Tag: Road Accidents
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FRSC addresses notion that ‘bloodsucking demons’ increase road accidents in ember months
FRSC addresses notion that ‘bloodsucking demons’ increase road accidents in ember months
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27 killed in Algerian road accidents
At least 27 people died in two road accidents in Algeria overnight, including when a bus smashed into a truck, local media reported Saturday. In one crash on Friday night, a bus and truck collided on a road connecting Constantine to the Mediterranean port of Jijel in the northeast of the country, leaving 18 dead…
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Road accidents claim 23 lives in Taraba in six months – FRSC
At least 23 people have died and many others injured in 61 road crashes in Taraba State between January and June 2018. This is according to the official data obtained from the Taraba State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps. Mr. Ben Akunne, Assistant Corps Commander Operations, Taraba State Sector Command of the…
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10 die in Osun road accidents in one month – FRSC
No fewer than 10 people lost their lives in 15 road traffic accidents in Osun last month, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) disclosed in Osogbo on Saturday. The state’s Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Peter Oke, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Osogbo. He blamed the accidents on reckless driving,…
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1,306 Nigerians died in road accidents in last quarter of 2017 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says no fewer than 1,306 Nigerians died in road accidents in the fourth quarter of 2017. The NBS stated this in its “Road Transport Data for Fourth Quarter 2017” posted on its website. The NBS said that 1,200 of the 1,306 Nigerians who died, representing 92 per cent of…
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Witches do not cause road accidents – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has attributed most road accidents on Nigerian roads to human factors and not witchcraft as believed by some people in the country. Sector Commander of the corps in Imo, Mr Joseph Aremu made this known in Owerri on Wednesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria. The sector…
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423 die, 2,339 wounded in road accidents in July – FRSC
Four hundred and twenty-three people died in 768 road accidents across the country in July, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). 2,339 others were injured, the FRSC said in the July edition of its monthly ‘Road Traffic Crash (RTC) Report’ released in Abuja yesterday. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi,who signed the…
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Nigeria lost $15bn of its GDP to road accidents in 2015 – WHO
Nigeria lost a total of $15billion (about three percent) of its Gross Domestic Products to road accidents in 2015, the World Health Organisation, WHO, Global Road Safety report has said. Disclosing this at the just concluded “Establishment, Management and Operations of Truck Transit Parks”, British former Secretary for Transport and Aviation, Dr. Paul Clark said…
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Incessant road accidents: FG to establish truck transit parks in Kogi, Enugu, Lagos, others
In a bid to stop the increasing rate of accident and loss of cargoes due to bad roads, the Federal Government has decided to establish Truck Transit Parks, TTP, across major cities in Nigeria. Amaechi explained that providing this critical infrastructure will enhance trade across the country. In his words: “The Federal Government plans over…