Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed a fatal crash that occurred on Monday, 23 March 2026, within the Tafa axis of Niger State, resulting in the loss of ten (10) lives. The incident, which falls under the operational coverage of RS7.26A Tafa Outpost, highlights the grave consequences of...
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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has strongly condemned the reckless driving habits of some truck operators plying the Sango–Ota corridor, following a fatal accident at the Ota Toll Gate area that claimed seven lives. The crash, which involved a trailer tanker reportedly affected by brake failure, resulted in the...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recorded 10, 446 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) and 5,289 deaths nationwide in 2025. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja, the Corps Marshal, Malam Shehu Mohammed said that the data showed a decrease in the numbers of deaths recorded in the...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 18 people in a devastating road traffic crash that occurred on Tuesday along the Dutse–Kiyawa Highway, around Dan Masara Quarters in Dutse, Jigawa State. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Malam Shehu Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday...
BauchI state Governor, Bala Mohammed has expressed deep sorrow over the fatal road accident that claimed the lives of seven journalists from Gombe State along Billiri–Kumo Road. The victims, who included five staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and two other media practitioners, were on their way to...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday held a telephone conversation with Nigerian-British boxing icon and former heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, following the tragic road accident in Ogun State that left the boxer injured and claimed the lives of two of his associates. During the call, the President expressed his...
Ogun and Lagos state governments have confirmed that world-renowned heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua and another passenger involved in a fatal road accident are in stable condition following thorough medical evaluations at a Lagos hospital. The assurance was contained in a joint statement issued by the Special Adviser to the...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed a fatal road traffic crash that occurred today Monday, 29 December 2025, along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, around the Sinoma area near Sagamu, Ogun State, involving a Lexus Jeep conveying world-renowned boxer, Anthony Joshua, and a stationary truck. Corps Public Education Officer, ACM...
World heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, was on Monday involved in a serious road accident at the Makun axis of Ogun State, an incident that claimed the lives of two people. The crash occurred along the busy Lagos–Ibadan Expressway while Joshua and others were reportedly travelling from Lagos to...
No fewer than 10 people have lost their lives in a fatal road accident that occurred in the early hours of Tuesday along the Jos–Bauchi road in Plateau State. Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Jos by the Plateau State Command Public...
A tragic road accident has claimed the lives of nine people on the Kaltungo–Cham Road in Gombe State, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed. The crash occurred in the early hours of Monday at Kaluwa community in Kaltungo Local Government Area and involved a trailer and a...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has launched its 2025 “Operation Zero Tolerance” nationwide crackdown to combat reckless driving and reduce road crashes during the busy festive season. The initiative, which started on December 15, 2025, and will run until January 15, 2026, is a comprehensive, intelligence-driven operation aimed at...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has moved to reinforce discipline on Nigerian roads with an order to prosecute popular TikTok streamer Habeeb Hamzat, widely known as Peller, following a road crash linked to distracted driving. The directive was issued by the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, after a video circulated...
Kogi State has been thrown into deep grief following a devastating bus crash that claimed six lives on the Lokoja–Okene highway. The victims were returning from the 2025 International Day of Persons with Disabilities commemoration in Lokoja when tragedy struck. State Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, described the accident...
Three people have been confirmed dead following a late-night collision on the Gombe–Yola Road, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Gombe State said on Wednesday. Sector Commander Samson Kaura, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), explained that the tragic crash occurred around 9 p.m. on...
Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has taken full custody of fugitive suspect Victor abduction Fejemirokun. A statement issued by the Force spokesman, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspect was handed over by the Ghana Police Service today in Accra, Ghana, following a coordinated...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun State has confirmed that three passengers narrowly escaped death in a lone accident that occurred along the Gbongan–Ibadan highway on Monday afternoon. The Sector Commander, Mr. Leye Adegboyega, disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists in Osogbo, noting that the crash...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of four passengers, including a child, following a lone accident along the Cham–Numan Road in Balanga Local Government Area of Gombe State. FRSC Sector Commander in Gombe, Samson Kaura, who disclosed this on Sunday, said 14 other children sustained various...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna- Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kaduna State has informed road users about a temporary traffic diversion along the Kaduna–Zaria expressway, specifically around KM 49, Gwaranza Village. This announcement was made in a statement released on Saturday by the Sector Commander, Corps Commander (CC) Tijjani...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector Command, has confirmed that six people lost their lives in a series of fatal accidents that occurred between October 29 and 30 along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, near Kara Bridge. According to the FRSC Lagos Sector Public Education...