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37 Officials Of FRSC, Five Others Arrested For Extortion

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 […]

Aug 19 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Police Intensify Efforts To Rescue Abducted FRSC Officers

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 […]

May 22 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

FRSC Begins Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence In Lagos

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 […]

May 16 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Tragedy: Nineteen Wedding Guests Perish In Auto-Crash

LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nineteen wedding guests have reportedly died in a road accident in Jigawa State, Nigeria’s northern region. The incident occurred on Tuesday when an 18 seater bus lost control and burst into flames. The bus was said to be carrying 40 women and children returning from a wedding when its front tyre burst, […]

Apr 24 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

FRSC To Restrict Movement Of Trailers, Tankers In Lagos

LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has restricted movement for trailers, tankers and other articulated vehicles into Lagos state on 1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th of February, 2019. The Lagos state Sector Commander, FRSC, Hyginus Omeje, said the decision was reached at the end of the meeting of heads of security and […]

Jan 30 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Road Safety Marshal Killed In A Suspected Armed Robbery Attack

LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In what seems to be a suspected armed robbery attack, an FRSC driver was killed in an official patrol vehicle along Abuja- Kaduna express way at about 20 kilometres to the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday, 8 January, 2019. In an official statement released by the Corps Public Education Officer, Federal Road […]

Jan 9 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Anambra FRSC Sector Commander Dies In Auto-Crash

LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Anambra State sector commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),Sunday Ajayi, has died in an auto crash, a spokesperson of the corps has said. The command’s spokesman, Ufiem Egim, confirmed the report but said the command was yet to come up with a formal report detailing the cause of his death. […]

Dec 17 2018 | Posted in National | Read More »

Tragedy: Four INEC Staff, Youth Corper, Three- Year-Old Baby Die In Auto Crash

LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a member of the NYSC and a three-year-old girl on Saturday died in an accident along Ajaokuta–Lokoja Road. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the victims were returning in the evening from Ayingba, Kogi, where they attended the wedding ceremony […]

Nov 19 2018 | Posted in National | Read More »

Road Safety Applicant Slumps, Dies During Exercise

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ongoing nationwide recruitment exercise being conducted by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) was disrupted for hours in Lokoja on Tuesday when one of the applicants collapsed suddenly and died. The Kogi State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Olisegun Martins, who confirmed the incident said that the applicant, a male […]

Sep 26 2018 | Posted in National | Read More »

20 Burnt To Death In Ondo Road Auto-Crash

LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 people reportedly lost their lives while others sustained injuries in a road accident which occurred on Epinmi-Isua Akoko Road, in the Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro gathered that the vehicles involved had a head-on collision on the road. An eyewitness, who […]

May 30 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »