Showing posts with label FRSC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FRSC. Show all posts

Thursday, 22 September 2016

14 family members lost after bus plunged into river

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The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC,  Kaduna Command, has confirmed the death of three persons and declared 14 others missing after an 18-seater bus plunged into River Rijana on Kaduna-Abuja road.

Thursday, 15 September 2016

How to drive safely when it's raining- Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC



Driving while it's raining is said to be a lot harder than driving in the snow. There is more to slowing down and taking your time. The lead agency on road safety administration and management in Nigeria, Federal Road Safety Corps put together some safety tips for motorists.

Monday, 5 September 2016

First Aid: How to handle accident victims-Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC



There are times when we come in contact with accident victims and cannot help them just because we don't know how to.

So many people have died as a result of road crashes because of lack of help and we have read severally that road accidents are one of the top 10 causes of death in Nigeria.

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Enforcement of speed limiters on commercial vehicles to start in Nigeria from 1st October 2016



Road accidents are one of the top 10 causes of death in Nigeria and with the rate at which commercial vehicles have been crashing, this is a good development coming from the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC).

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Worn-out, fake tyres cause 5,288 accidents in Nigeria- FRSC

Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi (left); Head of Statistics and Media, Corps Commandant Bisi Kazeem and Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Tijani  Kaura during a stakeholders forum on tyres  in Abuja  …yesterday.                                                        PHOTO: LADIDI LUCY ELUKPO.
Image Credit: The Guardian 

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), yesterday, said between 2011 and 2015, now fewer than 5,288 road crashes across the federation resulted from either worn-out or sub-standard tyres.

Friday, 1 April 2016

Nigeria recorded 98 crashes and 77 deaths during the Easter break- FRSC boss

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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Friday reports that it has recorded 98 road crashes nationwide during the Easter holidays and festivities.

Corps Marshal of the commission, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, made this known during a press briefing in Abuja on the operations of the Easter holidays.