A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to stop confiscating vehicles with faded number plates as well as punishing or fining drivers of such vehicles. This ruling followed a judgement delivered by Justice Akintayo Aluko on Friday, based on an Originating Summons dated 12 January 2024, in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/253/2024, filed by …

No fewer than 50 persons lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion on Saturday along Dikko-Maje Road in the Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State. Many others sustained various degrees of injury while trying to scoop fuel after a petrol tanker spilt its contents on the tarred road. The state Federal Road Safety Commander, Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed this …

The House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commended the Corps Marshal on the enforcement of traffic laws in 2024 leading to improved fines generation and called for sustained aggression in the new year. According to a Thursday statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide, the observations made by members of the Committee …

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, on Tuesday, called on motorists to adhere to road traffic rules to ensure a safe and peaceful holiday season. Each year, the FRSC deploys resources across major highways to manage the surge in traffic during the Christmas and New Year period. This year’s special operation, Operation Zero Tolerance, began …

The Lagos State Police Command has debunked claims that Monalisa Osayi, arrested for assaulting a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official on 7 December 2024, is a police officer. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. He stated that Osayi was arrested and prosecuted by the Ajah Division of the Lagos State Police Command for …

Being a memorandum in respect of a Bill to amend the Federal Road Safety Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2007 and for Related Matters 2024  I most humbly appreciate the House of Representatives for making effort in amending the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) (Establishment) Act, 2007 to give effect to the provision of section 19 of the …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned motorists to desist from exceeding the 100 km/h speed limit on expressways as the festive season approaches. Speeding, according to FRSC, is one of the major causes of road accidents which must be curbed to save the lives of commuters. The corps gave the warning amid the alarming rate of road accidents …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has restated that no tanker is permitted to load without first passing a series of rigorous safety inspections, amid rising concerns over frequent tanker explosions. The Jigawa tanker explosion, which was reported on 15 October at Majia, in the Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State, involving a petrol-laden truck travelling from Kano to …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that auto-crash incident, which led to the death of Faisal, son of former Kaduna State Governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, also made two other persons “still unconscious”. Faisal died in the accident, which occurred along Kaduna-Kano highway on Saturday. Giving update on Sunday, Kaduna State Sector Commander, Kabir Nadabo said the road crash …

A Bill for an Act to amend the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Act 2007 to make officers bear arms has scaled the second reading in the House of Representatives. The Bill was sponsored by Abiodun Adesida (APC, Ondo) and Olaide Muhammed (APC, Oyo) during yesterday’s plenary. It seeks to establish the Road Safety Special Armed Squad and make members …