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July 27, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Laments Cases Of Unclaimed Corpses

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has decried the rising cases of unclaimed corpses of accident victims. Worried by the development, the FRSC has advised road transport workers on the importance of maintaining traveller manifest at motor parks for easy...

July 12, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Probes Boat Mishap

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday ordered a probe into the July 8, Mile 2-Ibeshe boat accident in which 16 lives were lost. According to the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, the Governor also commisera...

June 26, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Tasks Unit Commanders On Accident Reduction

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun State Command, has charged its unit commanders to be innovative on how to check traffic congestion and reduce road accidents in their corridors. The command also reiterated the need to seek the support...

May 25, 2022 No Responses

NIWA Decries Increased Boats’ Mishaps, Threatens Punitive Measures

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has decried the increase in boats’ mishaps within the nation’s waterways, leading to loss of innocent lives. NIWA’s Managing Director, Dr George Moghalu, said this in an interview with the News Agency ...

April 30, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Begins Special Patrol On Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed Special and Regular Marshals on major highways and strategic locations in Ogun State to ensure free flow of traffic during Sallah. The FRSC Unit Commander for Ota, Mr Akeem Ganiyu, made this kn...

March 6, 2022 No Responses

ACM Shehu Mohammed: FRSC Has Improved On Response Time To Accident Scenes

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has improved its response time to accident scenes across the country, Zonal Commanding Officer, Zone RS7, FCT and Niger State, Assistant Corp Marshall, Shehu Mohammed has said. According to ACM Mohammed, th...

February 20, 2022 No Responses

How FRSC Reduced Road Traffic Crashes By 54 % In 34 Years, By Oyeyemi

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it significantly scaled down the number of Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) from 28,215 in 1987 to 13,027 in 2021, representing 54 per cent reduction. The Corps Marshal of FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, said...

February 19, 2022 No Responses

Dangote Faults FRSC On Ogun Accident Report

By ebosele@hotmail.com — The management of Dangote Group has denied ownership of a truck involved in a fatal crash that claimed several lives on Friday along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. In a statement sent to City BusinessNews Online, Dangote Group...

February 16, 2022 No Responses

Senate Passes Act To Empower AIB-N Investigate Maritime, Rail Accidents

By ebosele@hotmail.com — The Senate on Tuesday passed the bill for the Act to provide for the establishment of Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), a multimodal accident investigation agency, coming about a month after the House of Repres...

January 15, 2022 No Responses

2021: FRSC Records 235 Road Accidents, 149 Deaths In Edo

Between January and December 2021, Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded not less than 235 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) and 149 deaths. Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamaisia, in an interview with the&nb...

January 5, 2022 No Responses

Customs Confirm One Death In Sokoto Checkpoint Accident

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Sokoto and Zamfara area commands, have confirmed the death of one person in a checkpoint accident which occurred at Asara village, Sokoto-Illela road. The command’s spokesman, Mr Balarabe Yusuf, in a statement on Tues...

October 1, 2021 No Responses

Accidents Claim 137 In FCT

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Sector Command, says road accidents claimed 137 lives in the past nine months. The sector commander, Mr Samuel Ochi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja...

August 10, 2021 No Responses

India Attributes 3,564 Accidents In 2020 To Potholes

Not less than 3,564 road accidents occurred in India due to potholes in 2020. The figure is the lowest in the last five years, Parliament was informed on Monday. In a written reply, Minister of Road Transport and...

July 28, 2021 No Responses

FRSC records 108 accidents, arrests 6,055 Offenders

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded not less than 108 accidents during the Eid el-Kabir special operations nationwide, a decline of 12 per cent when compared with 2019. In a statement on Tuesday, the Corps Public Education Officer and&nbs...