Safety and Security Archives — Page 7 of 9

November 12, 2020 No Responses

Road Accidents:FRSC Urges partnership With Stakeholders

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Katsina State Sector Command, has urged all stakeholders to partner with the corps to reduce the high rate of accidents on the highways that result in loss of lives and property. The Sector Commander, Mr...

November 11, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Records 142 Crashes, 70 Deaths In Q3

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, recorded 142 road crashes and 70 deaths in the third quarter of 2020. Mrs Uche Chukwurah, FRSC Sector Commander in the state gave the details while briefingJournalists in Ibadan on Tuesday. Ch...

November 9, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Cautions Motorists On Foggy, Hazy Weather Condition

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned motorists to be conscious of the foggy and hazy weather condition associated with the Harmattan season. The Corps Public Education Officer, ACM Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an interview with the News...

October 12, 2020 No Responses

FRSC To Clampdown On Trucks With Unlatched Containers

The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) is to monitor truck drivers carrying containers with a view to ensure that unlatched containers are not allowed to move on the highway. The Rivers Sector Commander, Corps Commandant, Salisu Galadunci, made this kn...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Cautions Transporters Against Use Of Air Conditioner

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zone 5 Command, Benin, has warned commercial motorists against the use of the air-conditioning system to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The FRSC Zonal Commander, ACM Ayobami Omiyale, gave the warning on Thursday....

July 5, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Promotes Fomsuk, Obayemi To DCM

The Federal Road Safety Commission Board (FRSCB) has approved the promotion of two Assistant Corps Marshal from the North Central Geopolitical Zone to the rank of Deputy Corps Marshal with immediate effect. FRSC’s Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, annou...

June 20, 2020 No Responses

New Rivers FRSC Sector Commander Seeks Police, DSS’s Cooperation, Support

The new Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Rivers, Salisu Galadunci, has called for cooperation from sister security agencies in the state.Galadunci made the call in a statement issued by the command’s Public Education Officer, Mr...

May 31, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Promotes Kazeem, Omeje, Others

The Federal Road Safety Commission Board, on thursday 29th May, 2020, approved the promotion of 10 Corps Commanders (CC) to the rank of Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) and 32 Deputy Corps Commanders (DCC) to the rank of Corps Commander. The...

April 2, 2020 No Responses

Customs Hands Over N.84m Hemp To NDLEA

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in Bauchi on Thursday handed over 40 bags of Indian hemp it confiscated from fleeing suspects to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for custody and investigation.Speaking at the hand over ceremony in Bauc...

January 13, 2020 No Responses

Diversion: FRSC Deploys 100 Officers To Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed 100 personnel to control traffic on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway following resumption of diversion to continue reconstruction. Mr Samuel Obayemi, the FRSC’s Zonal Commanding Officer, Zone RS2, comprising Lagos and...

January 10, 2020 No Responses

NAMA: Our Navigational, Landing Aids Remain Serviceable

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) on Thursday explained that its navigational and landing aids remain serviceable.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) had earlier issued a statement...

January 10, 2020 No Responses

Amotekun Not Regional Police, To Collaborate With All Security Agencies

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has dispelled rumours making the rounds that the newly launched Western Nigeria Security Network code-named Operation Amotekun is a regional police. Fayemi who spoke in Ibadan at the launch of the security apparatus stat...

January 9, 2020 No Responses

SON Advises Consumers On Safe Use Of Gas Cylinders

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has advised Nigerians to be safety conscious in using gas cylinders, in view of the recent gas explosions in some parts of the country. The Director-General of the organisation, Osita Aboloma, gave the warning...

January 6, 2020 No Responses

Oyo To Procure 10 Modern Fire-Fighting Equipment

The Oyo State Government is set to acquire 10 modern fire-fighting equipment through a competitive bidding process. Prof. Raphael Afonja, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, made this known in a statement issued by Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief...