Tag: Tanker Accidents
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Nigeria loses N7bn to tanker accidents in 25 weeks – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the country has lost N7.157 billion to road traffic accidents involving 116 petroleum product tankers in the first half of 2018. Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ forum on haulage transportation in Abuja on Monday. Oyeyemi said the figure excluded the number…
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306 died in tanker accidents last year, roads will be safer in 2017 – Dogara assures
Burdened by the incessant tanker crashes and the attendant loss of lives on Nigerian roads, the House of Representatives on Tuesday said it is making frantic moves to make Nigerian roads safe again for all categories of users. The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara said it was unfortunate that in 2016 alone,…