By Our Correspondent The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Apapa Unit Command in Lagos, has advised motorists to avoid unrealistic year-end targets to avoid unnecessary pressure. Kaleson Makanto, the Unit Commander, gave the advice on Thursday at a one-day sensitisation workshop for drivers and fleet operators in Lagos. TheNewsZenith reports that the workshop’s theme is: […]
From Our Correspondent, Awka The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned motorists, fleet operators and truck drivers against excessive speeding, overloading and using expired tyres to reduce road crashes. TheNewsZenith reports that the new FRSC Sector Commander for Anambra State, Mrs Joyce Alexander, gave the warning during a meeting with drivers, transport unions and […]
By Ja’afar Omoniyi The Federal Toad Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has begun massive production of the National Drivers License (NDL) to clear a backlog of applications. The Acting Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide, announced this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Thursday in Lagos. Ogungbemide said FRSC had produced 73, 740 […]
From Our Correspondent The Federal Road Safety Corp’s (FRSC), on Sunday, confirmed eight persons dead in an early hour tanker explosion in Warri, Delta State. Seven others sustained varying degrees of injuries in accident that occured at the Koko Junction end of the Ologbo Bridge on the Warri-Benin highway. The Sector Commander of the FRSC […]
By Our Correspondent The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has engaged transport stakeholders on the “Safe To Load” programme, to prevent accidents during the Ember months. The programme is part of the annual Command’s Stakeholders Engagement on the implementation of the programme, held on Wednesday in Lagos. TheNewsZenith reports that the theme of the engagement […]
By Our Correspondent Three persons have died while one other sustained injuries in a lone accident around Area J4 on the Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway on Saturday. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the accident involving a Toyota sienna car that plunged into Omo river around Area J4. Spokesperson of FRSC, Florence Okpe, told newsmen […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised motorists to always adhere to railway crossing rules when approaching rail lines. Sector Commander of the FRSC in Lagos State, Babatunde Farinloye, gave this advice when he visited the scene of the crash involving a moving train and the Lagos State staff bus. The crash occurred at the […]
By Our Correspondent The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday, confirmed 17 people dead and four others injured in an auto crash on Kwali-Abaji Road, before Awawa in Abuja. The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, in a statement, said the crash occurred at about 6.30 a.m. involved two vehicles. The vehicles are a […]
By Our Correspondent The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 3,700 people lost their lives in road accidents in the country between January and October. The Acting Corps Marshal FRSC, Dauda Biu, announced the figures at the joint news briefing to commemorate the 2022 Africa Road Safety and World day of remembrance for Road Traffic […]
No fewer than eleven people died in a road crash at Hawan Jaki village along the Alkaleri-Gombe road on Saturday in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Nine others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crash that involved 20 people. The accident involved a Hiace bus belonging to Yankari Express owned by the […]