusuf Abdullahi, confirmed the incident to our Correspondent on Friday. He said that...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that five people were killed in a multiple fatal accident that occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Nabardo village along Bauchi-Toro-Jos highway. He said that some of the passengers were burnt beyond recognition...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi has said no fewer than six people have lost their lives in a lone road crash that occurred on Sunday. The FRSC Sector Commander, Yusuf Abdullah, told newsmen on Monday that 15 others were seriously injured as...
The Kwara Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 48 lives were lost to 61 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) in October this year, in the state. The Kwara Sector Commander of the FRSC, Jonathan Owoade, who revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin,...
The Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, on Wednesday said the economic cost of road accidents in Nigeria amounted to about N450 billion annually. Saraki also said the recent approval granted the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to reconstruct 21 federal roads across the country was a...