Six people have been confirmed dead in an accident which involved an articulated vehicle and a Honda Pilot Jeep in the Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that one other person was badly injured in the accident. Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, Ahmed … Read more
NOVEMBER 22, 2020 The Federal Government will spend ₦311 billion on the construction and rehabilitation of the 127.6-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), disclosed this during an inspection tour, and a town hall meeting on the dual carriageway at Ogere, Ogun State. The road awarded to Messrs Julius Berger Nigeria, … Read more
FRSC confirms tanker driver dead The Anambra Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of an unidentified petroleum tanker driver, who got trapped underneath the fallen vehicle. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accident happened at the popular Immigration Junction at the Awka axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway … Read more
Accident The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun says no fewer than 107 deaths were recorded in 160 road accidents between January and October, 2020 across the state. The Sector Commander in the state, Mrs Kudirat Ibrahim, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) on Monday in … Read more
FRSC, Ember Months safety campaign in Lagos The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Command, on Thursday flagged off its 2020 Ember Months safety campaigns with massive mobilisation of corps capacity to tackle recklessness and emergency. Segun Ogungbemide, FRSC Lagos State Sector Commander, said at the official flag off that the risk exposure to … Read more
Appointment The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has appointed Mr Peter Kibo, as its Zonal Commander for Zone RS2, comprising Lagos and Ogun state commands. FRSC Spokesperson for Lagos/Ogun Zonal Command, Ijeoma Ajuzie, said in a statement in Lagos on Monday that Kibo, an Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), is a Fellow of National Defence College … Read more
Alleged FRSC Officer Nabbed After Eating Raw Meat And Yoghurt In A Supermarket Without Paying A Nigerian Twitter user, Kene Ozoekwe has narrated how she arrested a Federal Road Safety Officer, FRSC who entered her supermarket, snacked on raw meat and yoghurt and did not pay her. Kene said the FRSC officer had no intention of paying the money he … Read more
Fire reportedly broke out at about 1am on Saturday after a petrol-laden tanker lost control and fell on the expressway Two persons have been killed and 29 vehicles burnt in a tanker explosion that occurred at Kara Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. This was disclosed by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday via a statement … Read more
NOVEMBER 7, 2020 The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, on Friday, said that the agency lost about 27 patrol vehicles to the October #EndSARS demonstration. Oyeyemi made the disclosure when he visited the FRSC Lagos State Command to assess the extent of damage done to its properties by hoodlums … Read more
Road Safety Officers To Carry Guns – House of Reps Makes Move Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) operatives will begin to bear firearms to curtail the excesses of road users in Nigeria. Ekohotblog, November 6, 2020 The House of Representatives Committee on FRSC made the disclosure during the corps’ 2020 budget performance and 2021 budget … Read more
– FRSC instructs officials to resume operations on roads across Nigeria. – Corps Marshal assures the security of officers Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has ordered its officers to “immediately resume” across the roads in parts of the country. The Corps had earlier suspended all enforcement activities as a result of the civil unrest which … Read more
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has enjoined the Muslims to emulate the examples of Prophet Muhammad The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has enjoined the Muslims to emulate the examples of Prophet Muhammad to create the desired peace and tranquillity in the society. The … Read more
3rd Mainland Bridge, FRSC in Lagos has warned motorists against flouting traffic rules on diversion The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Lagos has warned motorists against flouting traffic rules on diversion at Adeniji inward Iyana Oworo on the Third Mainland bridge. Lagos State Sector Commander of FRSC, Olusegun Ogungbemide, gave the warning on Monday … Read more
FRSC Headquarters In Lagos Set Ablaze Ekohotblog, October 21, 2020 The Federal Road Safety Corps in Lagos has reportedly been set ablaze, Ekohotblog reports. At the time of filing this report, vehicles on the premises are seen being burnt From the live coverage, the neighboring compound of the Federal Road Safety Corps a stone throw from the … Read more
Mr Andrew Kumapayi, Sector Commander, FRSC Anambra, Accidents The Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday said that 316 vehicles were involved in road accidents from January to September. The State Sector Commander, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka. Kumapayi … Read more
Road Accident The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of seven passengers involved in a road accident at Gbatse Village in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue. FRSC Public Enlightenment Officer in the state, DRC Joyce Akura, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone in Makurdi the incident occurred … Read more
Tyres, FRSC The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says that the use of fake and worn out tyres are major causes of road crashes on Nigerian highways. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr Bisi Kazeem, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that the tyre was an essential component of … Read more
October 06, 2020. The Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), in Lagos has reportedly arrested 1,091 traffic offenders in the past seven days through its ‘Operation Show Your Driver’s License’. Disclosing this to newsmen on Tuesday, the Lagos Sector Commander, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, said that the operation which saw the arrest of the offenders over expired … Read more
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Tuesday said that the remaining operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) allegedly kidnapped by suspected bandits had been freed. Sule said this when he received the Market Enterprise Development Advisor, Fatima Buhari, in Lafia. Three out of the 26 operatives recently kidnapped along Maraban-Udege in the … Read more
26 Kidnapped FRSC Officials Have Regained Freedom – Govenor Sule Ekohotblog, September 22, 2020… A total of twenty six Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) officials who were kidnapped some days back, have now regained their freedom. Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule on Monday September 21, announced this. He made the statement after the last 7 abducted officials regained … Read more