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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 Representatives passed the same bill. ...

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...

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...