Tag: FRSC
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FRSC impounds 35 vehicles for not having speed governors
The Lagos State Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, said that 35 commercial motorists had their vehicles impounded on Monday in Lagos for not installing speed limit devices in them. Ogungbemide made the disclosure in an interview after the corps sensitized motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on the need…
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FRSC mandates NIN for issuance of driver’s license
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will start enforcing the National Identification Number (NIN) directive on driver’s license processing nationwide, with effect from Dec. 21. Mr Bisi Kazeem, Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Corps Public Education Officer, announced in a statement on Wednesday, in Abuja. Kazeem said that the enforcement became necessary following the…
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Attack on officials: We need to bear arms, FRSC boss begs Buhari for approval
Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said that the corps would require the executive approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to bear arms. Oyeyemi, at briefing with journalists said in the light of the recent attack, kidnap and killing of personnel of the corps across the country, the corps need to…
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We need executive approval to bear arms – FRSC
Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said that the corps would require the executive approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to bear arms. Oyeyemi, at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, said in the light of the recent attack, kidnap and killing of personnel of the corps across…
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Six dead, 11 injured in Anambra accident
Six people were killed in an accident which involved a commercial bus and a truck at the Nkwelle Junction on the Nteje-Onitsha expressway in Anambra. Mr Andrew Kumapayi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the accident on Sunday in Awka. He noted that the accident which occurred at about 5:10.p.m. was caused…
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Road accident kills one, injures five in Osun – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun has said that one person was killed and five others injured in a road accident which occurred on Thursday on Ipetu- Ijesa expressway in the Oriade Local Government Area. The Sector Commander, Mrs Kudirat Ibrahim, disclosed this on Thursday in Osogbo. She said that the accident involved…
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I never said FRSC officers should bear arms, Reps C’ttee chairman debunks report
By Emman Ovuakporie Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Federal Roads Safety Corps, FRSC, Hon Mayowa Akinfilarin, on Monday debunked reports that he said road safety officers will soon start carrying arms. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports that the lawmaker claimed that the misleading report had made him to receive threats from all shades of Nigerians. The…
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FRSC arrests 167,783 traffic offenders
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it arrested 167, 783 traffic offenders between July and September 2020. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an interview on Monday in Abuja. Kazeem said the offenders were arrested for over-loading, seat belt use violation, riding motorcycle without helmets,…
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FRSC to bear arms, says Rep Committee
The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says operatives of the corps will begin to bear arms to curtail the excesses of road users in the country. The Chairman of the committee, Mr Akinfolarin Mayowa, said this during the corps’ 2020 budget performance and 2021 budget defence, on Thursday in Abuja.…
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Abuja road users beg traffic officers to return to work
Following renewed traffic gridlocks on Abuja roads, road users have appealed to all officers handling traffic management in the territory to return to the roads to ensure seamless movement. The President, Road Users Development Network of Nigeria, Dr John Uket made the appeal in an interview on the sideline of a one-day national dialogue on…