The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has cautioned potential job seekers not to fall victim to scammers, saying it is not recruiting. According to the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Mr Jonas Agwu, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the clarification became necessary following desperate efforts by alleged fraudsters to…
Following the death of 18 persons and 27 others sustaining various degrees of injuries in the accident that involved 65 persons in a crash involving an articulated vehicle on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway on Sunday, Mr Dauda Biu, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, has directed that vehicles conveying humans and animals together…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), through Deputy Corps Marshal Mr Bisi Kazeem, has clarified that the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) have legal backing to arrest traffic offenders depending on the state where they operate. Kazeem stated in Abuja that the motoring public should give maximum cooperation to VIOs for the enhancement of safety on…
No fewer than 128 people lost their lives in 376 road traffic crashes recorded in the state between January and October 2023, the Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Babatunde Farinloye, the Lagos Sector Commander, at the news conference organised to mark the World Day of Remembrance for Road…
No fewer than seven commuters, including a couple lost their lives in an auto crash which occurred at the Ogidi village axis, along Osogbo/Gbongan road in Osun State Saturday. The accident involved involved an ash colour Nissan Sharon car, with registration number: WWD57AE. According to an eyewitness account, the vehicle’s driver, who was said to…
Fredrick Ogidan-led Kwara state Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Friday, vowed to prosecute motorists who indulge in bribing personnel of the corps in the state. Ogidan, who made the threat while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ilorin, said that in the first half of the…
The Federal Government on Friday, at the commissioning of 130 newly acquired operational vehicles, which would assist the operations of the Federal Road Safety Corps in road safety management, reiterated its commitment to investing in the country’s transport infrastructure, saying it plays a vital role in any nation’s development and growth. It was gathered that…
On Wednesday, June 21, an incident unfolded at the Nigeria Security Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) headquarters in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, as officials from the NSCDC assaulted an officer from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), MF Oyetunji. The assault took place despite Oyetunji being in his official uniform and carrying out his…
No fewer than seven persons have been killed in a fatal accident that occurred on Wednesday at Rimin Zayam on the Bauchi-Jos highway while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries, Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi State Sector Command has confirmed. The Informant247 gathered that the crash, which involved a Toyota Hiace bus, with registration…
Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, the Bauchi Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Thursday demanded for the application of Sharia Law in prosecuting traffic offenders in order to curb road crashes in the country. Abdullahi, while making the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi, said that the extant…
Dauda Biu, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Friday condemned the attack on FRSC personnel and operational vehicles in Jos, Plateau. In a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, in Abuja, said Biu made the remark while reacting to the recent attack on FRSC personnel, described…
A 60 year old man whose name was simply given as Umar Gwallaga and his two sons, Nasiru, 42 and Usman, 39 who allegedly set a patrol van belonging to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC on fire have been arrested by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command. While confirming the incident, the spokesperson…
The Osun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has returned N27.1 million recovered from an accident scene to the relations of the rightful owner. The Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dauda Ali Biu, praised the patrol teams for the show of professionalism, good conduct and honesty. This was made known in a…
Two vehicles have suffered a collision along Abuja -Kaduna highway, killing at least three persons while six others sustained various degrees of injury. A source who witnessed the scenario, Saidu Ibrahim revealed that the incident occurred at Mararaban Ida village on Saturday morning April 8. He said the accident occurred as a result of a…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that 1,422 Regular and Special Marshals have been deployed for the presidential and NASS election in Osun. Mr Henry Benamesia, the Sector Commander, disclosed this in a statement by FRSC Spokesman in the state, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi in Osogbo, saying the corps had posted the officers to…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has promoted 3,845 of its officers. The development was announced by the corps public education officer, Bisi Kazeem, in a statement on Friday, February 10, 2023. He said the corps promoted its officers after they took part in a promotion exercise which began in December 2022 and came to…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that a total of 324 persons died and 1, 706 others sustained various degrees of injury in road crashes in Kogi in 2022. Stephen Dawulung, the Corps Commander, Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja…
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has approved the promotion of an Assistant Corps Marshal to the rank of Deputy Corps Marshal and seven others to ACM. This is coming at the end of the meeting of the commission’s Board, which ratified the resolution of the FRSC Establishment Committee on the promotion. In a statement…
Dauda Biu, The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has assured Nigerians of adequate logistics during the 2023 general elections. The FRSC boss said this during his decoration by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday in Abuja, saying the FRSC had always supported the Independent…
The Muhammadu Buhari led federal government has confirmed the appointment of Deputy Corps Marshal Dauda Ali Biu, FCNA, CPA as Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps. The Informant247 gathered that the new appointee has been the Acting Corps Marshal of the FRSC since July, 2022. The development has been confirmed in a statement by Bisi…
