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FRSC Seeks Speedy Establishment Of Ogun Road Safety Advisory Council

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Federal Road Safety Commission wants the Ogun State government to expedite the establishment of the Ogun State’s Road Safety Advisory Council to enhance the robust implementation of road safety standards in the State. The FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer, Zone Two, Lagos, Mr. Peter Kibo made the Continue Reading

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Exercise caution along Itori Axis of Lagos-Abeokuta Road – FRSC

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The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has advised motorists passing through Itori along the old Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway to observe safety precautions on the road. FRSC Public Education Officer Ogun State, Mrs. Florence Okpe said in Abeokuta that the step became necessary following the collapse of a section of the bridge in the Itori axis of […]Continue Reading

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One Dies, 16 Rescued As Passenger Boat Capsizes In Lagos

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One person has been confirmed dead while 16 others were rescued on Monday evening when a passenger boat named Temi 3 Global capsized in Lagos waters while enroute Ikorodu from Marina in Lagos.  According to a statement by the NIWA Lagos Area Manager, Sarat Braimah, the boat capsized after colliding with a floating object near […]Continue Reading

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Okada Riders Reject “Outrageous” Levy By Ogun Govt.

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Commercial motorcyclists in Ogun state have rejected the government directive to register at one of the state’s designated registration points across the state within ten days or risk arrest.Some of the riders while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta said registration fee imposed by the government was insensitive and outrageous. According to two of them, Mr. […]Continue Reading

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Ekiti Loses Forty-One Lives To Accidents In Eight Months- FRSC

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In Ekiti State, forty one people lost their lives between January and September this year in one hundred and six accidents recorded by the Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC in the state. The Zonal Commanding Officer FRSC, in charge of Zone 8, Mr Uche Omeje made this known at this year’s Ember Months Campaign in […]Continue Reading

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4 Killed, 13 Rescued As 18 Seater Bus Plunges Into River In Kogi

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No fewer than Four corpse have been recovered and 13 others rescued alive while one person still missing as an 18 seater bus plunged into the Black River a tributary to river Niger in koton-karfe in kogi state. The accident occured around 7.30pm on Tuesday when the driver of the bus slept off and lost […]Continue Reading

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FRSC Condemns Poor Attitude to Traffic Rules in Ekiti

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The Assistant Corps Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Zone 8, Mr Uche Omeje says the poor attitude of Motorists and commuters to traffic rules are some of the factors responsible for carnage being recorded in many parts of the state. Mr Omeje made the observation in an interview with Radio Nigeria after an unscheduled […]Continue Reading

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FG Intensifies Efforts To Complete Reconstruction Of Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Road

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Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has announced the federal government’s decision to review the contract for the reconstruction of Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road. Mr. Fashola made this known during an inspection of ongoing construction works at the Toll Plaza, Lotto axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.  The minister explained that the Lagos-Ota road Continue Reading

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Community Restricts Pedestrian, Vehicular Movement After Accident Claims One in Ibadan

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Motorists and Residents  of Odeku, Moganna and pipeline, area of Odo Ona Elewe, Oluyole Local Government  were this morning barricaded from plying the road  following an accident that claimed a life of 23 year old woman. Abisola oluremiContinue Reading

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Oyo Assembly Urges Inclusion of Mobil-7up-Oluyole Road in 2022 Budget

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Following the deplorable condition of Mobil-7up-Oluyole Road in Ibadan South West Local Government area of Oyo State, the state House of Assembly has urged the Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to include the reconstruction of the road in the 2022 budget. The appeal was contained in a motion presented by the lawmaker representing Ibadan South West […]Continue Reading

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FRSC, Drivers’ Union, Charge Road Users On Safety During “Ember” Months

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The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ekiti State Command and the drivers’ union in the state say any of their members found wanting in the “Ember” months will be sanctioned. This formed part of the submissions of stakeholders in the transportation sector, while speaking with Radio Nigeria correspondent in Ado Ekiti. Oriola Afolabi brings the […]Continue Reading

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Adamasingba Unveiling: OYRTMA Warns Commuters Of Heavy Traffic

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Members of the motoring public and general commuters traveling from or to Ibadan Metropolis through Adamasingba have been notified of the anticipated heavy traffic due to the official commissioning of the remodeled Lekan Salami Stadium by Governor Seyi Makinde. A statement by the chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority, OYRTMA, Mr. Akin Fagbemi says […]Continue Reading

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Lokoja-Kabba Highway: FRSC Advises Motorists on Alternative Routes

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Members of the motoring public and general commuters travelling from or to Southwest, through Lokoja-Kabba- Federal Highway are hereby notified of the caving in of a section of the road between Zariagi and Obajana cement factory. This development has led to an obstruction of free flow of traffic. As all the concerned authorities are making […]Continue Reading

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Gov. Makinde Commissions VIP Lounge at Ibadan Airport

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Oyo state Governor,Engineer Seyi Makinde says his government will always support the upgrade of facilities at the Ibadan airport Alakia till it assume international standard. He said this during the commissioning of a protocol/VIP lounge at the airport as well as inauguration of an airline operation to the Ibadan airport. Inaugurating a new airline operation […]Continue Reading

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Petrol Tanker Crushes Five To Death In Ibadan

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No fewer than five persons in a taxi were crushed to death by a fully loaded petrol tanker on Monday in Ibadan, Oyo state. The accident happened at Celica area on new Ife-Ibadan Road, Egbeda Local Government Area.. Witnesses said the petrol tanker lost control, rammed into a Nissan Micra taxi and dragged all into […]Continue Reading

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Pilot Phase Of Oyo State Residents’ Registration Programme Kicks Off On Monday

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The Special Assistant to the Governor Seyi Makinde on ICT, Mr Bayo Akande says the pilot phase of the Oyo State Residents’ Registration Programme will kick off on Monday, August 9, 2021. In a statement by Mr Bayo Akande,the programme will begin with the commercial transport workers Okada, tricycle, Micra and bus drivers at various locations […]Continue Reading

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Accident Reportedly Claims One In Abeokuta

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One person has reportedly died while another man sustained injury in a road crash involving a motorcycle and a sienna car along the Kobape – Kuto Abeokuta road.  Eyewitnesses told Radio Nigeria that the motorcyclist conveying two passengers was coming out of Toolu village, opposite Paramount FM, and negotiating his way to link the expressway […]Continue Reading

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Roads Construction: FG Refunds 5 States With 143bn Naira

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The federal government has refunded N143 billion to five states for constructing federal roads. Minister of State, Works and Housing, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu made this known disclosure during a visit to Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, at Government House, Birnin Kebbi, in the state capital. The minister, an engineer by profession, was in Kebbi […]Continue Reading

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Ogun Assembly Challenges Contractors on Speedy Completion of Roads

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Ogun State House of Assembly through its Committee on Works and Infrastructure has challenged contractors handling road projects in the State to speed up the pace of construction to ease human and vehicular movements across the State.  This is just as the Committee commended the development projects being executed by Prince Dapo Abiodun led administration […]Continue Reading

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Senate Committee Promises Upgrade Of Ibadan Airport To International Standard

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The senate committee on aviation has promised to advocate the upgrade of Ibadan airport to international standard. Chairman Senate Committee on aviation, senator Smart Adeyemi said this during a courtesy call on Governor Makinde at the Agodi secretariat,Ibadan as part of the committee’s oversight function. Senator Adeyemi said the visit, ahead of the 2022 budget […]Continue Reading

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Auto Crash Claims Thirteen Lives Along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

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Thirteen passengers have been feared dead while twelve others injured in an auto accident which occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to reports, the tragic incident involved a commercial bus traveling out of Lagos and a stationary truck at a spot opposite a company producing roofing sheets and pipes. Traffic officials on the corridor said […]Continue Reading

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Residents Protest Deplorable State of Akure/Ado-Ekiti Road

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Residents of Ondo and Ekiti States have protested the abandonment of Akure – Ado-Ekiti road by the contractor handling the road project after being mobilised by the Federal government. The protest which lasted for over three hours paralyzed vehicular movement along the road linking the two states. The protesters who carried different placards called on […]Continue Reading

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Hike in Transport Fare As Eid-El-Kabir Approaches

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Few hours to the celebration few travelers have been leaving Ibadan to other parts of the country. Our correspondent who monitored transportation situation in different and major inter state parks in Ibadan reports that fare from Ibadan to Akure, Eruwa, Ibarapa, Ado-Ekiti, Lagos, Osogbo, Ondo ranged between one thousand five hundred naira and two thousand […]Continue Reading

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FG Approves Construction of Sagamu Ilaro Road

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the construction of one hundred kilometres Sagamu Ilaro road. Ogun State Governor, Prince  Dapo Abiodun who made this known while addressing  people of Ilaro in yewa South local government area of the state, said when completed, the ₦79 billion contract would alleviate the sufferings of the motorists passing […]Continue Reading

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Eid-el-Kabir: FRSC Deploys over Two Thousand Personnel in Oyo

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Federal Road safely Corps, FRSC, Oyo state sector command has deployed about two thousand personnel to ensure visibility on highways during Eid-el-kabir celebration.  This is contained in a statement signed in Ibadan by FRSC Public Education, Mr Inyama Chijioke.  The sector, Mrs Uche Chukwurah says apart from the deployed officers, twenty Continue Reading