The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has unveiled groundbreaking strategies to combat Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs), shifting focus from motor park rallies to community-based initiatives across the country. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Olusegun Ogungbemide said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja....
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President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday ordered security and law enforcement agencies to take action against individuals involved in trafficking stolen vehicles. The agencies tasked with this responsibility include: the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigerian Ports...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday commiserated with the Tijjaniyya Movement in Nigeria over the death of 40 of its members killed in an auto crash on Sunday. Scores of others were injured in the incident. The victims were on their way from Kwandari in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Edo has said that the bodies of two children in a bus that plunged into Ovia River, were yet to be recovered six days after the accident. Sector Commander. Edo FRSC, Mr Cyril Mathew, disclosed this during an interview with the News...
The death toll in a road accident that occurred in Saminaka, in the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 40. The accident, which occurred around 1 pm on Sunday, involved mostly children, who were travelling to celebrate Eld El Maulud, a Muslim festival to mark...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed 25 deaths in a fatal road accident at Saminaka in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Sector Commander, Kaduna State Sector Command, Corps Commander (CC), Kabir Nadabo, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says one person died and eight were rescued in an accident that occurred on Third Mainland Bridge on Monday. Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr Taofiq Adebayo, made this known in a statement in Lagos. “A tragic and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the government and people of Niger over the petrol tanker explosion in the state on Sunday, which claimed the lives of 48 people and livestock. According to the Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Federal Road Safety...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) Shehu Mohammed, has called on stakeholders, and the motoring public to join FRSC in cautioning their subjects against night tavels. Mohammed, who made the call in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Corps Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide on Monday...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru-Bago has expressed sadness over the petrol tanker explosion that killed 48 people in Essa village in Katcha Local Government Area. The incident occurred on Sunday morning along the Bida-Agaie-Lapai highway. Bago, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary,...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Command, says it will start arresting drivers and impounding vehicles without speed limit devices in the state. The FRSC Sector Commander, Mrs Joyce Alexander, said this at a news conference on Friday, in Awka. Alexander said that records had shown that...
From whatever perspective you choose to look at him, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed is a voyage in the transportation industry with a touch of class. One of the most outstanding safety practitioners whose efficiency, knowledge, diligence and professionalism have become another definition of standard...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has launched a mobile app and National Crash Reporting Information System (NACRIS) to address road traffic crashes and other road safety-related issues across the country. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, speaking at the launch on Thursday in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has embarked on a 30-day intensive operation, tagged ‘Operation Karara’, aimed at checking the excesses of motorists who disregard traffic lights in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Muta’a Chorrie, made this announcement while addressing operatives at the sector command...
Six persons have been confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck and a Toyota Sienna at Verony, Ogere, on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta on Friday. Okpe said that the...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, says 16 people were burned to death and five injured in a road accident on Tuesday night. Ondo State Sector Commander of FRSC, Samuel Ibitoye, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Ibitoye said that...
A reckless driver on Thursday killed a final year student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, throwing the institution into a gloomy state. The victim, a student of the Department of Foreign Languages, was at the school to submit her project when she was knocked down while crossing...
A lone accident at Malo, Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, on Tuesday left 12 people burnt to death, leaving four others sustaining injuries. The spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident in a statement issued in Abeokuta on...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 16 persons in an accident involving multiple vehicles at the Ojoo-Iwo Road axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday. The spokesperson, FRSC, Oyo State Sector Command, Mr Mayowa Odewo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, has vowed to prosecute any drunk drivers who knock down pedestrians while crossing the road. The FRSC Ogun Sector Commander, Mr Akinwumi Fasakin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ota, that such acts of drunk driving...