Tag: accidents
Laying curses is the latest trend in the incompetence playbook
To err is human, and to pray for the basic necessities of governance like the security of life and property ...
Samuel Akinnuga: Road accidents and the failure of FRSC’s emergency response unit
by Samuel Akinnuga It has been submitted that more than 80% of road accidents are directly linked to human ...
Edwin Okolo: Small deaths [NEW VOICES]
Seventeen was an odd year to die. But I did. It was the first of many small deaths. Seventeen had ...
Opinion: Of gridlock and incessant abuse of traffic lights
by Usama Dandare Over the years, traffic signals were controlled by electrical or mechanical devices, but with the advent of ...
In just 2 years, 11, 436 Nigerians killed in road accidents – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps says 11,436 persons lost their lives as a result of road accidents across Nigeria in 2014 ...
Governor Fayose declares 3 day mourning for dead medical doctors
Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has declared 3 days of mourning in the state following the death of six ...
This naked boobs advert caused over 500 car accidents in one day
by Temitope Onitiju Some days ago, an advertisement showing a woman’s breasts caused over 500 accidents in a single day. The photo, which ...
We will remove all broken down vehicles from the highways
by Iyobosa Omoregie The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) promised to remove all broken- down vehicles along all major Highways ...
Dele Agekameh: On the sorry state of Nigerian roads
by Dele Agekameh Besides causing avoidable deaths to road users, the drivers of articulated vehicles also constitute some nuisance to ...
FRSC deploys 2,400 marshals on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for yuletide
by Akintomiwa Agbaje The Federal Road Safety Commissions (FRSC) Lagos state command said it has mobilised 2,400 personnel for the ...
Opinion: This madness in the name of convoys must stop
by Abiola Solanke In a story that circulated on the internet recently, one Ola Adeosun narrated how he became victim ...
Accidents are God’s will… they are inevitable – Stella Oduah, Aviation minister
Four days after a tragic crash involving an Associated Airline plane killed 14 people in Lagos, Minister of Aviation, ...
Frightening stats: 1,437 died in 6 months in bus accidents nationwide – FRSC
by ‘Jola Sotubo According to a recently released Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) report, not less than 1,437 people died ...
Sad: 2 children, 4 others die in separate road accidents
by Funso Ajewole The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has said that two children and ...
Tragedy in Ogun: Truck crushes 8 secondary school students
No fewer than 17 persons lost their lives in separate road crashes across Ogun State on Wednesday. At Itori, in ...
Death traps: Nigeria ranked second worldwide in road accidents
by Stanley Azuakola If the recent air crash has caused for you a phobia for air travel, then this news ...
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