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,…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps in Plateau State would be deploying 900 personnel to man the roads during the forthcoming Easter celebration, the Sector Commander, Patricia Emeordi, has said. According to her, the Command has stationed eight patrol vehicles and two ambulances for emergencies on the roads. She also advised road users…