Security / Safety Archives — Page 46 of 47

May 12, 2017 No Responses

FRSC boss implores commanding officers on purposeful leadership

At the first quarter review of the 2017 Management/Commanding Officers Strategy Session of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at the Corps’ Academy at Udi, Enugu state, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has charged Unit Commanders from...

April 29, 2017 No Responses

Road accidents claim 1,466 Nigerians in three months

Not less than 1,466 Nigerians died as a result of road accidents between January and March, this year. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 1,363 of the 1,466 Nigerians that got killed in the period were adults. NBS...

April 24, 2017 No Responses

FRSC recalls ‘drunk officials ’ for disciplinary action

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recalled some of its operatives in Nteje Unit Command under the Anambra State Sector Command for disciplinary action. A statement issued on Monday by FRSC’s Head, Media Relations and Strategy, Bisi Kazeem...

April 23, 2017 No Responses

FRSC declares war against overloading in Zamfara State

Worried by cases of overloading with human beings and goods in Gusau, Zamfara state, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has declared a major operation against the menace, giving a marching order to...

April 21, 2017 No Responses

Oyeyemi lauds road users on traffic compliance during Easter

In the aftermath of the 2017 Easter Special Patrol by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has commended road users for their compliance with the traffic rules and regulations during the festive period, saying...

April 19, 2017 No Responses

FRSC sets aside N300m for DCMs accommodation, N8.3b for allowances in 2017

Barring any last minutes adjustment, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will before the end of this year purchase Abuja residential accommodation for Deputy Corps Marshalls (DCMs) at a cost of N300 million. Also within the year, the management of...

April 11, 2017 No Responses

FRSC earmarks N1.2B for new vehicles, fuel, research, others in 2017

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is to intensify its patrol and other activities in 2017 as part of measures to curtail road accident across the country. In 2016, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria recorded not...

March 31, 2017 No Responses

Critical role of environmental safety, security, by NPA boss

The Management of Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA) has assured stakeholders in the Maritime sub- sector of its readiness to prioritize matters concerning Operational, Safety and Security with the view to providing necessary support in this regards across the na...

March 24, 2017 No Responses

Road accident claims 5,053 Nigerians in one year

Between January and December 2016, Nigeria recorded not less than 11, 363 road accident nationwide. Within the period, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded the highest number of accidents, followed by Kaduna and Niger States, while Borno and Bayelsa record...

March 19, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki implores security group on information gathering

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has charged the Edo State Vigilante group to ensure that they gather information properly saying that the security system of any nation would be ineffective and inefficient if there was a lack of proper...

February 5, 2017 No Responses

Ibori arrives Oghara

Former Delta State Governor, Mr. James Ibori, who returned to Nigeria, on Saturday in an early morning British Airways flight from London has arrived his home town in Oghara. He was reported quizzed upon his arrival in Abuja by the...

January 26, 2017 No Responses

Somali hotel bomb attack ‘kills 28’

Ambulance workers in the Somali capital Mogadishu have told the BBC they have counted 28 dead bodies at a hotel following a bomb attack by militants. They said 43 others, including seven journalists, were injured after bombs exploded at the...

January 25, 2017 No Responses

NSC donates Toyota Hilux van to Marine Police Command

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has donated a Toyota Hilux patrol van to the Marine Police Command to aid their operations at the ports. The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Council, Mr. Hassan Bello, while handing the...

January 19, 2017 No Responses

IDP Camp: FG delegation arrives in Maiduguri

A high-level federal government delegation has arrived in Maiduguri in connection with Tuesday’s deadly accidental bombing of an IDP camp in Rann by a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet. The delegation includes Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari,.....