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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...

January 29, 2018 No Responses

Accident claims 20 lives along Kaduna-Abuja expressway

No fewer than 20 people died in a ghastly motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja expressed way on Sundaynight. The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps in Kaduna State, Umar Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna...

October 15, 2017 No Responses

Four killed, six injured in Cargo plane crash

A cargo plane has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, close to Abidjan airport, killing four people and injuring six. The wreckage of the turboprop plane, which was carrying 10people, was swept toward a beach where rescuers treated surviving...

July 3, 2017 No Responses

FRSC records 32 per cent decrease in death

Data gathered from the just concluded June 2017 Eid El Fitri Special Patrol by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has revealed significant decrease in road accidents fatality rates when compared to the year 2016 Eid El Fitri. According...

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...

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...