LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 passengers died while 38 others sustained serious injuries on Tuesday morning when a Mitsubishi Canter Truck plunged into Omi River along Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Highway Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Oladele, who…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twelve persons died in an accident on Sunday, December 8th as a truck container carrying over 103 people somersaulted at Sawmill village along Mokwa-Makera road in Mokwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Joel Dagwa said the accident involved a container truck with registration No. KJ…
By Bisi Kazeem LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The attention of the Federal Road Safety Corps has been drawn to a trending video of an unfortunate road traffic crash that occurred in Ibadan recently which claimed the lives of a staff of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Oluyole Unit Command in Ibadan, Oyo state and one (1)…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has distanced itself from the ‘Chip Whip’ number plate, which was posted on social media and has since gone viral on the internet in the last 24 hours. The Road Safety Corp, in a statement signed by Bisi Kazeem, Corps Commander, Corps Public Education Officer, FRSC…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Edo State Command, Mr Anthony Oko, also confirmed the accident in which seven people lost their live and scores were injured but had “nothing” to do with Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki’s convoy. It was reported that seven persons – five adults and two children…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Joint Inter-Agency Team led by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested 37 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for allegedly extorting money from motorists on Nigerian highways. The Team, comprising officials of ICPC, FRSC and the Department of State Security (DSS) also arrested…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Police Command on Tuesday said it had continued to intensify efforts aimed at rescuing the two officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the officers, simply identified as Abioye and Bayegunni, were kidnapped while returning to their…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector Command, says defaulting motorists run the risk of being fined N10, 000 as it begins a special patrol code-named “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence” on Monday. The State Sector Commander, Mr Hyginus Omeje, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, signed by the…