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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will begin to subject traffic law violators to psychiatric test with effect from July 1. Its Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, stated this in Abuja on Monday at the opening of a five-day training programme on traffic safety of non-motorised transportation (NMT), which includes walking, bicycling, skating, wheelchair …
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, has approved the redeployment of 71 senior officers nationwide for enhanced performance. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the redeployment, aimed at repositioning the commission, affected three zonal commanding officers alongside several sector commanders. Ayodele Kumapayi, the former Sector Commander in Rivers, who was …
The Federal Road Safety Corps has said its men and officers will remain on federal and state roads to carry out their operations. The Commander, Zone 8, FRSC, John Meheux, stated this on Thursday in Ado Ekiti while speaking with journalists at the first 2017 bi-annual RS8 zonal retreat with the theme, ‘Rebuilding the corporate …
Three Suicide bombers have been confirmed dead in the early hours of Friday in Maiduguri, Borno while attempting to enter some locations in the University of Maiduguri. The Head of Media and Public Relations of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mr Sani Datti, in a statement on Friday said that the University’s Security and Vigilantes …
At least 15 persons, including six national women leaders of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ, lost their lives in separate auto accidents that happened in Kaduna on Sunday. The Federal Road Safety Corps’ Sector Head of Operations, Kaduna, Mr. Salish Umar Galadunci, who confirmed the incidents, said one of the accidents occurred along Kajuru …
The reduction of average speed by mere five per cent could reduce fatality of accident by 80 per cent in an event of automobile crash, David Mendie, Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps in Gombe, said on Sunday. Mr. Mendie, who stated this during a Thanksgiving service at the Saint James Catholic Church, Gombe, …
To boost swift and effective response to fire outbreaks, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the creation of four new fire stations in the state. This brings to 15 fire stations across the state equipped to combat fire outbreak. The state Fire Service Director Rasak Fadipe disclosed this at a walk to commemorate this year’s Fire …
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has observed that there are 33.7 deaths per 100,000 population in Nigeria every year, making Nigeria one of the countries with the highest number of fatalities in Africa. This was disclosed Monday in Kaduna by the FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, during the flag-off of the Global Road Safety …
The Federal Road Safety Corps has returned the N500,000 recovered from an accident scene to its owner, Ms. Hafsat Idris. The Unit Commander of the FRSC, Ilesa, Mr. Samuel Oyedeji, said on Wednesday that the money was recovered on April 25, 2017 from the scene of an auto crash involving a Toyota Previer marked EKY …
THE Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Anambra says it has impounded no fewer than 30 tipper trucks for 13 offences, including non installation of speed limiting device. Mr Sunday Ajayi, the FRSC Sector Commander in Anambra, said this after a target enforcement patrol in Awka on Tuesday. Ajayi said that special attention was being …