The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has captured about 1,087 driving schools in its standardisation programme with 611 meeting minimum requirements for operation. Corps Marshal of FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi disclosed at an interactive session with representatives of the driving school associations in Abuja, that 1,623 driving school instructors have been registered on the Corps’ portal with 129,198 trainee drivers, while […]
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Tragedy struck on Saturday at Wasimi Village on the old Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway after two women lost their lives, while four others were injured in a road accident. Also, seven persons died on Sunday at Fidiwo, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Express in a separate road accident. The Saturday accident involved a Nissan saloon car with number plate, SZ 171 […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps on Wednesday summoned managers of Peace Mass Transit over the spate of road accidents involving the transport company. It said the firm’s vehicles recorded 11 road accidents between January and June this year, resulting in the death of 37 people with 58 others injured. According to the Corps Marshal, FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, the development […]
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Dreaded ironically by non-law abiding and law abiding motorists, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) set out to ensure road users obey regulations that all boil down to safety of life and property. And when these two powerful agencies fall over each other to make sure guidelines are followed, there can be only one result: […]
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Seven in every 10 victims of road crashes are youths aged between 15 and 29, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has said. Mr Oludare Fadogba, its Commanding Officer in charge of Jos Zone, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Sunday that Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) had remained the leading cause of deaths among youths.
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Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector Command read the riot act to motorists and the general public to desist from taking laws into their hands. This is coming after the agency said its Road Marshals are being assaulted while carrying out their lawful duty in the state.
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Sunday deployed 20,000 personnel including special marshals, as well as 500 patrol vehicles, 50 ambulances, 85 motor bikes, and 15 tow trucks to accident-prone routes as part of measures to ensure sanity on the nation’s highways during the Eid-el-Fitri Sallah. In statement made available to the media in Abuja, the Head of Media […]
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While the FRSC’s free safety checks continue across the country, with a future possibility of clampdown on users of fairly used tyres, the popular Tokunbo tyre market on Alhaji Amusa Street, Mushin, Lagos, is still booming with business activities. On a visit to the place recently, a 40-ft container, laden with Tokunbo tyres was seen offloading. Buyers were on hand, […]
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The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has applauded the Federal Government for resumption of work on Lagos-Ibadan expressway and other major roads across the country following the recent mobilization of the contractors, assuring that the Corps is determined to ensure that safety measures are observed in the construction areas. He said this would […]
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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Friday called for joint patrols with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and security agencies across the country. Assistant Corps Marshal Kingsley Agomoh in charge of Zone RS7H2 comprising of Abuja and Niger made the call in Minna during a familiarisation visit to Niger. He said that the decision would assist […]
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At least 80 persons have been killed in different auto accidents on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway between January and June 2016. The statistics were obtained from only the cases reported by our correspondents and confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Corps, the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), the Ogun State Police Command and other agencies.
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Following the lock down of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the early hours of Monday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has deployed more men to rid the road of perennial gridlock. Mr Hyginus Omeje, Lagos State Sector Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that his men would work with other traffic management agencies and […]
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