Tag: Saudi Arabia
Revealed: Nigerians in Saudi change names to avoid deportation
Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Alhaji Abubakar Bunu, has said that many Nigerian emigrants in that…
Saudi pledges $3 bn to Lebanese army
Saudi Arabia has pledged $3 billion for the Lebanese army to buy equipment from France, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman announced…
FG repatriates 80 Nigerians from Saudi Arabia
The first batch of 80 Nigerians of the 508 scheduled to be repatriated from Saudi Arabia arrived in the country…
Merciless Saudi beheads 76th person for drugs
Saudi authorities on Tuesday beheaded a Syrian man convicted of smuggling drugs to the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said.…
Few Saudi women snub driving ban
RIYADH(AFP) – Only a few Saudi women braved official threats of punishment and got behind the wheel Saturday in defiance…
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,…
Nigeria loses pilgrim in Mecca
The Sokoto State delegation to the 2013 Hajj Pilgrimage said one of its male pilgrims, Amadu Achida, has died in…
Saudi Arabia Rejects Security Council Seat
Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented show of anger at the failure of the international community to end the war in…
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 women challenge driving ban
Women members of Saudi Arabia’s influential Shoura Council, which advises King Abdullah, have proposed allowing women to drive, challenging a…
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…
25,000 Pilgrims Airlifted To Saudi Arabia
Max Air said it had transported 25,000 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia so far. Its spokesman, Alhaji Ibrahim Dahiru, said…
Saudi beheads Syrian for drug trafficking
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian man on Tuesday after he was convicted of trafficking drugs into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the…
Saudi man dies of MERS virus
A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus MERS, bringing the kingdom’s death toll from the SARS-like virus to 42,…
Reports: Saudi beheads man for torturing wife to death
Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a citizen convicted of torturing his wife to death, in the first execution since the…
IDB to finance Lekki Sea Port project with $150m
Islamic Development Bank has almost concluded arrangements to finance the Lekki seaport project in Lagos State with 150 million dollars.…
US in $10b arms deals with Saudi, UAE, Israel
The United States unveiled plans Friday to sell $10 billion worth of advanced missiles and aircraft to Israel, the United…
Saudis give Illegal foreign workers 3-month grace
Saudi Arabia has given illegal foreign workers a three-month grace period to legalise their status, after panic over reported mass…
Vision 20: 2020 An Illusion —NESG
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) says Nigeria cannot realise its goal of becoming one of the largest 20 economies…
Nigerian’s hand amputated in Saudi over theft
Saudi authorities on Wednesday chopped off the hand of a Nigerian muslim convicted of theft, in compliance with the Islamic…
Boko Haram wants peace talks in Saudi Arabia
The Associated Press has reported a telephone conversation with a Boko Haram member in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s Borno State,…
Muslim pilgrims rush to complete final hajj rituals
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Muslim pilgrims rushed to complete the final rituals of the annual hajj on Sunday as…
Pilgrims still stoning the devil in Saudi
Mina, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from all over the world, grouped by nationality, stoned…
Millions gather at Mount Arafat for Hajj rituals
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Vast crowds of Muslim pilgrims, all dressed in white, flocked from early Thursday to…
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…
120 Deported Kano Female Pilgrims Back In Saudi Arabia -official
One hundred and twenty of the 221 female pilgrims from Kano who were deported from Saudi Arabia recently for failure…