Tag: 2019 Hajj
Female Oyo pilgrim absconds in Jeddah
The Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board says a female pilgrim, Ms Anifat Saheed, absconded in Jeddah during the 2019 Hajj…
NAHCON beats deadline, all pilgrims back home
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has concluded the transportation of pilgrims back home with the last flight NGL…
550 Pilgrims escape death in Max Airline plane
No fewer than 550 pilgrims from Niger who performed this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia on Saturday escaped death at…
Hajj: Kaduna completes airlift of 3,544 pilgrims back home
The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board said it has transported all its 3,544 pilgrims back home from Saudi Arabia.
31,435 pilgrims back home -NAHCON
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it has transported 31,435 pilgrims back home in 65 flights from the…
2019 Hajj: Last batch of Kwara Pilgrims arrive llorin
The last batch of 369 Pilgrims that travelled with the Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board for 2019 Hajj exercise on…
2019 Hajj: First batch of 560 Kwara pilgrims arrive in llorin
The first batch of 560 pilgrims from Kwara State that performed the 2019 Hajj exercise arrived home on Saturday.
Special flight for hajj returnees
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), a body responsible for the coordination of hajj operations in Nigeria and Saudi,…
Hajj 2019: 313 pilgrims quit smoking
About 313 pilgrims from parts of the world have quit smoking since the start of the Hajj season, after visiting…
2019 Hajj completion: Buhari congratulates pilgrims
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with all the 2019 Nigerian pilgrims over the successful completion of their Hajj rites and…
Sen Ndume’s advice to Nigerian youths from Makkah
The Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has sent home an advice to the Nigerian youth…
2019 Hajj: Bagudu prays for peace, unity, safe return of pilgrims
The Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu, prayed for the peace and unity of the nation and wished pilgrims safe…
2019 Hajj: 65,000 Nigerians on Mt. Arafat in Makkah
Out of a total number of 1.8 million Muslims across the world who are presently observing Arafat Day in Muna,…
2019 Hajj: 2 million Muslims approach Holy site
Around two million Muslims from around the world on Friday began heading to a holy site in Saudi Arabia, marking…
Hajj proper begins today
Today, Friday 8th day of Dhul-Hijjah, 1440 A.H which is equivalent to 9th of August 2019 of the Gregorian Calendar,…
Hajj rituals start midnight Thursday – Saudi Arabia
Saudi Press Agency on Thursday reported that the 2019 Hajj rituals would start from the midnight of Thursday in Mecca’s…
1.8 million Hajj pilgrims to climb Mt. Arafat
About 1.8 million pilgrims from across nations of the world are expected to climb and stay on the Mountain Arafat…
2019 Hajj: Niger governor assures Muslim pilgrims of adequate care
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Monday assured Muslim pilgrims of adequate care while in Saudi Arabia to partake in…
Arafat: Saudi modernises stoning of devil to check stampede
The Saudi authorities have introduced electronic system into the stoning of the three devils at Muna after Arafat day.
Pray for peace in Nigeria, farmers chair urges pilgrims
The Chairman, Rice Farmers Association (RIFAN), Katsina State, Alhaji Shuaibu Wakili, on Saturday urged Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia to…
2019 Hajj: Niger transports 2,200 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia
The Niger State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has transported 2,200 pilgrims out of the 3,200 pilgrims expected to perform the…
2019 Hajj: 36,199 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
The number of Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the 2019 Hajj exercise rose to 36,199 in 74 flights on…
2019 Hajj: Clerics advise Nigerian pilgrims to be good ambassadors
Some Muslim clerics in Omu-Aran, Kwara, have advised Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to be good ambassadors of Nigeria throughout…
Don’t involve yourselves in our politics, Saudi official warns pilgrims
The Chief Custodian of the holy mosques of Makkah and Madinah, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, has urged pilgrims currently performing…
NAHCON issues travel alert against Saudi’s MERS
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has issued a travel alert to Nigerian pilgrims against the spread of an…
Hold the sanctity of Madinah, Nigerian pilgrims urged
The Chief Imam at the Nigeria Force Headquarters, Abuja, Dr Yaaub Alhassan, on Sunday urged Nigerian pilgrims in Madinah to…
Kogi pilgrims pray for peaceful governorship election
Some pilgrims from Kogi have embarked on prayers in the Prophet’s mosque in Madinah, asking Allah to make the state’s…
Hajj update: Nigerian pilgrims visit Qu’ran exhibition centre
Nigerian pilgrims awaiting their transportation to Makkah from Madinah, in continuation of their Hajj rites on Saturday visited the Qu’ran…
2019 Hajj: 13,107 intending pilgrims arrive Madinah in 10 days
The flight of pilgrims from Nigeria to Saudi Arabia for the 2019 Hajj entered its eleventh day on Saturday with…
Be security conscious, NAHCON advices Nigerian pilgrims
Nigerian pilgrims to the 2019 Hajj have been advised to be security conscious as their movement from Madinah to Makkah…