Tag: Nigerian Pilgrims
Analysis: 2026 Hajj Fare should be N6.8m
Last year, pilgrims from the Northern part of the country paid N8, 457,685.59, while those from the South paid N8,…
Alleged drug trafficking: NDLEA disowns purported photos of freed Nigerian pilgrims
NDLEA noted that following reports on the release of the three innocent Nigerian pilgrims by Saudi authorities, some media outlets…
NAHCON fixes date to begin transporting pilgrims to Nigeria
The first flights would include pilgrims from Imo with Air Peace, Bauchi state with Max Air, and Kebbi and Sokoto…
2025 Hajj: 1,622 Nigerian pilgrims leave for Madinah
Shettima had while launching the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage, urged the intending pilgrims to be good ambassadors of the country.
NAHCON approves 4 airlines for 2025 hajj operation
The NAHCON boss stated that the airlines were screened and shortlisted by a team of 32 members that were inaugurated…
Nigerian pilgrim Ismaila Musa dies in Saudi Arabia
The death of Musa was announced in a statement by Alhaji Daiyabu Dauda, the Executive Secretary of Plateau Muslim Pilgrims…
NAHCON: Max Air will continue Hajj airlift despite suspension
NAHCON said the aircraft being used for airlift of Nigerian Pilgrims by MAX aIR is not the same as the…
2023 Hajj: How 14 Nigerian pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia
According to the NAHCON medical team, seven pilgrims died before Arafat, six died during the five-day Mashair (core Hajj period)…
Saudi authorities move 10,000 Nigerian pilgrims to new tents
The decision was sequel to the complaint lodged by NAHCON to the Muttawwif of African Non Arabs on inadequate tents,…
65,000 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia:NAHCON
No fewer than 65,000 Nigerians are in Saudi Arabia for the 2019 Hajj, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON)…
Nigerian female pilgrim from Sokoto dies in Madinah
An elderly female Nigerian pilgrim from Sokoto State has died in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, few days to the commencement of…
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…
Nigerian pilgrims begin return journey Monday.
The return journey of Nigeria’s 55,000 pilgrims who performed this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia begins on Monday, the National…
Hajj 2018: Nigerian pilgrims set to return home
Some Nigerian pilgrims on Thursday said they were excited after completing the Hajj rites and looked forward to returning home.
Hajj 2018: 1st batch of Nigerian pilgrims arrive Madinah
The first batch of 445 pilgrims from Kogi on Saturday arrived in Madinah on board the inaugural flight for this…
2016 Hajj: Saudi Authority commends Nigerian Pilgrims
A Saudi minister in charge of Hajj on Thursday commended Nigerian pilgrims to this year’s pilgrimage for their discipline and…
475 pilgrims leave Saudi Arabia for home
The first contingent of Nigerian pilgrims to this year’s pilgrimage left Jeddah International Airport for Nigeria on Saturday The Flynass…
Poor Naira: Nigerian pilgrims cut down on spending
Many Nigerian pilgrims currently in Saudi Arabia for this year’s pilgrimage say they have cut down on their spending following…
3 Nigerian pilgrims arrested in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking
The Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested three pilgrims from Kwara for alleged possession of substance suspected to be cocaine. Hajia…
2016 Hajj: Cleric urges intending pilgrims to pray for Nigeria
Sheik Yusuf Alibawa, a Sokoto state-based Islamic cleric, on Thursday urged intending pilgrims for 2016 Hajj to Saudi Arabia to…
Nigerian Pilgrims Abscond In Israel
Five Nigerian pilgrims who went to Israel for this year’s pilgrimage have absconded. Two were from Lagos State while the…
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…
21 Nigerian Pilgrims Die In Saudi
Twenty-One Nigerian pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia, the National Hajj Commission has announced. Male pilgrims that died were 13. The…
15 Nigerian Pilgrims Die In Saudi Arabia
At least 15 Nigerians on pilgrimate in Saudi Arabia have died in the holy land. While the National Hajj Commission…
2 Nigerian Pilgrims Held For Drugs
Two Nigerian pilgrims have been arrested in Saudi Arabia for allegedly being in possession of banned drugs. The pilgrims were…
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 Commission to issue free SIM cards
The National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) is to issue free SIM cards to all intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year,…
6 More Pilgrims Die In Mecca
Six more Nigerian pilgrims have been confirmed dead in Saudi Arabia while undergoing the annual hajj in the holy land.…
Nigerian Pilgrims Fly Out Weekend
The airlifting of about 99, 000 Nigerian Pilgrims billed for the Holy land, Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj would…