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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has pegged the speed limit of trucks and cars at 80 and 120 kilometres per hour (Kph), with effect from January 1, 2017. This move, it said is a way of reducing the rate of auto crashes and its attendant deaths on roads and highways in the country. Borno …
The Federal Road Safety Commission [FRSC] has concluded arrangements to sanitize all driving schools across the country. To this end, it has warned the driving instructors to stop extorting the clients on behalf of the commission, saying any of them found wanting would be prosecuted. The Corp Marshal of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi gave the …
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, on Monday said all commercial vehicles coming into the country from January 1, 2017 must be fitted with speed limiter. Mr. Oyeyemi stated this in Kaduna when he visited the FRSC Sector Command for routine interaction with personnel to strengthen operational duties and …
The Benue Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has this month inspected over 2000 commercial vehicles for compliance with installation of the speed limiting device. The state Sector Commander, Mr, Chidiebere Nkwonta, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Makurdi. NAN reports that …
The Kuje Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Solomon Igbogbo, has cautioned school bus drivers in the area against reckless driving. Speaking at a public lecture and sensitisation awareness he organized for school bus drivers with the title “ Cause of Road Traffic Accidents and Prevention”, Igbogbo said there was need …
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) mobile court sitting in Asaba, Delta state, has sentenced three drivers who violated traffic offences to two months imprisonment. The three convicted drivers were sent to Ogwashi-Uku prison in Aniocha South local government area of the state. Presiding Magistrate Ghomorai Victoria while convicting them gave an option of fine to …
The FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer(ZCO) RS5,in Benin, Kehinde Adeleye, said the command would be strict in the advisory enforcement of the Speed Limiter Device in the Zone, pending its full enforcement in 2017. This is contained in a statement signed by Onyenonachi Nwankwo, the acting Zonal Public Education Officer, and made available to the News …
Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, yesterday said enforcement of the speed limiters on commercial vehicles operating in the country would commence nationwide on October 1, 2016. FRSC’s Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, who spoke during a meeting with stakeholders from relevant government agencies and road transport unions at the FRSC national headquarters in Abuja, said …
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kogi State yesterday said a total of 16 people killed over the weekend in a road accident along Lokoja-Gegu-Abuja highway have been given a mass burial. The Kogi State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Ogochukwu Ugboma, said the victims were buried in a mass grave, at Alewu …
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi has commended Nigerians for embracing the Corps’ public sensitisation programme on tyres with enthusiasm. According to the Head, Media Relations and Strategy, Bisi Kazeem, in a press release, Oyeyemi while speaking at the opening of the 2016 Corps Marshal’s Second Quarter strategic session …