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Train fare increase imminent – Minister

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The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, says there would be an increase in the rail service fare as a result of the economic situation in the country.  According to the minister, the number of trips per day will also be reduced, adding that there will be night travelling. Sambo Continue Reading

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Drive with caution for optimal safety – Sangodoyin

Web News 26 November 2022 144 0

The Oyo State Vehicle Inspection Services, VIS, on Friday, organized a lecture for Park Managers in the State on the need for safe road use this festive season. It also flagged off the “VIS Safety Campaign Week”. The lecture tagged “Zero Tolerance to Accidents on Our Roads”, was held at the Bus Terminal in Ojoo. […]Continue Reading

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Stakeholder Seeks Ban on Alcohol Sales at Motor Parks

Web News 20 November 2022 292 0

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ondo State Sector says it recorded a 16.77 per cent reduction in road traffic deaths in the state between 2021 and 2022. According to statistics obtained from the FRSC in […]Continue Reading

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Tipper Kills Two Policemen in Ekiti

Web News 14 November 2022 268 Post a comment

Tragedy struck early on Monday morning in Ado Ekiti, as two persons are feared dead in a ghastly road accident around the Olawuwo area of the city. Eyewitness accounts say the two persons who were police officers were hit while on a motorcycle by a tipper lorry at a turning point around Olawuwo Filling Station, […]Continue Reading

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Avoid Partisanship, FRSC Cautions special Marshals

Web News 11 November 2022 141 0

Acting Corp Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, DCM Dauda Biu has cautioned Special Marshals across the Nation, against using FRSC platforms for Political purposes.  DCM Biu gave the warning during The 2022 Special Marshals Zonal Conference with The theme: The Responsibility of Special Marshals in the face of a new administration, Organized by FRSC […]Continue Reading

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Makinde, Oyetola Inaugurate 91km Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo Road

Web News 27 October 2022 236 0

In a bid to promote regional integration, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and his Osun State counterpart, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, have jointly inaugurated the 91km Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo road reconstruction/rehabilitation for economic development. The flag-off ceremony held opposite Aje International Market, Iwo Road, Ido-Osun State was witnessed by government functionaries, Continue Reading

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Osun recorded 280 accidents, 78 deaths in nine months – FRSC

Web News 27 October 2022 184 0

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun says the Command recorded 280 accidents with 78 deaths in various categories of accidents between the months of January and September 2022 in the State.  Osun Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, disclosed this in a remark during the command’s 2022 ember months campaign flagged-off, titled ” Avoid […]Continue Reading

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FRSC Charges Instructors on Quality Training for Drivers

Web News 27 October 2022 207 0

Proprietors and training instructors of driving schools in Nigeria have a significant role to play in road crash reduction through quality instructions to would-be drivers. The Acting Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Ali Biu stated this at the 2022 Annual Capacity Building Workshop for Proprietors and Instructors of Driving  Schools in Nigeria held Continue Reading

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Olu of Ilaro Appeals to Ogun Govt over Deplorable Roads

Web News 26 October 2022 252 0

Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewaland, Oba Kehinde Olugbenle has called on Ogun State Government to take advantage of the abundance of crude oil in Tongeji Island towards making Ogun an oil-producing state. Oba Olugbenle, who made the call at Ilaro during a town hall meeting on the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and 2023 Budget for […]Continue Reading

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Three Die in Truck Accident on Lagos-Abeokuta Highway

Web News 23 October 2022 161 0

A truck has crushed three travellers to death and injured others in an accident that occurred in the Obada area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. According to report, the fatal incident happened at about 07:15 am, around the Obada police station on the Lagos-Abeokuta highway. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety […]Continue Reading

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Ten Die in Lagos-Ibadan Road Multiple Accident

Web News 21 October 2022 166 0

Ten persons have been reportedly burnt beyond recognition in multiple crashes that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun State Command, Mrs Florence Okpe confirmed the figure in a statement in Abeokuta. Mrs Okpe, who explained that the fatal crash occurred at about thirteen minutes past two […]Continue Reading

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Second Niger Bridge at completion stage – Fashola

Web News 19 October 2022 123 0

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has confirmed that the construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge has now reached its completion stage. Fashola stated this at an ongoing press briefing to present President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Fashola, the bridge would soon be released to the public for use. […]Continue Reading

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Aviation Minister Inaugurates Ekiti Airport

Web News 16 October 2022 246 0

” My job is done”, Fayemi tells Ekiti people….” It was a dream come true for the people of Ekiti as the Ekiti State Agro-Allied International Airport, Ado- Ekiti, was inaugurated for public use shortly after the first aircraft landed at the facility on Saturday. With the commissioning and landing of the first flight on […]Continue Reading

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Gas-enabled vehicles will soon be on roads in Ogun – Gov. Abiodun

Web News 10 October 2022 142 0

Ogun State Government says plans are underway to convert vehicles running on petrol to gas as part of efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the state. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who announced this in Abeokuta during an interactive meeting with transport unions in Ogun Central senatorial district, said motorcycles would also be converted to […]Continue Reading

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FRSC Cautions Road Users against Recklessness

Web News 7 October 2022 198 0

Road users have been cautioned against the use of unsafe tyres, taking alcoholic drinks and overloading to put an end to wanton loss of lives on the nation’s roads. Oyo State Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Mr Joshua Adekanye stated this at the flag off of ember months campaign held at Ajimobi Park, New Garage Ibadan. Mr […]Continue Reading

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Fatal Crash on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway Kills Two, Injures Four

Web News 1 October 2022 165 0

Two persons were confirmed dead while four others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Nissan Cabster and a Mack truck at Iyana Egbado, Itori on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Saturday. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Umar noted that the crash […]Continue Reading

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255 Oyo roads earmarked for rehabilitation, repairs – OYSROMA

Web News 30 September 2022 193 0

Oyo State Government has begun the Bill of Engineering Measurement and Evaluation, BEME, on not less than 255 roads across the state within the 33 local government areas for rehabilitation. The Chairman, Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA, Mr Busoye Soladoye stated this on Friday while on inspection of some of the roads earmarked for […]Continue Reading

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Ekiti Cargo Airport: Farmers Protest Non-payment of Compensation

Web News 29 September 2022 197 0

Aggrieved Farmers have taken to the major road leading to the Cargo Airport at the outskirts of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State in the early hours of Thursday, in their bid to ensure compensation was paid to them for their lands and farm produce destroyed in the course of building the airstrips. The farmers numbering about […]Continue Reading

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Unrest as Park Manager Allegedly Imposes Kinsman on Members

Web News 27 September 2022 148 0

Members of the Ogun State Park and Garages in Ado-Odo/Ota local government have kicked against the alleged decision of the Transport Boss, Alhaji Akeem Bodunrin-Iyeru to impose his kinsmen, Sunday Akinsanya, popularly known as ‘Ajongolo’ to take over the administration of the sector in the local government. It was alleged that Ajongolo, who was brought […]Continue Reading

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FRSC Announces Traffic Diversion On Ijebu-Ode-Ore Expressway

Web News 24 September 2022 230 0

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun Sector Command has announced temporary diversion along Ijebu-Ode- Ore Expressway following an accident that occurred on Friday night. FRSC Public Education Officer, Mrs Florence Okpe who made this known in a statement said the accident blocked the entire section of the  inward section of Ijebu-Ode-Ore Expressway. Mrs Okpe Continue Reading

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OYRTMA Flags off Ember Months Awareness

Web News 22 September 2022 191 0

 Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority, OYRTMA says it will deploy over 15,000 personnel across the state to enhance a hitch-free festive period in partnership with other relevant stakeholders The Chairman of OYRTMA, Mogaji Akin Fagbemi disclosed this while speaking at the flag-off 2022 Ember Months Campaign Awareness organized by the agency for private and […]Continue Reading

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Oluwo Appeals for Prompt Reconstruction of Osogbo-Iwo-Ibadan

Web News 22 September 2022 144 Post a comment

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has appealed to the government of Osun State to commence the reconstruction of Osogbo-Iwo-Ibadan. In a statement by his Press Secretary, Mr Alli Ibrheem, Oba Akanbi described the road as the life-wire of Osun State in terms of road networks, stating that its neglect has done a […]Continue Reading

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Pregnant Woman, Minor, Crushed to Death in Ogun Accident

Web News 10 September 2022 176 0

Two persons have been reportedly killed while four others sustained injuries in an accident involving a yellow cement DAF truck in Adewusi Village, via Kila, along Abeokuta/Ibadan highway. The spokesperson, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi told journalists in Abeokuta that the accident, involving a DAF truck with registration Continue Reading

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FRSC Confirms Death of One in Multiple Accident

Web News 7 September 2022 157 0

One person was killed on Wednesday, and two others were injured in a multiple accident involving seven vehicles at Ologuneru Area of Ibadan on Tuesday. FRSC Sector Commander in Oyo State, Mr Joshua Adekanye, confirmed the accident to the Newsmen on Wednesday. Adekanye said 10 persons were involved in the auto crash. He said that […]Continue Reading

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Motorists Advocate Quick Repair of Aramoko-Igede Road

Web News 5 September 2022 242 0

Motorists plying the Ado-Aramoko expressway have again appealed to the concerned authorities to help them fix the bad portions along the route. The respondents made the appeal in an interview with Radio Nigeria while reacting to the issue of failed portions on the road which prevented easy movement of vehicles due to two damaged trailers. The respondents […]Continue Reading