Tag: Federal Road Safety Corps
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Auto crash claims 11 lives in Kwara
The federal road safety corps (FRSC) have confirmed that 11 persons lost their lives in a Road Traffic Crash (RTC) on Sunday. The Kwara Sector Commander, Corps Commander Jonathan Owoade, who confirmed this to newsmen in Ilorin, said that the crash occurred on Jebba-Bode Saadu road. Owoade said that the crash involved a private Toyota…
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7 die in early Tuesday crash in Kwara
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of seven people in an early Tuesday accident that occurred in Ayekale Village on Bode Saadu-Ilorin Expressway in Kwara. The Kwara Sector Commander, Jonathan Owoade, told newsmen in Ilorin that the crash was caused by over-speeding. Owoade said the corpses have been deposited at the…
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Overspeeding vehicle kills 1, injures another in Ondo
Mr Ezekiel SonAllah, Sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State, has confirmed the killing of a hawker by an overspeeding vehicle in Akure on Friday. He told our correspondentthat another hawker was severely injured in the accident that occurred along Airport Road, Oba-Ile. The sector commander said the driver of the vehicle ran…
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Ember Months: FRSC set to inaugurate “Operation Show of Readiness’’
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says it is set to inaugurate“Operation Show of Readiness’’ as part of efforts to reduce road traffic accidents during the 2021 ember months. Mr Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) told our correspondent on Tuesday that the operation would involve massive sensitisation campaign ahead of the corps’…
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Ember months: FRSC plans ‘slow down speed’ sensitisation in Enugu
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will engage in massive stakeholders’ advocacy and sensitisation on `slow down speed’ in the forthcoming `ember’ months to reduce crashes in Enugu State. The Sector Commander, FRSC Enugu State Command, Mr Joseph Udoabba, made this known to our correspondent in Enugu on Monday while speaking on plans…
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FRSC set to dislodge commercial drivers, motorcyclists, hawkers from flyover
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is set to dislodge commercial drivers, motorcyclists and hawkers causing gridlocks on the Ore flyover on Ore-Benin Expressway. “The flyover was built to ease traffic flow, but the reverse is the case now,’’ Mr Sikiru Alonge, the new FRSC Unit Commander said on Monday in Ore,…
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FRSC yet to remit N5.1bn to federation account, FRC alleges
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has alleged that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is yet to remit N5.1 billion into the Federation Account from 2016 to 2019FRC made the allegation on Wednesday in Abuja at the ongoing public hearing on 2022 to 2024 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP).The public hearing…
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FG unveils new guidelines for special marshals
The Federal Government has unveiled new guidelines for Special Marshals, an arm of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), to strengthen the operations of the group. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF) Mr Boss Mustapha, unveiled the new guidelines during the 15th National Summit of the Special Marshals on Thursday in Abuja.…
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FRSC records 5,320 crashes, 2,471 deaths nationwide in 6 months
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded 5,320 road crashes (Road Traffic Crashes) and 2,471 deaths in the first half of 2021 nationwide. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Mr Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Kazeem said that…
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Insecurity: Nigeria Correctional Service, FRSC pledge to work together
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have pledged to work together to ensure adequate security in Enugu state.The two establishments made the pledge when the FRSC Commander in the state, Mr Joseph Udoabba visited the NCoS in Enugu on Friday.Udoabba said such partnership became necessary given the security challenge in…