Security / Safety Archives — Page 44 of 47

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 senior director in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....

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...

February 22, 2018 one Response

Army Rescues Yobe School Girls

Some of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Government Girls secondary school Dapchi in Yobe have been rescued by the army. Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, Director General to Yobe governor on Press affairs, disclosed this in a press statement...

February 20, 2018 No Responses

IBB to FRSC: Be Dynamic, Brace Up for Modern Challenges

As the FRSC marks 30 years of its existence, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), Nigeria’s former military leader, has urged the outfit to be dynamic and brace up for challenges posed by new technologies. “The FRSC must brace up for modern...

February 19, 2018 one Response

Monarch to Politicians: Focus on economy, Security

As politicians gear up for campaigns ahead of the 2019 general elections, a first class traditional ruler in Nasarawa State has advised them to focus on the economy and security. Chief Luka Baba, the Esu Karu, gave the advice on...

February 18, 2018 one Response

Buhari Felicitates With FRSC At 30

President Muhammadu Buhari felicitates with the management and staff of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) as the organisation celebrates 30 years of its establishment. The President commends the vision of its founding fathers in February 1988 in response to...

February 13, 2018 one Response

Buhari challenges security agencies on intelligence gathering

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the nation’s security agencies, particularly the Police and Department of State Services (DSS), to take intelligence-gathering and sharing much more seriously. The President, who gave the challenge on his official tw...