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The Independent National Electoral Commission and National Union of Road Transport Workers have signed Memorandum of Understanding for the provision of vehicles for the transportation of election materials in Nasarawa state.

Oyeyemi made the plan known at the 1st Quarter 2019 National Vehicle Identification System Desk Officers Workshop held in Abuja on Monday.

The Kano State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Sunday said it had returned N430,000 recovered at the scene of an accident on the Bayero University road to the owner.

The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps on Saturday said that its personnel rescued 305 victims in 94 road crashes across the state during the 2018 Yuletide.

In preparation for the forthcoming general elections, the police, army and other security agencies on Saturday patrolled major highways in Lagos metropolis in a show of force.

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun Command, on Friday, said that 30 persons died in various road crashes during the Yuletide in the state.

The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps on Friday said that 1,008,274 million vehicles travelled on Lagos – Ibadan Expressway during the 2018 Yuletide.

The Federal Road Safety Corps said fatality on the nation’s highways reduced by 18.6 per cent in 2018, according to its end-of-year special patrol report.

Announcing the postings in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, FRSC Spokesman, Bisi Kazeem, said that the officers were expected to complete handing and taking over processes on or before January 23.

The Management of the Federal Road Safety Corps has approved the redeployment of five Assistant Corps Marshals, five Sector Commanders and a host of other officers.

The Plateau Command of Federal Road Safety Corps said it recorded 16 vehicle crashes between the 2018 Christmas period and January 15, 2019 across the state.

Olugbenga Farinloye, the Idiroko Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, on Thursday advised the Federal Government to dualise the Idiroko Road to reduce accidents in the area.

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Nasarawa State command, has called on politicians to stop their supporters from hanging on moving vehicles to minimise the risk of road accidents.

The Federal Road Safety Corps in Osun on Wednesday presented a stolen vehicle, a Kia Sportage, recovered by its patrol team, to its rightful owner in Osogbo.

The Federal Road Safety Corps on Tuesday said it would soon begin the enforcement of speed limit devices installation on private vehicles.

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ekiti Command,  Kugu Ismaila, has confirmed that 14 people died while five others were injured in the truck accident at Iworoko Ekiti on Saturday.

The Idiroko Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State said 21 people were arrested on Idiroko Road for drink-driving during the Ember Months’ Special Patrol in 2018.

Three persons lost their lives while 11 others sustained various degrees of injury in a road accident when a Mazda bus somersaulted near Makun city on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway on Friday.

The Itori Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State has advised motorists to desist from buying second hand tyres, known as Tokunbo tyres, to avert unnecessary crashes traced to tyre burst.

Over 4,650 successfully screened candidates for employment with the Federal Road Safety Corps are undergoing a six months training in three locations across the country.