No fewer than three commuters have died and 12 others injured in a road crash along the Akure-Owo route. The crash occurred close to the Federal Government Girls’ College at about 5:00 am on Sunday morning. It involved an ash Toyota Sienna car with registration number LND 778YG and...
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised traders across the country to desist from selling goods on highways in order to avoid unnecessary loss of lives, especially during the Yuletide. The Acting Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dauda Biu, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The former Borno State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Musa Inuwa Kubo, has lost two of his sons, Adamu and Audi Kubo in a ghastly accident along Kwaya-Kusar- Peta- Shani road. Two others victims also died in the fatal crash which occured on Wednesday...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State Sector Command, has confirmed that six people were killed in a multiple fatal crash that occured on Saturday at Rama village along Darazo – Bauchi route. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Yusuf Abdullahi, who...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Two people have been killed in a fatal auto crash that occurred on Monday, at Sabon Garin Nabardo along Bauchi – Toro – Jos road, in Toro LGA of Bauchi State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, who...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – A speeding truck has crushed to death two patrol officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) along Ikot-Ikpene – Aba route on Friday. It was gathered that the crash occured as a result of excessive speed indulged in by the driver of a...
Four persons lost their lives when a Toyota Sienna bus ran into a moving Sino truck from the rear on Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway on Thursday. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday. Akinbiyi explained that the...
Malam Mohammed Isa, the Special Assistant to the President of the Senate on Media, died on Friday, an official has said. Mr Ola Awoniyi, the Special Adviser on Media to Senate President, said in a statement on Saturday in Abuja that Isa died while undergoing treatment for injuries sustained...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday confirmed 11 persons dead and seven others seriously injured in an accident involving a petroleum-laden tanker and others. Corp Commander Stephen Dawulung, Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, made the confirmation in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Niger Government has constituted a committee to investigate circumstances that led to the death of former Commissioner for information, Malam Danladi Ndayebo, at the IBB Specialist Hospital. The Niger Secretary to the Government (SSG), Alhaji Ahmed Matane, made this known while addressing a news conference in Minna. The...
Three persons died and three others severely injured in a lone road accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander of the FRSC in Ogun, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday in Abeokuta. Umar explained that the accident occured in the early hours of Monday and involved...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that five people were killed in a fatal crash that occurred at Isma Village, along Bauchi – Jos road. He said that two other people sustained varying degrees of injuries...
An accident involving a Mazda car and two motorcyclists at Oke-Odan, on Ota-Idiroko Expressway on Friday took the lives of a nursing mother and her baby. Spokesman of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed accident when he spoke with the News Agency of...
Sunday Michael, a witness at the accident scene of late ex-Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) housemate, Patrick Fakoya, popularly known as Rico Swavey, on Thursday gave account of what happened at the scene. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Rico Swavey died on Oct. 13 after being involved...
Ogun Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said three persons have died and two others injured in a road accident on Sunday, along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, told newsmen in Abeokuta that the accident involved a Volvo mini truck and a Nissan...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says the National Bureau of Statistics has ranked roads in Anambra 15th on the list of roads that constitute death traps in Nigeria. The Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, said this on Thursday at the flag-off of the 2022 Ember Months...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ore Unit Command in Ondo State, urged motorists to be patient and avoid speeding on the expressway to avoid unnecessary crashes. Mr Sikiru Alonge the unit commander, made the call while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, confirming an...
Two separate auto crashes on Monday left one person dead while six others escaped death with various degrees of injury in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a collision between a Tricycle and a motorcycle rider, otherwise known as “Okada” flung the Okada rider in front...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of three persons in an accident involving a Toyota Matrix and a Howo Sino truck at Oniworo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. Mr Ahmed Umar, the FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, who confirmed the incident to newsmen...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – At least six persons have been killed, while three others sustained severe injuries in a ghastly motor accident on Tuesday at Ajue town, Odigbo LGA, on the Ore-Ondo expressway, Ondo State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Unit Commander in Ore, Mr Sikiru Alonge,...