NAHCON
13 Oct 2023
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria jointly with the Forum of State Executive Secretaries of Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards/Agencies/Commissions on the 5th of September 2023 agreed to peg the minimum deposit for Hajj 2024 at N4.5million (four million five hundred thousand). This became necessary to be in tandem with the Dollar rate that will determine the…
12 Oct 2023
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has set January 5, 2024 deadline for completion of registration and remittance of pilgrims intended to take part in next pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Besides, NAHCON officially pegged N4.5 million as initial minimum deposit, therefore enjoined intending pilgrims to ensure urgent payment by state board before the deadline.…
20 Sep 2023
Saudi Ministry of Hajj has announced the allocation of 95,000 Hajj seats to Nigeria for the 2024 pilgrimage. This was made known during a virtual meeting between National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and its Saudi counterpart, yesterday.
15 Sep 2023
Brethren, going by the timetable for Hajj 2024 released by the Saudi Arabia authorities, the registration for the spiritual exercise begins officially tomorrow (September 16) with activities such as opening of electronic track for data entry, publishing of the list of licensed companies .....
7 Sep 2023
National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has directed state Muslim pilgrims’ welfare boards to activate preparation for the 2024 pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
6 Sep 2023
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has unveiled preparation for 2024 Hajj with allocation of pilgrims slots across participating countries in the world
5 Sep 2023
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has unveiled preparation for 2024 Hajj with allocation of pilgrims slots across participating countries in the world. Consequently, Nigeria, has secured 95,000 pilgrims slots to perform the spiritual exercise on the Kingdom next year. The country was granted the large capacity partly because of its ability to exhaust the…
18 Aug 2023
Brethren, in continuation of our sermon two weeks ago (August 4, 2023 precisely) examining the successes and challenges of the 2023 Hajj operations, we shall do a wrap up today.
4 Aug 2023
The successful conclusion of the in-bound airlift of Nigerian pilgrims from Saudi Arabia last Monday (three days ahead of August 3, 2023 plan) has become another testimony of outstanding performance of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria...
28 Jul 2023
Three weeks into the commencement of the In-bound airlift into Nigeria, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has airlifted over 63, 033 of the 73,000 pilgrims to Nigeria in 159 shuttles. The second phase operation began on July 4, 2023 with the airlift of 387 Sokoto pilgrims by Flynas after the completion of the…
24 Jul 2023
The National Chairman of Hijrah Organisation of Nigeria, Prof. Yusuf Badmas has commended President Bola Tinubu for returning the National Hajj Commission
23 Jul 2023
The attention of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has been drawn to the lead story in the Friday, July 21, 2023 edition of The Guardian with the headline, “Hajj 2023: Tears, complaints trail Nigeria's N304b capital flight to Mecca."
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