Tag: Hajj
No Hajj For Previous Pilgrims
The Lagos State Government has barred all Lagosians who have gone on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia before from embarking on…
Hajj Death Toll Hits 36
Common cold has become the top killer infection among Nigerian pilgrims performing this year’s Hajj with total death toll now…
Muslim pilgrims rush to complete final hajj rituals
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Muslim pilgrims rushed to complete the final rituals of the annual hajj on Sunday as…
Pilgrims still stoning the devil in Saudi
Mina, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from all over the world, grouped by nationality, stoned…
3 Nigerian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia
Three Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia have died, Dr Bello Tambawwal, the Head of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria Medina…
Hajj flights suspended as 509 female pilgrims deported
The Saudi authorities have stepped up the deportation of unaccompanied Nigerian female pilgrims, sending back to Nigeria 508 of them…
Hajj: Will the Saudis heed Nigeria’s ultimatum?
The Federal Government on Wednesday gave the government of Saudi Arabia 24 hours ultimatum of to resolve issues concerning their…
171 Nigerian female pilgrims home after Saudi ban
About 171 of Nigerian unaccompanied female pilgrims, barred from entering Jeddah for the annual Hajj by the Saudi authorities, returned…
HAJJ: Lagos begins airlifting of pilgrims October
The Lagos State Government is set to commence the airlifting of the State Muslim pilgrims to this year’s Holy Pilgrimage…
6 airlines to lift Nigeria’s Hajj pilgrims
Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved six airlines to transport intending pilgrims to this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. This is…
Hajj: 1,000 Deposit Fares In Plateau
The Plateau Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Monday in Jos said it collected Hajj deposit for this year’s pilgrimage from…