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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...

January 8, 2021 No Responses

FRSC Records 10,522 Road Accidents, 4,794 Deaths In 2020

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says no fewer than 10, 522 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) were recorded nationwide in 2020 involving 17,614 vehicles. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an.....

August 28, 2020 No Responses

Helicopter Crash: Sanwo-Olu Commiserates With Victims’ Families

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with families, friends and associates of the victims of the unfortunate helicopter crash in Opebi, Lagos. Sanwo-Olu expressed his condolence in a message signed by his Chief Press Secret...

July 27, 2020 No Responses

Two Passengers Killed As Container Falls On Bus In Lagos

Two persons died on Sunday while three others were injured when a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus at Ilasamaja on the Oshodi-Badagry Expressway in Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (L...

March 14, 2020 No Responses

Osinbajo’s Outrider Dies In Road Accident

The Presidency has announced the death of a police outrider on the convoy of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a statement in Abuja,...

August 19, 2019 No Responses

AIB Seeks Power To Investigate Road, Rail, Marine Accidents

The Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Akin Olateru, has disclosed that a bill to empower the bureau to investigate rail, road and marine accidents and serious incidents is currently before the Senate. Akin Olateru, who confirmed the developmen...

May 5, 2019 No Responses

Auto Accident Claims 16 Lives In Kano

No fewer than 16 persons have died on Friday evening when three vehicles collided at Tukai Village in Dambatta Local Government Area in Kano State. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Kabiru Ibrahim,...

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...

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...

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 12, 2018 No Responses

Shagaya: Buhari condoles family, people of Plateau

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the tragic accident that took the life of Sen. John Shagaya, and condoled the family over the loss. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr...