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 …

A rescue team of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has rescued three accident victims and recovered N8,620,000 at the scene in Kaduna State. The accident occurred around 7 pm on Monday, September 30, at Area G Samaru, along Zaria-Funtua road. Spokesman of the FRSC, Assistant Corps Marshal Olusegun Ogungbemide, who announced this in a statement on Tuesday, 1 October, …

No fewer than 18 people were burnt beyond recognition when a vehicle conveying them caught fire along the Benin-Sagamu Expressway on Monday. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed this in a telephone conversation with PUNCH Online on Monday. According to Akinbiyi, the driver of the vehicle had placed a keg filled with …

Whether in the realms of military regimentation or civil democratic leadership, the place of legitimacy as an effective instrument to leadership cannot be overemphasized. Ideally, legitimacy is about earning the trust, confidence and unwavering commitment of the people to a leader’s vision based on their conviction in the rightness of his actions. That ability of the leader to earn the …

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has launched its Mobile Application and National Crash Reporting Information System, NACRIS, to verify drivers license, number plates, speed detector amongst others. The app which was launched by the FRSC on Thursday in Abuja, would also provide services such as eye witness report, emergency reports, black spot, National traffic radio, speed limiter verification, driving …

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has launched its Mobile Application and National Crash Reporting Information System, NACRIS, to verify drivers license, number plates, speed detector amongst others. The app which was launched by the FRSC on Thursday in Abuja, would also provide services such as eye witness report, emergency reports, black spot, National traffic radio, speed limiter verification, driving …

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Friday, has ordered an immediate commencement of special operations against the carrying of petroleum and other inflammable substances in passenger vehicles. In a statement signed by the Public Education Officer FRSC, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said the directive issued by the Corp Marshal of the FRSC, Marshal Shehu Mohammed will commence immediately. The directives include massive …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is set to launch its mobile app this September for the verification of licences and plate numbers. FRSC spokesperson in Lagos, Elizabeth Jayeola, disclosed this on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday. Jayeola, the Sector Public Education Officer of FRSC Lagos State Command, adding that the mobile app performs functions for both the …