Category: Security / Safety

Curtailing 1.3m Deaths Associated With Road Accidents Yearly
February 21, 2019 No Responses

Curtailing 1.3m Deaths Associated With Road Accidents Yearly

1.3 million people die on our roads every year. That’s 3 500 people killed every day. How can better road safety policies stop this carnage? Experts from over 30 organisations led by Sweden and the World Health Organisation met in...
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Osun Elections: FRSC Deploys 60 Vehicles, Restricts Vehicular Movement Along Ibadan – Akure Express Way
September 21, 2018 No Responses

Osun Elections: FRSC Deploys 60 Vehicles, Restricts Vehicular Movement Along Ibadan – Akure Express Way

As part of additional efforts put in place to ensure compliance with restriction of vehicular movement during the Saturday 22 September, 2018 gubernatorial elections in Osun state, the Federal Road Safety Corps has deployed 15,000 personnel with 60 vehicles to...
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FRSC Gets Eight Assistant Corp Marshalls, Twelve Corps Commanders
September 8, 2018 No Responses

FRSC Gets Eight Assistant Corp Marshalls, Twelve Corps Commanders

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Board has approved the promotion of 8 Corps Commanders (CC) to the position of Assistant Corps Marshals (ACM) and the promotion of 12 Deputy Corps Commanders (DCC) to the position of Corps Commanders (CC)....
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FRSC Conducts 1,761 Eye Test, Discovers 350 Drivers With Sight Defects
August 29, 2018 No Responses

FRSC Conducts 1,761 Eye Test, Discovers 350 Drivers With Sight Defects

As part of its safer motoring environment in Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps  (FRSC)  during the 2018 Eid-El Kabir special patrol operations  engaged 1761 drivers nationwide in a free and voluntary Eye Test exercise.   Out of the total...
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FRSC Identifies 45 Corridors, Explains Alternative Routes
August 16, 2018 No Responses

FRSC Identifies 45 Corridors, Explains Alternative Routes

As part of strategies put in place by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to trend down road traffic crashes, the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has directed the Corps’ Operatives (Regular and Special Marshals) to effectively cover 45 Corridors...
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Seiyefa Is New DSS BOSS
August 8, 2018 No Responses

Seiyefa Is New DSS BOSS

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has appointed Mr Matthew Seiyefa as the Acting Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), following the sack of the former Director-General Lawal Daura, on Tuesday.  Seiyefa was before his new appointment the most sen...
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Experts Harp On Improved Road Safety Culture, Legal Framework For NAIDP
July 27, 2018 No Responses

Experts Harp On Improved Road Safety Culture, Legal Framework For NAIDP

Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com –      The Corp Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye  Oyeyemi  and Director General of National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC),Jelani Aliyu, on Thursday in Lagos gave an overvi...
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2018 Sallah: FRSC Explains 11 % Drop in Road Deaths
June 21, 2018 No Responses

2018 Sallah: FRSC Explains 11 % Drop in Road Deaths

Following the just concluded 2018 Eid-El-Fitri Sallah Special Patrol which lasted from Wednesday 13 June 2018 to Monday 18 June 2018, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded 51 deaths (11% decrease in the number of people killed) in road...
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FRSC Returns 65,000 Euros To Benin Bound Accident Victims On Iyare Motors
June 16, 2018 No Responses

FRSC Returns 65,000 Euros To Benin Bound Accident Victims On Iyare Motors

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun command, said it had returned over 65,000 Euros recovered from an accident scene to the victims.   Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s Public Education...
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FRSC Deploys 3,500 Personnel, 43 Patrol Vans, Trucks, Others
June 15, 2018 No Responses

FRSC Deploys 3,500 Personnel, 43 Patrol Vans, Trucks, Others

As part of measures to ensure accident free Sallah celebration, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos and Ogun states zone has deployed over 3500 personnel, including regulars and Special Marshals, Medical team, 43 patrol vans, eight motorbikes, six ambu...
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NDLEA Intensifies Clampdown, Impounds Four Tonnes of Tramador Tablet At Lagos Airport
May 18, 2018 No Responses

NDLEA Intensifies Clampdown, Impounds Four Tonnes of Tramador Tablet At Lagos Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has impounded four tonnes of imported Tramador tablet at the shed of one of the ground handling companies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The anti-narcotics agency also said that it....
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FG Probes National Assembly Invasion
April 19, 2018 No Responses

FG Probes National Assembly Invasion

The Federal Government has expressed shock at the invasion of the National Assembly and the subsequent snatching of the Senate mace by thugs on Wednesday. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Moham...
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Nigerian Air Force Trains Pioneer Pilots For Liberian Armed Forces
April 17, 2018 No Responses

Nigerian Air Force Trains Pioneer Pilots For Liberian Armed Forces

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has winged two Liberian pilots, who are the first set of pilots to be trained for the Liberian Armed Forces thereby strengthening the long-standing relationship between Nigeria and Liberia.       The Liberian pilots had their....
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Easter Patrol: FRSC Rescues 1,071, Records 160 Crashes
April 7, 2018 No Responses

Easter Patrol: FRSC Rescues 1,071, Records 160 Crashes

Following the just concluded 2018 Easter special patrol which lasted from Wednesday 28 March 2018 to Tuesday 3 April 2018, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded a total of 1,071 number of people rescued from a total of 160...
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