Tag: Pilgrimage
4,000 pilgrims return safely as Nigeria suspends further Israel trips
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has announced the immediate suspension of all pilgrimages to Israel…
Israel/Iran war: Nigerian govt halts pilgrimage to Israel
NCPC, the statutory body responsible for coordinating Christian pilgrimages from Nigeria to Israel and other holy sites worldwide announced this…
Pilgrimage: Catholic faithful pray for end to Coronavirus
No fewer than 10,000 Catholic faithful, priests and religious on Saturday in Lagos prayed for peace, unity and end of…
Christian Board Starts Preparation For 2017 Pilgrimage
Nasarawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board (NCPWB) on Wednesday says it has started preparation for the 2017 Christian pilgrimage to…
Commission to organise special pilgrimage for persons living with disabilities
Rev. Tor Uja, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), said on Wednesday that the commission would begin a special…
35 Christians register for 2016 pilgrimage in Bauchi
Mr Daniel Shawulu, Executive Secretary, Bauchi State Christians Welfare Board, said at least 35 Christians from the state have registered…
Ambode ends sponsorship of pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Mecca
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has banned age-long sponsorship of pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia and Israel by the…
2016 Hajj: Ondo pilgrims urged to engage in physical exercises
haj The Ondo State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has advised intending for the 2016 Hajj from the state to engage…
Sustain agencies responsible for pilgrimages, Dogara tells govt
Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has called on government to support and sustain agencies responsible for pilgrimages to the…
2015 Pilgrimage: Pregnant women, others not eligible
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, CPWB, Archbishop Oludotun Ogunseye has stated that pregnant women…
Anambra suspends pilgrimage sponsorship
The Anambra Government says it currently lacks the financial resources to sponsor intending pilgrims from the state to the holy…
‘A Sinner in Mecca’ documents gay Muslim pilgrimage
New York (AFP) – The confession of a Pakistani murderer. Overzealous religious police. An Arab angered after his pregnant wife…
Buhari inaugurates hajj 2015 flight to Saudi Arabia
President Mohammadu Buhari on Sunday inaugurated Muslim pilgrims flight to Saudi Arabia for 2015. Buhari, represented by Gov. Nasir El-Rufai…
Buhari accepts voluntary offer of services by Muslim leaders at hajj
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the voluntary offer of services to 2015 Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia by the leadership of…
Buhari to end FG sponsorship of pilgrimage
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to pull the plug on federal government sponsorship of pilgrims to Israel and Saudi Arabia,…