Tag: Saudi Arabia
Nigerian pilgrim Aisha Ahmed dies in Saudi
According to Alhaji Idris Al-Makura, the Executive Secretary, of Nasarawa State Muslim Pilgrim Welfare Board, she had no record of…
Saudi Arabia causes hike in crude prices
Saudi Arabia raised the official selling price (OSP) for its flagship Arab light crude to Asia to a $6.50 premium…
Saudi Arabia issues Hajj rules for airlines transporting pilgrims
According to the new rules, pilgrim passengers should be less than 65 years old and have completed immunizations with basic…
Zamfara sends 97 clerics to Saudi Arabia to pray against banditry
Earlier in the month, Zamfara distributed more than 200 Cadillac 2019 model to traditional rulers in the state.
One million people can perform Hajj: Saudi Arabia eases COVID curbs
Participants from abroad must present a recent negative COVID PCR test, and health precautions will be observed, the kingdom said.
Houthis attack Saudi Aramco petroleum storage site
The Houthi escalation comes as the United Nations special envoy tries to secure a temporary truce for the Muslim holy…
Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in one day, a world record
It was the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history and also a world…
Saudi Arabia frees jailed blogger Raif Badawi
Badawi, who created and managed an online forum, was arrested in 2012, charged with "insulting Islam" and subsequently sentenced to…
Saudi Arabia gives $80B of Aramco stocks to sovereign Public Investment Fund
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the assertive son of King Salman, made the decision to transfer the stock, the…
Saudi Arabia pumps $6.4 billion in future tech
Abdullah Alswaha said the investment is part of the kingdom move to diversify its economy from oil in the face…
Hajj commission urges Saudi Arabia remove direct entry ban on Nigeria
Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NAHCON, made the appeal when he visited the Royal Embassy of…
Saudi Arabia bans Tablighi Jamaat in Nigeria, calls it terror group
Apart from Nigeria, the sect is also active in many West African countries, from Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Gambia, to Benin…
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain expel Lebanon’s ambassadors
The actions were triggered by the critical comments made by a Lebanese minister about the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.
COVID-19: Saudi Arabia relaxes restrictions, allows more worshippers
On Sunday, Muslim worshippers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca were seen praying shoulder to shoulder after a mandatory distancing…
2021 Dhul Hijjah to start Sunday: Official
Saudi Arabian officials have announced that the 2021 Dhul Hijjah will start on Sunday, 11 July 2021.