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According to a report in Vanguard, The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has advised the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to begin enforcement of speed limiting devices on private vehicles to reduce accidents. Alhaji Musa Muhammed, RTEAN Chairman in Lagos State, gave the advice in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos. According to him, enforcing speed ...

“The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, has absolved demons of responsibility for the high rate of road traffic accidents during ember months.”- The Nation Oyeyemi spoke at the launch of the 10th edition of the “Don’t Drink and Drive’’ campaign of the Nigerian Breweries (NB) in collaboration with the FRSC in Abuja on Wednesday. Represented ...

Poverty and environmental degradation both share a mutual relationship in the Lagos Metropolis especially in areas that seem to be very congested. This article addresses the relationship between poverty and environmental degradation in Lagos. Lagos metropolis is inhabited by about 80% of the population of lagosians making it the most urbanized state in Nigeria today. With a population of over ...

According to Premium Times, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, says some infrastructural adjustments are needed in Abuja to support the proposed introduction of bicycle transport in the nation’s capital city. The Corps’ Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Sunday. Mr. Kazeem said the plan also required amendment of the National ...

Daily Post reports that tragedy occurred Wednesday morning along Eleyele – Ologuneru- Eruwa Road in Ibadan after a tanker fire claimed the life of a yet-to-be-identified woman and destroyed property worth millions of naira. The fire which started around 11am, according to eye witness, was triggered when the truck loaded with 33,000 litres of diesel had difficulty ascending the hilly ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday, advised road users to cease from embarking on night journey during the Yuletide. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu, FRSC Deputy Sector Commander in Enugu, Mr Lucky Ugele, gave the advice in an interview with the . “Every road user is advised to do away with ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Ogun State, Mr Clement Oladele has made it known that Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, will temporarily close a section of the Ibadan/Lagos corridor by Sagamu Interchange to effect repair. Vanguard reports that Oladele disclosed this on Thursday in Abeokuta. Oladele said that Julius Berger Nigeria Plc had informed the FRSC that ...

According to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi,  30, 126 people died in Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) between 2011 and 2015. The Nation reports that Oyeyemi said that RTCs have negatively impacted the nation’s economy. He said that:“three per cent of our annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) totaling about $131, 817,676,080 has been lost to RTCs ...

Two lives were lost on Tuesday night in Sango-Ota area of Ogun State, in an auto-crash that occurred at the old Abeokuta/Lagos toll gate. The incident was confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Unit Commander, Mr. Leye Adegboyega, that the accident involved a Mack Truck with registration number MUS 338 XS and a Toyota ...

The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, Cross River chapter, says it has lost 36 of its members to accidents on the bad road linking Odukpani and Itu in the last three months. Victor Okon, Chairman of the association, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar on Sunday. He attributed the deaths to ...