The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Benue Sector Command, has said that 411 Nigerians lost their lives while scooping fuel from fallen tankers in 2024. The Sector Commander, Mr Steve Ayodele, made the disclosure in Makurdi on Tuesday at a town hall meeting with trailer and tanker drivers on crash prevention. Ayodele said that the…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged the public to disregard an old viral video circulating on social media showing a tricycle rider, unclad, violently confronting its operatives in Benin, Edo State. Olusegun Ogungbemide, the Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Corps Public Education Officer, (CPEO), said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Ogungbemide…
Traffic congestion on the Abuja-Lokoja highway has eased following the intervention of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), which opened a second lane to improve traffic flow. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as of Tuesday morning in Koton-Karfe, motorists experienced a smooth flow of traffic in both directions—Lokoja-Kotonkarfe-Abuja and Abuja-Kotonkarfe-Lokoja. Mr. Kumar…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has expressed frustration over non cooperation of motorists with traffic officials on the Lokoja-Abuja road. Reacting to the gridlock on the road, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Kogi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the situation had been like that…
No fewer than 21 persons lost their lives while three others sustained various degrees of injury in an auto crash at Kasuwar Dogo in Dakatsalle, along the Zaria-Kano Highway. The Kano State FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Muhammed Bature, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Labaran on Sunday in Kano. Bature said…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo Sector Command, has confirmed the death of five people in Tuesday’s multiple crash of seven vehicles at Soka area of the Ibadan-Lagos expressway. The corps’ spokesperson, Mayowa Odewo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that the victims included a male child, one male and three…
The Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Mohammad (rtd), says the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is playing a vital role in Nigeria’s development by making the country’s roads safer and saving lives daily. The emir said this during a working visit by the Corps Marshal of FRSC, Malam Shehu Mohammed on Tuesday, to inaugurate Operation…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday confirmed that no fewer that 19 persons died and eight others injured in an auto crash which occurred on Sunday along Lokoja-Obajana road. Mr Kumar Tsukwam, state Sector Commander of the corps confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Monday. Tsukwam said…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, has reported that an accident at Ukpo Junction, on Nteje-Awka Road in the state, resulted in eight fatalities on Sunday night. The Sector Commander, Mrs Joyce Alexander confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday, in Awka. Alexander said the crash involved a Mack tanker without a…
Six persons have been reported dead and five others injured in a multiple auto crashes in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official has confirmed. Mr Samuel Ogundayo, FRSC Acting Sector Commander in Kogi, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Okene on Tuesday. The…
