Not less than 16 persons have reportedly died in Bauchi State Fatal Crash. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday. According to Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, the accident which involved an articulated truck and one other commercial Toyota Hummer bus, […]
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The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday said six persons died while 24 others sustained injuries in an accident involving two commercial buses at Isara area of Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has revealed that about 1,331 Nigerians died in road accidents in the second quarter of 2018. This was contained in a report released on Tuesday entitled; “NBS Road Transport Data (Q2 2018).” According to the report, 1,257 of the 1,331 Nigerians that got killed were adults, representing 94 percent, […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps has said that five persons died and 13 others injured in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Clement Oladele, told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview in Ota, Ogun, that the accident occurred at Wazobia, at about 9.00 a.m. Oladele said […]
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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said that no fewer than 158 persons were killed in road accidents in Katsina State in 2017 as against 183 in 2016. Mr Godwin Ngueku, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Katsina. “One […]
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No fewer than 2, 673 people died in road accidents in Nigeria between January and June, according to National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. This implies an average of 15 people died each day in the first six months of 2017 in road accidents across the country. The NBS Road Transport Data for first and second […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of five persons in a road traffic accident involving several vehicles on the Benin-Auchi road in Edo, on Saturday. Mr Bisi Kazeem, FRSC Public Education Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that 10 persons were injured in the incident that occurred […]
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Twenty-two traders have died in a motor accident that occurred on the Tunga Giwa – Ruwa road in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi. The accident occurred when a Toyota Canter vehicle that tried to avoid a pot-hole, hit a motorcyclist and somersaulted, killing the cyclist and 22 passengers in the van. The Sole Administrator […]
Continue ReadingThe Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Wednesday said 770 road traffic crashes involving 4,365 tankers and trailers had killed 1,048 people from January to November 2016. Speaking at the Interactive Session with Stakeholders in Road Transport Sector in Abuja, Oyeyemi said 4,365 people were also injured during […]
Continue ReadingBisi Kazeem, Head of Media Relations for the Federal Road Safety Commission on Monday said Nigerians should disregard news reports claiming that the agency had begun distribution of arms to its officials. The commission on Monday morning said that the rumour was being circulated by “irresponsible” elements looking to foment disorder in the society. It […]
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