Category: Security / Safety

Accident claims 20 lives along Kaduna-Abuja expressway
January 29, 2018 No Responses

Accident claims 20 lives along Kaduna-Abuja expressway

No fewer than 20 people died in a ghastly motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja expressed way on Sundaynight.  The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps in Kaduna State, Umar Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna...
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Qatar stakes £6b on 24 eurofighter jets
December 11, 2017 No Responses

Qatar stakes £6b on 24 eurofighter jets

A £6bn deal to sell Eurofighter Typhoons to Qatar will help safeguard thousands of UK jobs.   BAE Systems employs about 5,000 people in the UK to build the fighter jets, mainly at Warton in Lancashire. Qatar’s purchase of 24...
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FRSC Lekki remembers Road Traffic Victims
November 20, 2017 No Responses

FRSC Lekki remembers Road Traffic Victims

The Lekki unit command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has held different programmes to mark the yearly World Day Remembrance of Road Traffic Crash victims. According to a statement by the Unit Commander, Azubike Onyemeh, series of activities...
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FRSC to deploy 2,000 personnel, 100 vehicles for Anambra polls
November 5, 2017 No Responses

FRSC to deploy 2,000 personnel, 100 vehicles for Anambra polls

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is to deploy additional 2,000 personnel and 100 vehicles for the Nov. 18 gubernatorial election in Anambra. Its Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in a phone interview with the News Agency...
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FRSC revamps academy, explains partnership with World Bank, Netherland
October 28, 2017 No Responses

FRSC revamps academy, explains partnership with World Bank, Netherland

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) through the Federal Government is investing on the development of infrastructure in the FRSC academy in Udi, Enugu State.    According to the FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, the academy had provided training for most...
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NPA boss reiterates commitment to safety standards
October 7, 2017 No Responses

NPA boss reiterates commitment to safety standards

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has reiterated the commitment of the organisation to Safety Standards for all aspects of operations at the nation’s Seaports.   She expressed this commitment in her remarks at the...
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Buhari in Maiduguri, lauds military
October 2, 2017 No Responses

Buhari in Maiduguri, lauds military

Pesident Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday marked the military ceremonies of the National Independence Day in Maiduguri, Borno State, the epicenter of the Boko Haram terrorism and insurgency to honor the courage and sacrifices of the Armed Forces. The ceremony which....
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Road safety seminar holds October 12th
October 1, 2017 No Responses

Road safety seminar holds October 12th

Road crashes have been identified globally as a major threat to the lives and wellbeing of youths and young adults all over the world especially in developing nations.  These subsets of the population are the most active road users and...
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Road safety management, safer vehicles, others to take centre stage at FRSC annual lecture
August 17, 2017 No Responses

Road safety management, safer vehicles, others to take centre stage at FRSC annual lecture

Topical issues which bother on the five pillars of the Decade of Action for road safety in Africa will constitute parts of what will be discussed at the 7th annual Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) lecture in Abuja.    The...
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FRSC boss congratulates new GOCOP executives
August 12, 2017 No Responses

FRSC boss congratulates new GOCOP executives

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has congratulated the Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, on his emergence as the President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers during the association’s election...
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NPA commissions 24-hour emergency clinic
August 4, 2017 No Responses

NPA commissions 24-hour emergency clinic

As part of measures to ensure effective implementation of the Executive Order concerning the ease of doing Business at Ports, the Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commissioned a 24 hour emergency clinic to cater for health concerns....
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FRSC records 32 per cent decrease in death
July 3, 2017 No Responses

FRSC records 32 per cent decrease in death

Data gathered from the just concluded June 2017 Eid El Fitri Special Patrol by the  Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has  revealed significant decrease in road accidents fatality rates when  compared to the year 2016 Eid El Fitri.   According...
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FRSC rescues 401,454 in six years, depoys 1,201 Breathalyzers
June 14, 2017 No Responses

FRSC rescues 401,454 in six years, depoys 1,201 Breathalyzers

By Moses Ebosele (ebosele@hotmail.com) –    Between 2011 and 2016, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) rescued alive not less than 401,454 Nigerians from crash scenes across the country.    Speaking at the just concluded 2017 Nigeria Auto Journalist...
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FRSC begins Psychiatric test for traffic offenders July 1
June 13, 2017 No Responses

FRSC begins Psychiatric test for traffic offenders July 1

Come July 1, 2017, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will resume enforcement of psychiatric tests on traffic law offenders nationwide.   According to Bisi Kazeem, FRSC ‘s Corps Public Education Officer,  in a press statement in Abuja on Monday, Cor...
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