By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has directed that the party flags at the National Secretariat in Abuja be flown at half-mast in honour 16 members who died on Saturday in a motor accident in Plateau State. About 16 persons, according to the FRSC, were...
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The Police Command in Kebbi has confirmed that 18 people died when a truck conveying passengers and cows crashed at Malisa village, Gwandu Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the command, SP Nafi’u Abubakar, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Plateau State has said two people were killed and 52 others injured when a trailer rammed into 14 vehicles around Zakaliyo on Jos-Bauchi road. Mr Peter Longsan, the Public Enlightenment Officer of the command disclosed this in a statement on Monday in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Federal Road Safety Corps( FRSC) has said 17 passengers escaped death in an accident on Ilesa-Ipetu highway in Osun State. The Osun Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Friday in...
A woman, on Sunday, died on her way to church, after falling off her husband’s motorcycle at Fajol axis of Obantoko area in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident happened as the husband of the deceased lost control in the process of avoiding a...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun said no fewer than 20 passengers escaped death in a lone accident that occurred on Iwo-Ibadan expressway on Friday. The Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Friday in...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 18 people have been burnt to ashes in a multiple fatal crash that occurred a few kilometers to Nabardo village along the ever-busy Bauchi-Jos road. The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State Sector Command, confirmed the incident to newsmen on...
Four persons died while three others sustained injuries in a lone accident on Sunday at Nami village, Agai Local Government Area of Niger. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in Niger, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday that the accident occurred...
No fewer than seven persons were confirmed dead on Sunday while 16 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus and Mack tanker few meters to Gofamaint on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun confirmed the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than four people have been reportedly killed in a fatal crash that occurred at a junction along Kurum – Bogoro junction in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. It was gathered that two others were injured in the crash involving two...
No fewer than seven people were burnt to death on Wednesday when a Mazda bus suddenly burst into flames few meters before Odogbolu on the Sagamu-Benin expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesman, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi said that seven...
Seven persons lost their lives, while five others sustained injuries in an auto crash at Gunu village, Munya Local Government Area of Niger on Tuesday night. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in Niger, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday that...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed seven persons dead and 29 injured in an incident that occurred during the annual Calabar Carnival on Tuesday. The Sector Commander of the Corps, Maikano Hassan confirmed the number of casualty to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Acting Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu has decried the incessant violation of legal speed limits and noticeable traces of dangerous driving behaviours exhibited by drivers during the Christmas celebrations, and warned perpetrators of such bad road use culture...
Tragedy struck on Sunday when six persons died in a road crash in Sabuwar Miya village of Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), disclosed this in a road traffic report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra said an accident at Nteje – Awka Expressway claimed the lives of a girl and a male adult on Saturday. The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Awka, that the crash involved unidentified drivers...
Al least one person has died, while four were injured in a multiple accident in Lagos metropolis, The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said on Thursday The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement issued in Lagos, said that the accident happened at Cele bus stop...
Four persons died on Thursday while nine others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus and an unregistered truck at Obada Oko on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the accident to newsmen...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi Sector Command, has confirmed the death of 6 persons in an auto crash that occurred on Wednesday morning at Kwara village, along Tafawa Balewa – Kabwir road in Bogoro LGA of Bauchi State. The FRSC Sector Commander...
N o fewer than 261 persons died while 1,700 others sustained injuries in road traffic crashes from January to November in Oyo. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Oyo, Joshua Adekanye, announced this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ibadan. Adekanye said...