Tag: Pilgrims
Lagos denies sponsoring Hajj pilgrims
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday denied sponsorship of pilgrims for the 2015 Hajj as being speculated in some reports.…
Hajj 2015: Lagos assures pilgrims of hitch-free exercise
The Lagos State Government has assured intending pilgrims in the state of a hitch-free holy pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina.…
20 dead, 30 injured as truck hits pilgrims in Mexico
No fewer than 20 people were killed and 30 others wounded on Thursday when a heavy truck crashed into a…
Hajj: Kano to airlift 5,537 pilgrims directly to Medina
The Kano State Government has assured its 5, 537 intending pilgrims for the 2015 Hajj that they would be airlifted…
Pray for total defeat of Boko Haram, Jonathan tells pilgrims
President GoodLuck Jonathan has urged prospective Easter Christian pilgrims to pray for peace in the country and total defeat of…
Pray for 2015 elections, Chibok girls’ release, Jonathan tells pilgrims
President Goodluck Jonathan has called on all intending Christian Pilgrims to pray for a peaceful, successful conduct of the 2015…
Ogun begins screening of Christian pilgrims
The Ogun Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board on Saturday commenced screening of candidates for the 2014 Holy Pilgrimage to Israel, Greece…
Hajj 2014: Ogun pilgrims to be airlifted home from Thursday
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The first batch of pilgrims from Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria will be airlifted back to the country from…
Tears, prayers as 1.4 million Muslims mark peak of hajj
Tears flowed and prayers filled the air as the annual Muslim hajj by about 1.4 million believers from around the…
Three Borno pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia
Alhaji Adamu Timta, Secretary of the Borno Amirul Hajj committee on Wednesday’ confirmed the death of three pilgrims from Borno…
Hajj: Last batch of Ogun pilgrims arrives Saudi Arabia
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The last batch of pilgrims from Ogun state early Monday arrived the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia to…
Ebola screening for Nigeria’s Mecca-bound pilgrims
With some 76,000 Nigerian Muslims expected this year at the hajj in Saudi Arabia, organisation was always going to be…
Pilgrims with Ebola disqualified from Hajj
The National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) on Thursday said intending 2014 pilgrims discovered to have contacted Ebola virus would not be…
Nigeria’s quota for 2014 hajj still 76,000 pilgrims
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), said on Sunday that slots for 2014 pilgrimage remained 76,000, as it was…
2,094 Pilgrims From Kaduna Return
A total of 2,094 pilgrims from Kaduna State have been transported back home after performing the 2013 Hajj, Mallam Yunusa…
805 Nigerian muslim pilgrims return home
The first batch of 805 pilgrims that performed the 2013 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport,…
Muslim pilgrims complete hajj ritual by stoning the devil
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims converged on Mina valley in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to join a symbolic stoning of the…
Muslim pilgrims set to stone the devil
Throngs of Muslim pilgrims converged Monday on Muzdalifah to prepare for Eid al-Adha feast after a day of prayer on…
Muslim pilgrims begin annual hajj
Some two million pilgrims poured out of the Muslim holy city of Mecca on Sunday to begin the annual hajj,…
Saudi confirms new MERS deaths ahead of Hajj
Two Saudis have died in Riyadh after they contracted the MERS virus, health authorities announced Thursday, as the kingdom prepares…
Saudi set for hajj despite MERS virus fears
MECCA (AFP) – Saudi Arabia is gearing up for next week’s hajj with scores of pilgrims set to miss the…
Ageing Pope Benedict steps out, asks for prayers
Pope Benedict XVI made his first public appearance on Wednesday since his shock resignation announcement, asking thousands of cheering pilgrims…
Thousands flock to Bethlehem for Christmas
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Thousands of Palestinians and tourists streamed into the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday…
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…
Lagos Pilgrims Decry Poor Accommodation In S/Arabia
Over 1,000 pilgrims from Lagos State undergoing the hajj operation in Saudi Arabia have grumbled against state government officials over…
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…
Sultan Tasks Hajj Commission On Pilgrims’ Luggage
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has advised the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to evolve new strategies…
Lagos Votes N3.2b On Hajj
Intending Lagos State pilgrims for this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia will spend N3.27 billion as transport fare for the…
Pilgrims Blame NIPOST For Late Delivery Of Luggage
Some pilgrims from Bauchi State who performed last year’s pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have expressed concern over the delayed arrival…
3 Pilgrims Abscond In Israel
Three Kaduna pilgrims have absconded while performing the 2011 Holy pilgrimage in Israel. P.M.News learnt that Innocent Eze and Paul…