Tag: Jeddah
Drug kingpin, 5 others in NDLEA custody over arrest of 3 Nigerians in Saudi Arabia
The Agency assured the public of its commitment to fight the scourge of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in…
2 killed in Saudi gyrocopter crash
Two people aboard a gyrocopter were killed Sunday when the light aircraft crashed in the Saudi Red Sea city of…
Saudi seizes half a tonne of cocaine
Customs officers have seized half a tonne of cocaine in Jeddah, on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, where drug…
Saudi MERS death toll rises to 163
Health authorities in Saudi Arabia have reported three more fatalities from the MERS respiratory virus, taking the death toll in…
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…
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…