Tag: Nigerian Pilgrims
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…